WARNING: This post has LOTS of big photos!! What can I say, Jared and Jasmine are an Attractive Couple (see: capitalization) that knows good photography when they see it. They reviewed my work online and booked me for their upcoming wedding without even meeting me first. I could’ve been some psychopath that also happened to […]
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I think Wilder Ranch was at its peak today, the grasses were tall and green and I had two beautiful little girls to photograph there. Saje and Sophia were simply adorable, and were really great to work with. Their mom was a big help off-camera getting their attention for many of the photos. The boas […]
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I had a wonderful family photography session with the Johnson family at Seacliff Beach / Rio Del Mar Beach in Aptos, California. There’s been so much driftwood along the coast since that whole Japanese Tsunami thing, so of course people have naturally created a myriad of structures out of it. We explored the structures as […]
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Grace was visiting Santa Cruz from Southern California and wanted to get some professional photos of herself with her son, Ian. We met at Seabright Beach, which is always a great location (and within walking distance of my house!). I like Seabright in the morning as the sun is off to the left side of […]
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Julie and Derek are scientists working in the Monterey Bay on contract. They were in the Santa Cruz area only for a short time, but fell in love with the weather and all there is to see and do here. Not surprising coming from the midwest! They wanted to get some family photos done along […]
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I met Ben, Juniper and their little cuties Laila and Aurora at Lighthouse field, Santa Cruz for their family portrait session. After all this rain the grasses were so high, at times it felt like we were lions stalking prey in the African savannah… But the only guns were my Nikons, which managed to help […]
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The Brown family was a pleasure to shoot and hang out with at the ever popular Natural Bridges State Park Beach in Santa Cruz, California. The park has everything – green fields of grass (in the spring), huge trees, fallen dead wood, blossoming flowers, a marshy pond, monarch butterflies and of course the beach with […]
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I’ve known Shawn and Joy for a long time – we met when they were just dating back in college at Cal Poly, SLO. We did a lot together back in the day, then went our separate ways, and only recently have rekindled our old friendships now that life has brought us back on the […]
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Tags: beach, Children, family, family photography, joy jackman, julia, kids, lighthouse, ocean, photos, pierce, santa cruz, santa cruz family photographer, santa cruz portrait photography, seabright beach, shawn jackman, summer
This kinda came off like a senior portrait session, although Celeste is almost one year into college. But the approach was the same – take great photos to show off an individual’s inner and outer beauty. I met Celeste and her mom, fresh from the salon, in downtown Capitola. Of course the weather was cloudy […]
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What a cute couple of kids! Wyatt and his big brother Dash posed for me in their backyard which is basically their playground. They’re simply adorable, and made it easy for me to get some great shots. This was a super quick session but we got a surprising number of keepers. Enjoy the pics below, […]
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Fera and Mike, owners of Arya Global Cuisine in Cupertino, invited me to capture their Persian New Year festivities happening at their restaurant. The place was packed with people eating from the Prix Fixe menu and dancing to the live music. I took some posed shots in front of the “Haft-Sin Table” which is important […]
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I do a lot of work for Franco Uomo and San Francisco Shirt Company – both high-end clothing designers with stores in Santana Row. Angelina, the manager at SF Shirt Co., was involved with a cocktail party fashion show preceding Intero’s 8th Annual Achievement Awards at The Fairmont Hotel, San Jose. Wow that was a […]
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In these connected days, we’ve got personal and professional profiles on a myriad of different website – all with prominent places for pictures of ourselves – Facebook, LinkedIn, Match, eHarmony – just to name a few. The only thing most profile photos have in common is their nearly-universal characteristic of suckiness. Since everyone seems to […]
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Senior portrait photography is kind of a new pursuit of mine. It’s an honor to capture this time of transition in a person’s life, and I consider it a personal challenge to capture an individual’s true personality. I had a great time navigating 3-Mile beach with Emma and her mom, even though getting down to […]
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When Kyle called about 30 minutes before we were supposed to meet, I tried to postpone on him due to the weather – but as he reminded me that Stephanie was due very soon, postponing wasn’t an option. Of course I mentally slapped myself, and shook off the rainy day attitude and quickly left to […]
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The newly redecorated ballrooms at The Fairmont Hotel San Jose are ideal venues for enormous (and more intimate) corporate events and weddings. The Imperial Ballroom is simply gigantic (13,000 square feet / 1,150 – 1,400 guests), and this evening it was actually split into two separate rooms (the red and blue pictures). Even split up, […]
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Carolyn and Jalil, owners of Paolo’s Restaurant in downtown San Jose, needed some professional photos showing how their banquet space could be decorated for an event. Bloomster’s had the centerpieces decked out in beautiful array, the lighting and other decorations were just really well executed. The event for the evening was an annual party for […]
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I woke up this morning to helicopters overhead, thinking – hmm, that can’t be good. Bleary eyed, I picked up my iPhone, loaded Facebook and realized that Japan had had a massive earthquake, and tsunamis were headed to our west coast. My wife had already left to take our eldest daughter to school, so I […]
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I met David this morning at Holy Cross Church in Santa Cruz. Recently graduated from college back East, David is laying the foundation for his future in music – and one small part of that is publicity photos. When he initially called me, he was just looking for a headshot, but I convinced him while […]
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Most family photo shoots involve the kids and parents, but every once in a while the grandparents have a special session with their grandkids, as Bobby and Lynda did with Victoria, Phoenix and Seth. We took the family photos at Lighthouse Field State Beach in Santa Cruz, then walked down to Dog Beach for a […]
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