Here’s another photo that I took a few days ago. Just look at the joy in that young face. This is why I do this.
Family Photography in Orange County
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Orange County Family Photographer
The light is great for photography these days. I’ve been doing some family photography and it’s such a joy to encounter siblings that just open open to the camera. Families make me look great! These brothers were so much fun to photograph. This is what I love about being a family photographer here in Orange County-the warm California sun in the middle of Winter, kids out of school, parents in holiday mood, and the citizens simply happy to be basking in the California rays.
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Photo of the day: Aliso Viejo Photographer
Here is a special photo I wanted to share today. He is one of my favorite subjects to photograph. A hardworking, intelligent, and compassionate boy, he is a complete pleasure to work with. Look at the charming smile, the big beautiful eyes, and the aura of wholeness radiating from this young man. Yes, he is my son, and he is just like his mother. 
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Photo of the day: Orange County Children’s Photographer
Couple of weeks ago we had a wonderful photo session with the Watkins family. Oh, what great kids! The older boy had his dad and me running after him all around the hay maze in the pumpkin patch. I don’t think I’ve been that tired in a very long time. Then, there was his Continue reading
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Photo of the day: Children’s black and white photography
A quiet, cloudy day gave way to this photo a few days ago. I saw a stream of beautiful light coming in through the window and decided to play with it. Although I do take photos with studio lights sometimes, I prefer natural light more. My black and white photography tends to lean toward natural light more than a studio set-up.
I find that when I am taking black and white portraits of children, they tend to be less intimidated when not in presence of artificial lighting equipment. The more comfortable the kids, the more focused I am reading into their personalities. After all, once you have a good handle on your camera and understand light, what is really left is your skill of intuitive awareness of human behavior that really matters in portrait photography. It’s a life long practice that requires constant, deliberate mindfulness.
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Photo of the day:Children’s photography in Orange County
This photo was taken for a classroom end of the year project. What a great class, such great kids.
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Photo of the day: Another grown-up
I know, everyone is wondering what my dear wife looks like. So, here it is. She’s usually not this serious. She’s a young, funny woman and I really lucked out. I took this shot to experiment with my new lens. I have to say, I’m quite happy with it.
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Don’t tell your kids they’re smart: Part 2 of 2
Last week, I wrote the part 1 of this post. Read it here, please (it’ll open in a new window). Thank you. I will now continue with that thought and conclude the post today.
As I had written in the earlier post, kids tend to do better when you praise them for their effort than if you praise them for their intelligence. Dr. Dweck (you gotta read part 1 to know who she is) gave an interview to Highlights magazine in which she goes into more depth about why effort praising is Continue reading
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Photo of the day: Grown-up
I usually take photos of children, but every once in a while I enjoy taking photos of grown-ups as well, especially when the subject is such a pleasure to photograph-like my friend, Amanda.
So, here is what you need to know about us. Amanda is 5’11″, but seems like 6’3″. I’m 5’3″ and can’t seem to get taller than that even on my tippy toes. Needless to say, we had quite a comical photo session: Amanda in her 4 inch high heels, half squatting, and me on my toes, trying to capture the perfect photo so I wouldn’t be shooting up her chin.
As you can see in the photo below, after about 45 minutes of what seemed like a workout session, we finally managed to compromise quite amicably with our vertical differences. Thanks, Amanda, and next time, we’re using a chair!
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Orange County Children’s Photographer: Photo of the Day
Finally had some time to edit a set of photos from the beach the other day. Southern California, what a place!
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