I first met David and his boys at Frederick Street Park by my house, and as dads will do, we got to talking. Actually, dads tend to ignore each other (and their kids), preferring the company of their smartphones – but in this case we struck up a conversation and found out we had a […]
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Tags: angela thompson, beach, boys, david thompson, family, family photography, kids, natural bridges, ocean, photography, photos, santa cruz
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Tags: aptos, bay area wedding photographers, bay area wedding photography, engagement, engagement photography, nisene marks, photography, photos, santa cruz, scott and trang, scott weston, session, trang tran
Michael lives and works here in the U.S., but he maintains a long distance relationship with his girlfriend, Cindy. It’s not a case of San Francisco vs. San Jose, either – she lives in Hong Kong! So to celebrate her visit (and probably so he remembers what she looks like after she’s gone!) Michael hired […]
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I met the “Smiths” (preserving some modicum of anonymity here…) at Wilder Ranch, located about 5 miles west/north of Santa Cruz off highway 1. It’s a great State Park and preserve covering about 7,000 acres and traversed by 34 miles of hiking/biking/running trails – many hugging the coastal cliffs and valleys. What I didn’t know […]
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Tags: abandoned, christian, dave, distressed, family photography, family portraits, farm, houses, old, old houses, Portraits, ranch, ryan, sandra, santa cruz, santa cruz family photography, wilder ranch, wood
After an extremely wet Santa Cruz weekend, I was dubious about this morning’s 9am session with the Day family. But when I spoke with Patti (resident Grandma), she sounded peppy and ready to go, so I figured if they could do it, I certainly could! Patti and her husband Paul moved to Santa Cruz a […]
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Tags: arch, beach, connor, family, family photography, goodeye, jen day, jennifer, kyle, monarch, natural bridges, ocean, photography, photos, sand, santa cruz, schell, toddler, walkway
There’s no shortage of rental properties in Santa Cruz, and those with an ocean view are the most attractive to out-of-towners looking for the beach city experience. Of course all those potential customers are combing through photos on rental property websites, so if your photos are crap, you’re gonna get less business. The smart ones […]
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Tags: adam sah, beach, beach house, details, interiors, photography, professional, real estate, rental, santa cruz, sunny cove
Today I met Nicole and Joey Baker and their adorable little girls Mackenzie (lil’) and Madison (lil’ bigger) at the house they rented for their Santa Cruz vacation. It was a little chillier than they expected so of course mom had to go shopping for some more appropriate accoutrement 🙂 I’m glad she did, because […]
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Tags: baker, black's beach, family, family photography, joey baker, kids, mackenzie, madison, nicole baker, ocean, professional, sand, santa cruz, sunset, waves
I met Elizabeth at Natural Bridges this evening to shoot some portraits for her personal use. She’s an intellectual, and fun to chat with while we hiked around the trails at this beautiful park. Elizabeth is a little mysterious – well I did just meet her – but I thought I’d try to capture a […]
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Tags: bay area business headshot, bay area portrait photographers, bay area portrait photography, business, business portraits, elizabeth, environmental, goodeye photography, head shots, headshot, headshot photos, natural bridges, photography, portrait, professional, santa cruz
Nici (“Nikee”) and Dalas (“Dallas”) are one of those couples that are just meant to be together. They’re laid back, funky and ironic in a cool way. We met at beautiful Highlands Park up in Ben Lomond; for those of you not familiar with the area, this is in the Santa Cruz Mountains past Scotts […]
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Tags: 2010, bay area wedding photographers, bay area wedding photography, ben lomond, ceremony, chris schmauch, dalas mccown, goodeye photography, highland, highlands park, nichole mccown, nici mccown, october 9, photography, photos, santa cruz, santa cruz wedding photographers, santa cruz wedding photography, wedding, wedding photography
Rocio, Sebastian and 18mo Aiden are residents of Capitola, so it made sense to get some professional family portraits done near their home. We met downtown at Zelda’s and trekked to the east side of the beach, near the cliffs, for most of our photos. It was a quick session, not even an hour, but […]
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Tags: aiden, beach, california, capitola, family, family photography, fun, ocean, photography, photos, professional, rocio llontop, sand, sandy, santa cruz, seb frey, sebastian frey, shoot, tidepools, toddler, waves, wet
R&B Productions, the promoter for the Milo Z tour coming to the Bay Area this week, hired me to design the posters for all the venues Milo Z would be playing at. Of course the band only had a photo – no logo or anything else to support the design. Luckily the photo (photographer unknown) […]
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Tags: band, bay area, bill hargreaves, blues, california, chris schmauch, Design, don quixote's international music hall, felton, funk, jazz, milo z, music, poster, promoter, R&B Productions, rap, razzamofunk, rock, santa cruz, showtime, tour
I met Jada, a fellow resident of the Seabright area of Santa Cruz, at 6:30am over at Aldo’s by the harbor. I got dressed in the dark this morning, so I was glad to see I hadn’t put on anything backwards when we saw each other. When we’d discussed the plans for the shoot the […]
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Tags: bay area business headshot, bay area portrait photographers, bay area portrait photography, beach, business, business portraits, counselor, head shots, headshot photos, instructor, Jada Giberson, lighthouse, morning, nutrition, ocean, photography, photos, pose, poses, professional, santa cruz, seabright, sky, sunrise, teacher, walton, waves, wellness, yoga
Kurt Kemling is a good friend of mine (even though we’ve only met a couple times) – it’s weird how you can get to know someone without ever spending time with them. He’s also a professional photographer that I admire, with two adorable girls near my own girls’ age, as well as a wife named […]
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Tags: beach, beckie, Children, family, katie, kemling, kids, kurt, monarch, natural bridges, ocean, path, photography, photos, Portraits, sand, santa cruz, sophia
I just happened to be looking for something on Yelp today and noticed that the Yelp Folks were headlining their “Best Of” businesses on their main page. It defaulted to the Santa Cruz area as that’s where I live, and out of curiosity I clicked on the “Professional Services” category. My jaw dropped when I […]
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Tags: award, bay area, best, best of, business, chris schmauch, good eye, goodeye, photographer, photographers, photography, photos, praise, professional, review, reviews, santa cruz, services, yelp
I got a call from a nice lady from Alabama whose family was coming together to celebrate her 70th birthday by spending the weekend together in a rented beach house in Santa Cruz, California. She wanted a group photo of the whole family on the beach, for which I was much obliged. At 5:30pm I […]
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My parents-in-law are selling their lovely property they’ve raised their kids in – it’s about 30 minutes out of Santa Cruz in the mountains, near a small town named Bonny Doon. It’s a large piece of land with expansive yard, beautiful garden, separate garage, storage, play area, and of course an amazing three story-ish house […]
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Tags: Architecture, bonny doon, home, homes, house, lloyd, mountains, photography, photos, property, real estate, residence, santa cruz
Meg wanted a few photos while she was in her third trimester – but because she also had her toddler with her, we of course included him as well. Toddlers are usually, well, challenging when it comes to trying to tell them what to do, or stay in one place, or look at the camera, […]
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Tags: candids, frederick st., jack, mason, meg, park, photos, pregnancy, pregnant, santa cruz, toddler
I didn’t meet Amber and Michael until three days before their wedding – they are local to Washington State, but were planning their wedding to take place in Santa Cruz, where I live. (WARNING: gratuitous self-promotion plug ahead) Being the young and tech-savvy couple they are, they searched Yelp for “Wedding Photographers” and with twenty-one […]
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Tags: amber melena, bay area wedding photographers, bay area wedding photography, capitola, marriage, michael jarrett, santa cruz, santa cruz wedding photographers, santa cruz wedding photography, shadowbrook, wedding
Kari Carvill told me she’d basically never had a real family photo session, and was excited about seeing what we could accomplish together. We were able to shoot for an hour at Natural Bridges beach in Santa Cruz before their littlest one started melting down. It was a challenging shoot, as most involving toddlers tend […]
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JT & Chloe’s mom hired me to take some photos of her kids as a surprise for father’s day. They are super cute, and very sassy with each other. I tried to capture all the in-between moments, the tickling before the pushing, the hand-holding before the pinching, the arm around the shoulder before the headlock […]
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Tags: beach, child, Children, chloe, chris schmauch, family, jennie long, jt, kids, lighting, natural bridges, photographer, photography, portrait, Portraits, santa cruz
