Archive for December, 2009

Nevada City and the Yuba River Lomo

December 23, 2009




More warm looking photos for your cold December days; shot on film, scanned and uploaded.

Babes beware.  You can check out more photos of us hot, less-than-sparkly laxers playing games like beef volleyball in some previous posts.  (Yes I called it that.  A freudian slip on beach volleyball)

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The Broshot Lifestyle – Lake Tahoe Lomography

December 21, 2009




I shot all of this on film with my TLR this past summer.  My shoulder sidelined my lax career for the week but it didn’t stop the pictures from the taking.

Just relivin’ the glorious days with my bros.  Shirts off, we look a little less sparkly, than in years pass, but as time fades, so do the memories, and beer guts become the new six-packs.  So no worries.  All’s right in the world yet again.

You can check out some of the digital lax action here on my blog and some boys-of-summer-esque rowdiness here, here and here.







































Trash the Dress – Sayulita

December 17, 2009




Hey!  So, yesterday I posted Trish and Luke’s wedding photos.  The photos below are from the trash-the-dress shoot we did up in Sayulita the next day.  Lots of bright colors and a good ambiance.

If you haven’t been to Sayulita yet, definitely check out Burrito Revolution.  I’ve never had a burrito as good, in any style, anywhere, as their smoked marlin.  Mexico insider note: it’s all about the chipotle salsa.  Now you know.

I love introducing people to all of Mexico’s little quirks.  I swear to God it’s like an odd parallel universe to the US.  So when I mentioned off-hand to Luke that, hey, wouldn’t it be great if you guys had a drink for the way back, and he laughed like, yea, I really want one, but too bad it’s illegal.

Au contraire mon frere.

In Mexico, the driver can’t drink, and obviously I wouldn’t, but it’s perfectly legal for passengers to do so.  A couple minutes, a stop at a roadside bodega and 20 pesos later and the happy couple had a couple of Pacificos para físicos.

Thanks Luke. Thanks Trish.  I had a blast showing you guys around.

Back to reality…

It’s rainy rainy rainy up in the PNW hoy en día and if you could really use some sunshine, like I know I could, I hope these photos help.  Good news is, I’m in P-town till Christmas, then it’s back down to Mexico where I sandwiched a wedding in between then and New Years (shout out to Nadine, the lovely bride-to-be!).  I’ll be stepping off the plane in PDX at 8pm on New Years Eve with my party pants on.  Oh my leopard…

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Destination Wedding – Las Caletas

December 16, 2009




It feels really good to have something to show Trisha.  She was one of the first people to book with me when I first set out on my own apart from Elizabeth Lloyd  with whom I’d  been second shooting for two years.  She was also the very first person to book Holgas as part of her wedding package!  (Which I’ve already posted and you can see here).

Trisha and Luke were both awesome and Kelley from Las Caletas did another great job.  My second shooter for the day was Jillian Mitchell, a San Pancho based ex-pat photographer, and a member of what I’m starting to think of as The Vallarta Foto Crew.  You can check Jillian’s blog and photos at http://jillianmitchell.net

I love the first nine photos below.  Trish is like a little mannequin getting primped and dressed by everyone else.  It’s incredible the amount of detail and things that go into a bride getting ready and I’m amazed every time I see it happen.  I love those photos because you just see parts and pieces; first the eyelashes, the lips, then her head, somewhat detached in the third photo, like, well, a mannequin.

It isn’t until the ninth photo that you see her face straight on and you realize that after all that, she’s finally ready to walk out amongst her best friends, family and, most importantly, Luke.

But please don’t stop there.  Trish is beautiful and so relaxed in front of the camera.  The boat ride back at the end was just a giant party.

Tomorrow I’ll post her Trash-the-Dress photos from Sayulita, and the above photo is a preview of that.  But for now enjoy these!

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Trash the Dress – Heather and Kyle’s Holgas

December 15, 2009




Well, this is the last of Heather and Kyle’s posts.  Yesterday I put up some of their trash-the-dress photos, and these are their Holgas from that same day.  I shot four rolls and I decided to share some of the Black and Whites.   The first two below I shot underwater.

You can check out Heather and Kyle’s wedding-day Holgas here, their wedding photos at Las Caletas here and their trash-the-dress photos in Bucerías here.

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