Sunday, July 27, 2008

Evelyn and Kirk part 2







Some pics taken at the San Gabriel Mission (a very popular place for pictures, but a little overrated). Once again, some awesome warm sunset lighting. The D3's focus tracking system worked flawlessly when they were walking. Anyway, this is my last post from Southern California.

Friday, July 25, 2008









I love this shot.

The Science Library @ UCI









Barb sent me an email saying I'm too much of a tease with the photos. Yes, it's true, I've been purposely holding back posting all the photos I've retouched. Well, I hate to keep her in suspense, so as of this minute, these are all the photos I've done so far. More soon, but probably not tomorrow. (You aint from Russia, so why you Rushin?! :D I got that line from a cheesy someone - these take time people!)

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Engagement Part 3








These 4 photos came out awesome. Mike threw in some attitude but ultimately gave in.


Mike wanted to make sure I did some black and white shots...happy to oblige - although this is more of a sepia/blue split tone.



Here's part 3 of B and M. My goal was to get a wide variety of shots in different locations and keep things from getting boring. We found a lot of great places around the UCI campus and Balboa island. The obvious places are just flowers and plants at UCI and the water and boats at Balboa - but all the good spots are hidden away. The trick is to look for these little places and spot something interesting. I'll post that tomorrow. :) Check in daily for fresh shots.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

More Pics









This is a fun series of photos. I chose this background obviously because of the cool looking colors. It took Mike everything to TRY to be romantic. *cough* like Kris *cough* I'll trickle more photos over the next few days, so check in every day! Barb, who hates all her pics, is liking these...so far.

Monday, July 21, 2008

Preview of Barb and Mike's Engagement





Just a sneak peak at Barb and Mike's e-session. They're UCI alumni so we shot there for the first half of the evening and Balboa Island the second half. I'll have more in the next few days.

Beef and Evelyn Part 2











More pics from K&E's picture set. Check back tomorrow for some new pictures of a Barb and Mike.

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Kirk and Evelyn



Some awesome sunset lighting.



A little more processing for the cool cross-process effect.

File this one under Johnny's Favorites.

This one too.







Something a little different.

One of my best friends Kirk AKA "Beef" and his wife Evelyn got married a few months ago, so they're doing things backwards by finally taking some pictures. I took the D3 out for a spin and it did pretty awesome. All these pictures were taken locally in Alhambra. I spoted this gym for a while now and always wanted to shoot there because of the colors. This goes to show you that you don't have to go to a fancy romantic place to get some awesome pictures. It's all about lighting and angles. I am absolutely loving the colors and sharpness coming out of the D3. These have been retouched a bit but nothing like the D70s, which required some heavy processing.

I've been super busy so pictures have not been my priority. But...this is a double header...tomorrow (Sunday) is an engagement shoot with Barbara and Mike. So check back soon!

Friday, July 04, 2008

Happy 4th of July Everyone!







No tripod necessary for these - set a slow shutter speed (maybe 1/20 second) with 2.8 aperture and bump up the ISO a little bit. No noise removal :)