Kreston and Bridie Wedding, July 31st 2011
Goal #17 (Get Paid to Take Photos At A Wedding) EVEN MORE ACCOMPLISHED.
Kreston asked me last summer to shoot his wedding while I was working at the pool with him. Technically he was the first to ask me to shoot a wedding for money, but since it was so far in the future, I had already shot a couple of weddings on my own before doing his. But this wedding beautiful. It was held in Umpqua, OR right by the river.
Actual Date of Photos: 7/9/11
Shopping With Mom and Aunt Janet, July 30th 2011
We have a little tradition where every summer we go shopping with mom and aunt janet. janet has really good fashion sense, and mom… mom has a sister who has really good fashion sense.
actual date of photos: 7/10/11
Born To Run, July 29th 2011
Goal #2 for 2011 (Read at Least 3 Books) IN PROGRESS
This book was soo good.
Part epic story, part running advice, part running history, part human psychology, part human development. All wrapped into one.
I had heard about “Born To Run” back when I was a senior in highschool. My cross country coach talked about it and some of the techniques it promoted (such as barefoot running) but only till now when I started hearing people talk about it again did I pick it up. It was really entertaining and interesting. I would recommend it to anyone with even the slightest interest in running.
Actual Date of Photo: 7/10/11
4th of July Cake Tradition, July 28th 2011
Every year on or around the 4th of July Mom makes a cake that looks like the American flag.
And every year the 3 boys take a picture with it.
This year Mom and Dad did too!
And to see older years of the cake check this out: http://nathanworden.wordpress.com/2010/07/25/4th-of-july-cake-july-25th-2010/
Actual Date of Photos: 7/8/11
(and YES the obligatory shirtless shot at the end was necessary. The reasoning: In a couple of years Josh is going to be buffer than Daniel and taller than me, and so I want a before and after, haha)
Brielle & Doug, July 27th 2011
Brielle McClain is awesome.
Like really. (check out her blog! : http://www.briellemcblog.com/)
Last summer I spent a lot of time second-shooting her on senior portrait sessions and weddings. I think it might have been then when I first started forming aspirations of making photography a career and not just an obsessive hobby.
So I was super happy when she said she’d assist me on weddings I did this summer.
Not only that, but when I wanted to do a mock engagment shoot to practice posing people, her and Doug were totally game.
I really enjoyed shootin’ their sass for an afternoon. They are great.
Actual Date of Photos: 7/4/11
Caitlin Leslie & Kyle Kimball Wedding, July 26th 2011
I love weddings.
I think I want to be a wedding photographer.
They’re such happy, promising days. Good vibrations.
Here are some shots from Caitlin Leslie and Kyle Kimball’s wedding.
Pretty soon they’re going to move to Ireland where Kyle is accepting a head swim coach position. Awesome!
Actual Date of Photos: 7/2/11
Isaac Shepard Senior Senior Photos, July 25th 2011
The Shepard’s are family friends and Isaac ran cross crountry when he was a freshman and I was a senior at CHS. So I was pretty stoked to do Isaac’s senior photos.
It was a lot of fun, and since I had the whole shoot already planed out, it was a breeze. A lot of times I’m not sure where to go next, but I had it all mapped out today. Definetely doing that for photo shoots in the future.
Really happy with how these turned out.
Actual Date of Photos: 7/7/11
Joshua Photo-Shoot, July 24th 2011
To prepare for a senior-photos session I used my little brother Joshua as a model. He ended up being really good!
It was really helpful to try out stuff the day before and get everything looking just the way I wanted to so the next day I didn’t even have to think about it.
Tomorrow you’ll see what I mean. Some of the shots are pretty similar.
Actual Date of Photos: 7/6/11
Dad Paddle Boarding, July 23rd 2011
This is Dad doing river-martial-arts.
Dad recentley bought a stand-up-paddele-board.
Random? Maybe a little.
But he can leave our driveway and be in the Wilamette River in 15 minutes, enjoying nature, water, and getting a workout.
I think it’s awesome.
Plus he let me try it out.
Corvallis Friends, July 22nd 2011
I’m only home for the month of July, but while I’m home its been good to see friends from highschool, even if it is only for a short while.
Actual Date of Photos: 7/6/11
Hall Decorations, July 21st 2011
I started making hall decorations for my floor so I don’t have to worry about it when I get back to Orange in August.
Can you guess what they are?
Actual Date of Photos: 7/5/1
Getting to the Wedding, July 20th 2011
I use the GPS Sarah Lee gave me to get everywhere.
And I generally trust its every direction without questions.
But Brielle McClain and I were on our way to shoot a wedding all of a sudden the GPS takes us right up to a river bank.
And then it tells us to “Board the Ferry”
what?
Lo’ and behold there was a ferry for us to cross. It cost two bucks, but totally worth it.
And then it took us on our way.
So I guess it is still true: Trust the GPS
Actual Date of Photos: 7/2/11
Mom and Dad, July 19th 2011
Here is my Mommy and my Daddy, who have been married for 25 years 21 days and about 2 hours.
Love them.
Actual Date of Photos: 7/1/11
Selling the 24-70mm, July 18th 2011
The 24-70mm lens was awesome.
But it just so happens that there are even more awesome (and expensive!) lenses out there.
I decided that I’d sell my 24-70mm f/2.8 in order to buy a 24-105mm f/4.
Just personal preferance. I think the 24-105mm is a lot sharper than the 24-70mm which makes up for the differance in aperature.
A lot of my friends who also had the 24-70mm are also selling it (Sarah Lee, Brielle McClain) for the same reason. Sharpness. Interesting…
Actual Date of Photos: 6/30/11
David Finch and His Brother, July 17th 2011
Minor Sidenote: Today is my 21st Birthday. Just thought I’d share that with you.
Back to business: This is David Finch and his brother, Chris, who was visiting for a week from Iowa. They decided to take a very Christmas-y pic next to the moving light-up dear in their garage.
Actual Date of Photos: 6/28/11
Public Safety Job, July 16th 2011
Public Safety at Chapman needs a new composite of all the officers on a huge photo of Memorial Hall. I said I’d help them out. Here is the old one, and a general idea of what the new one might look like.
Actual Date of Photos: 6/27/11 & 6/29/11
Chapman Rockwall, July 15th 2011
Oh, the things I do for photography.
Chris Cresci and Michael Moore needed some photos of the Chapman Rockwall for its new website, so they asked me to come take some shots.
Side note: I have a *minor* fear of heights.
Once I got to the top of the rockwall (carrying my camera the whole way up, mind you) I looked down, and got a *minor* jolt of fear that schook my body from limb to limb.
…the rockwall is just so… high!
To make things even scarier, I took my camera off from hanging around my neck in order to get a picture of myself shaking in fear…. knowing full well that if I dropped it my camera would tumble down to the bottom of the wall and be no more.
But I was very carefull and so the only thing that was really shattered was my self-confidence.
Actual Date of Photos: 6/27/11
KJ Owens Photoshoot, July 14th 2011
KJ Owens needed some new headshots, so we did a little photo-shoot which involved walking in the middle of Tustin, getting asked to stop walking in the middle of Tustin by a police man, and exploring the more rural area out by KJ’s condo as the sun went down.
Really fun.
The Photos came out great too.
Actual Date of Photos: 6/26/11
Connor Do watching Magic School Bus, July 13th 2011
Here’s Connor watching his favorite TV show, “The Magic School Bus.”
I am across the desk editing photos at Xuongs house in Costa Mesa.
Actual Date of Photo: 6/22/11
Carrying Connor Do, July 12th 2011
Connor Do is Xuong’s son. He is about yay high and light enough to easily put on your shoulders.
Now that you know his approximate height and weight, look and see how cute he is!
Actual Date of Photos: 6/23/11
Kelly Slater, July 11th 2011
Kelly Slater is the a 10x world Champion surfer. Huntington Beach gave him a key to the city on June 21st and had him talk in front of a crowed that must have been in the thousands.
Xuong was there to take photos and he brought me along, so I got to go in the press area and take some up close stuff.
Kelly seemed a little overwhelmed with the acknowledgement, and was a little lost for words. He still was very humble and thankful, but couldn’t help snapping a photo with his iPhone of the crowed.
Afterwards he signed autographs.
Atual Date of Photos: 6/21/11
Fashion Shoot with Brandon Andre, July 10th 2011
Brandon Andre did senior photos for one of the residents in Henley. I thought they were pretty good so I called him up and asked if I could second shoot him. At first he didn’t think he was ready at that point in his career to have an assistant, but then he invited me to a fashion shoot he was doing.
Let me tell you, fashion is a totally different animal than anything I have ever done.
I was mostly holding reflector, but you’ll see from the shots that I was able to take, fashion has its own unique twist to it that, well, is quite different.
Actual Date of Photos: 6/20/11
Richard Marks, July 9th 2011
Richard and I had been wanting to do a photoshoot since early February. Unfortunately, because of our busy schedules, we weren’t able to do anything ’till summer. But now its summer! Yay!
Actual Date of Photos: 6/19/11
Beti and Lou’s Wedding, July 8th 2011
Goal #17 for 2011 (Get paid to take photos at a wedding) ACHIEVED.
This was the one. I was shooting solo as primary photographer.
And I got paid.
Fantastic.
Beti and Lou were awesome, just a really fun, happy couple, their day went awesome, and I even got to climb up on the roof of their house and shoot down at the festivities.
Definitely learned a lot of things at this wedding. I know I have a lot of improving to do, but I know I’m on the right track, and I know I gave them something that they will cherish for years to come.
Actual Date of Photos: 6/18/11
