Erin and Jason, ready to POP!

I met Erin and Jason through Kiley and Brandon Riggs, a long time friends who I have photographed, hung out with, and golfed with. (Thats a killer combo.) We met on the beach last night, and it was CROWDED! We ended making fun of some wild teenagers that reminded us of some characters on The OC. I swear, my wife has me hooked on that show now...anyways, back to Erin. Jason wasn't super excited about the camera, but once we got started,he warmed up and we had a blast. They are going to have a baby girl in about 6 weeks, and I am SOOO excited to photograph their newborn...if not their delivery photos...hint hint! Erin will be a beautiful new mom, and Jason will be a great Father. I can feel it in my bones.
Enjoy these pics guys, and i can't wait to meet the little one!

This is my favorite one. Its so still, yet there is a lot of energy in this shot.


Great colors popping here.


This one, not so much with colors, but definitely not lacking on pop.




Great tummy profile here.






She might kill me for saying this, but Erin looks so much like Christina Applegate...look hard, i know you can see it. (Post-Married with Children of course...think Anchorman.)


I love this little mini-cave.

Caren and David, the green machines.

I met David and Caren the day that we did our engagement shoot. They booked me from out of state, without meeting me based on my work of a friends wedding, Kara Greer. Thats the kinda booking i like! The first thing i noticed: the GREEN! i loved it. i usually tell couples not to match, but i liked what they had going on here. So they were timid at first, but after a couple minutes and after a few fun comments, they really loosened up and we had a great time. I am excited for their wedding in October! Thanks guys!

Love this moment. I think i was making fun of David and his chewing...yes, ask him about it!






The green and reddish brown make a nice color combo. Wedding colors maybe????

Kerry and Drew

Here we have Kerry and Drew who are getting married in October. Not a particularly hard couple to photograph....they are gorgeous! They are more than just pretty faces, they have such great personalities too! They are both easy to talk too, and are super fun to photograph.Drew practically wanted to jump in the water right away. We have some mutual friends, couples who's wedding I have shot, so it was great to talk about them. We were supposed to meet for a drink at the Crow Bar before, but they were running late with traffic, so i guess we'll have to have a round at their wedding!



LOVE this shot. Beautiful profile.








I think he was ready to jump in. I had to intervene or Kerry would have been wet and unhappy!!! This was the BEGINNING of the shoot too!




Great color on this one. The sun disappeared for a while, then decided to pop back out.

Ethan Wayman

I have to say this first, and Eric will kill me, but the Father of this baby pictured below is NOT Luke from The OC. Its a good thing Eric and I are great friends for me to able to say stuff like that!!!
Our great friends Eric and Cathy Wayman, just had little Ethan last July 15th. My wife and I asked Eric, a pastor at our church Rock Harbor, to marry us at our wedding. We love hangin' with the Waymans. They are super fun to play Catch Phrase with, or any game for that matter. I have never met a more competitive couple! We were so excited to see them have a baby, and Ethan is the man! (especially for the multiple projectile episodes we experienced this morning!)
We shot these around their home, in the bedroom and nursery, and there were great textures and patterns for some good backgrounds. In between shots we were rooting for Phelps, Hoff, and Coughlin during the Olympics, it was great. GO U.S.A!!!!

Love the colors and patterns of this duvee. I had to use it.




Daddy Wayman, looking studly! Cathy made him change his shorts and shirt like 5 times, like it was HIS photo shoot. (more so because of the projectiling though!!)




Look at the belly poppin out!




I think this is my favorite shot. Not only because of shirtless Eric, its just a great, 'real-moment-at-home' photo.










This is one of my favorites!


Again, great textures and patterns here. This is actually the "hooter-hider" feeding blanket.

Shawn and Alethea, a REAL beach photo shoot

I was super excited to shoot Shawn and Alethea's engagement photos on the beach! They are a really fun couple with a great, unique rocker look. Alethea just had her hair and makeup test for the wedding, so she showed up gorgeous, Shawn you looked great too buddy. They have so many fun expressions, and i really enjoyed capturing all of them, namely the From Here to Eternity shot below.
I am also excited for the upcoming wedding at the Wayfarers Chapel in Palos Verdes. If you haven't seen it on The OC, or many other television shows, its pretty phenomenal!

Shot of the day right here, and pretty much one of the best beach shots ever. Way to take a chance and get COMPLETELY wet for the shoot! That's dedication.




Alethea's eyes are just STUNNING.




Not sure what to make of this one. But we had a lot of fun with this!




See, what did i say? GREAT expressions!






Again, those eyes just POP!