Meaghan found me online, and even though she’s having a friend shoot her wedding, she wanted a local photographer to capture her and Brad’s country spirit for her engagement session. When she said she wanted a barn/farm-like atmosphere, I knew we’d have to shoot at Wilder Ranch State Park in Santa Cruz. The green fields, […]
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UPDATE 2/15/14: I’ve posted a sequel to this article – 2013 Best Of: 70 Creative Wedding Ring Photos (you’re looking at 2012). The ultimate symbol of marriage, the diminutive ring is often overlooked, or treated as a checklist item for photographers to simply “get” during the wedding day. Since a couple usually spends a lot […]
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I’m pretty sure Tory and Jeremy started laughing when I met them, and didn’t stop until I left. Either I had a booger hanging out of my nose, or they’re just a fun, happy couple that loves to live, and loves to laugh. My own sense of humor really mingled with their own, so while […]
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Peggy and Roger met me in Capitola for their engagement/practice session. I like to start up near Shadowbrook restaurant and make our way towards downtown and the beach for the end, hitting up different locations along the way. The weather was spectacular, without wind, and these guys were totally receptive to my poling and prodding. […]
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Santa Cruz, California – January 14, 2013 – WeddingWire, the nation’s leading online wedding marketplace, is thrilled to announce that GoodEye Photography + Design has been selected as a winner of the prestigious WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards® 2013 for Wedding Photography in the San Francisco Bay Area! The esteemed annual awards program recognizes the top five percent […]
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Megan and Dan contacted me last year about getting some engagement photos taken at the beach when they were in town in January. I’m always a little nervous booking sessions with people that are visiting for a short time, as weather doesn’t always cooperate with outdoor photography. All week it’s been really cold and windy […]
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This is a multi-family photo shoot at Westlake Park in Santa Cruz – really adorable brothers and their cousin! The kids had a fun time feeding the hundreds of ducks and other birds that swarmed our way. We got some great family portraits done as well. It’s always a successful family photo session when you […]
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Chef Katsu (Katsuhiko Hanamure) opened a fantastic Japanese restaurant recently in the heat of Los Gatos. The decor is as fresh and colorful as the food itself. Check out these photos of their “Decadence Caviar Staircase” (which will set you back about $1,200) and ceviche tacos. Looking for an on-location food photographer in the Bay […]
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Chef Jin Suzuki, owner of Hachi Ju Hachi in Saratoga, prepared a traditional radish-rolled cured salmon sushi roll – elegantly simple and delicious. Looking for an on-location food photographer in the Bay Area? San Francisco / Bay Area Commercial Food Photographer Chris Schmauch makes food look really yummy! Call (831) 216-6210 for serious inquiries only. […]
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These food photos were taken at Scott’s Seafood restaurant in San Jose, California. They have some delicious seafood dishes that taste as great as they look! Australian lobster tail with asparagus and red potatoes Scallops and jumbo prawns with green beans and red potatoes Oysters on the half shell Looking for an on-location food […]
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The awesome thing about the Santa Cruz/Monterey area is you can shoot at beaches year-round, and they pretty much always look the same. The only thing that changes is the clothing people wear. I photographed Nick and Tara’s beautiful family of five (if you include Oso, the dog) a week before Christmas, but you’d never […]
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Food photos of Tamarine’s jumbo prawn entree plus their delicious lemongrass seabass, taken at their Palo Alto location on University Ave. Looking for an on-location food photographer in the Bay Area? San Francisco / Bay Area Commercial Food Photographer Chris Schmauch makes food look really yummy! Call (831) 216-6210 for serious inquiries only. If you […]
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These three sisters contacted me because they wanted to create a special gift for their parents for Christmas – a series of beautiful portraits of the three of them. They chose the Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve in Cupertino as the location for the shoot since it’s a place that’s special to all of […]
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Food photos of the delicious salmon tacos at Zona Rosa on the Alameda in San Jose. It’s a total hole-in-the-wall but well worth it if you can get a table! Looking for an on-location food photographer in the Bay Area? San Francisco / Bay Area Commercial Food Photographer Chris Schmauch makes food look really yummy! […]
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Restaurant interiors and food photos of fresh scallops at The Sea, an Alexander’s Steakhouse venture in Palo Alto, California Looking for an on-location food photographer in the Bay Area? San Francisco / Bay Area Commercial Food Photographer Chris Schmauch makes food look really yummy! Call (831) 216-6210 for serious inquiries only. If you haven’t already, […]
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Photos of some delicious lobster rolls, a rack of ribs and a whole fresh lobster from Old Port Lobster Shack in downtown Portola Valley. The famous lobster roll – succulent chunks of lobster sandwiched between two thick slices of buttery garlic bread – sooooo good! 1/2 rack of ribs Whole lobster Looking for an on-location […]
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Monica is a regular client of mine, and being an Aptos resident she really loves her beach – Rio Del Mar / Seacliff. We go there every time we shoot together, and somehow we make it new each time. For this particular shoot, we were aiming to get some great photos for their Christmas cards. […]
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Only a couple weeks after their romantic engagement shoot at Panther Beach, Verona and Paul had an amazing evening wedding at the Wedgewood Wedding and Banquet Center at Eagle Ridge Golf Club in Gilroy, California. Verona got ready at her friend’s house in San Jose – when all the girls were photo-ready, we went into […]
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This was a fun photo shoot with multiple families at Ocean View Park in Santa Cruz. It’s got great views of the boardwalk and ocean (as its name states), and lots of great locations around the park to shoot. Since we were a pretty large group, we didn’t walk around as much as I would […]
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It had been a couple years since I last got to work with the Tate families while they vacationed over Thanksgiving at their beachfront rental house in the Pajaro Dunes development near Watsonville. We had some beautiful weather this day, and the light was a little better than last time – plus I had an […]
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