Aug 01
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow!!!!!where did July go, weddings every weekend, two weeks in the San Juan Islands ( work and fun )and then here it is the end of July and no blog entries - time to catch up.
Jun 29
ALCO Wildland Fire Drill
Since most of my freinds are firefighters it is only natural that they would drag my services into their line of work. I volunteer for the Alameda County Fire Department shooting their training and on ocasion some real calls, it is a break away from daily routines and let's me apreciate how fortunate we are to have individuals out there that are not afraid to fight what most of us fear.
May 31
Trish and Joe
The Ferry Building in San Francisco was their dream spot for the wedding, the glass ceiling made shooting a breeze – good time was had by all.
May 29
Scott & Erika, Carmel CA
Scott proposed to Erika on May 26, 2006 at Lovers Point in Carmel CA, May 26, 2007 they were married at the same spot. I had the pleasure to photograph their wedding on the beach, it was a typical Carmel morning, foggy but great lighting. The wedding was a unique event, just the four of us, Scott, Erika the minister and I plus a few seaguls, I loved the way they planned a simple and intimate wedding.
May 16
Sweet Eats
My sister-in-law, Nancy Pitta, a fabulous pastry chef has decided to start her own business – making wedding cakes, of course. She has worked in many prestigious restaurants in San Francisco such as Boulevards as pastry chef and Wolfgang Puck's Postrio, she has also taught at the famous Tante Marie's cooking school in San Francisco. I am in the process of building her and album of some of her creations (see below) and of course I will be here to help her in any way possible. She is also in the process of completing her website with Big Folio, check it out at www.sweeteats.net.
Laura & Alex's Wedding
Laura & Alex had a great wedding Saturday in Nevada, the location was the Genoa Country Club. Laura was the last of the three daughters of Mr. & Mrs Snow, I have been very fortunate over the years to photograph all of the daughters weddings. I would like to thank Mr. & Mrs Snow for the confidence they have in my services, it has been a pleasure working with you and getting to know your family.
Apr 11
Shelli & Dirk's wedding
Early in the week the weather outlook for Saturday April 7th was sunshine, but as the wedding day approached it was looking gloomy. Saturday Apri 7th, a few clouds but no rain, Shelli & Dirk were estatic, their dream outdoor wedding was a go. The front of the tasting room building is my favorite spot for weddings, I love the architecture of the building. The wedding went off without a hitch, a good time was had by all - I love working with these two, congradulations.
Mar 25
Amy & Jack's engagement session
One of my favorite beaches to shoot is located at Moss Beach just below the Moss Beach Distillery, a famous and haunted restaurant. This reastaurant is a favorite of Jack and Amy so it was apropriate to do their engagement session there. Although it was a misty day we had a great time.
Amy & Jack - Moss Beach
Mar 09
Equipment
One of the questions that I do not hear from my clients when they are interviewing me is about equipment. I would say that roughly 95% of my perspective client never ask about equipment, type or quantity that is brought to the wedding, I always bring up that question and try to educate them to ask other photographers in their interviews.Brand of equipment is not what they should ask but quantity - how many bodies and other equipment will be at the wedding. In college a photography teacher of mine would say “ It’s not the camera but the eye behind the camera” this will always be a true statement, equipment is tool for the photographer and a personal brand prefrence, learning to use the perticular camera well, a photographer uses the camera as an extension of his eye to capture images that others do not see – this is the difference between a hobbist and a professional. Below is a list of my equipment bag that I bring to all my weddings.
(15mm - Fish Eye) (50mm - Macro) (80mm – 1.2) (17-35mm – 2.8) (28-70mm – 2.8) (70-200mm – 2.8) (200mm – 1.8) (300mm – 2.8) (3 – Canon MKII bodies) (1 – Canon 30D (Backup)) (3 – 580 flash units + battery packs)
Wente Vineyards 06 Concert series
One of my favorite shoots is the Wente Concert series, I have been shooting this for the last 5 years. It is a great experience to be able to photograph musical celebreties and to be able to mingle with them back stage. Some of my favorites are Ringo Star, The doobie Bros, Chris Isach and Sarah Evans among others.
