emotionportraits

indian princesses at fiesta island

2009-04-26T16:40:00.001-07:00

Last year it was the yellow flowers this we had the help of the purple flora

Eric, janet and the kids Jazzn' out

2009-03-28T16:20:00.001-07:00

If you ever want to have fun doing your job, invite these guys to be photographed then make sure they bring drums

Sunbirds

2009-02-19T14:33:00.000-08:00

Here's a killer family portrait of Chris Keating of Towne Photography, based in Calgary, Alberta. He was sunbirding in Socal and Arizona for a few weeks. 4 weeks in RV with a family including a new 6 week old baby, Mad?. Carolyne is one of those very calm people which is probably what makes it work.

He's a great businessman and takes lovely portraits, next time you visit the frozen tundra pop in and say hello.

Valentine's Day Out

2009-02-19T11:31:00.000-08:00

Sometimes it's nice to get out of the studio and record a bit of family life. We had a lovely Family Valentine's Day at went over to the THE LAB in Costa Mesa for lunch. I took a borrowed Canon 85 mm 1.2 prime lens and got some lovely colorful shots of the girls and even had a chance to do a little digital art into the bargain.

They have a great waterfall sculpture. And some wonderfully colored wall art and surfaces. Lunch at the Habana Cafe was as good as usual, if you haven't eaten there yet it's worth a visit. Here's a funny article by OC Weekly's Gustavo Arellano all about it.

annette's family

2009-02-17T10:33:00.001-08:00

This is why we say you can bring all sorts of pets and props with you

kim's family

2009-01-26T21:18:00.001-08:00

The finished image was the result of two separate sessions, one of the family flew down from the Bay Area one week before the main session, we shot him. Then had the rest of the family come in the next weekend

This is one of our favorite images, in fact we like it so much it's i

n the reception area of the new studio.

I should also say that the family session was tons of fun, the kids were full of energy, the boy kind of reminded me of Tigger, just bouncier.

Thanks for coming guys it was fun.

Here's how the session's images turned out.

Enzo

2009-01-22T21:26:00.001-08:00

Enzo, fast by name fast by nature, you should see this kid go, by now I bet he's up and running.

Here's what happened in the session, I got some great shots as he charged the camera.

Dani's family

2009-01-22T17:05:00.001-08:00

If you've got this far you probably know who you're looking at, youthful happy and in fine spirits

It's always fun with two girls at a about this is age they get all silly when you dress them up and point a camera at them, makes for some memorable shots though.

To see how the session turned out click the player below, it's a cracker.

Our friends from Hawaii

2009-01-19T15:30:00.001-08:00

These friends live here but have all sorts of ancestry on the islands, wonderful people, coolest family, and if you need a building, airport or army base maintained these are your people.

Our friends from the big house

2009-01-18T18:04:00.001-08:00

These are our friends and family from the big house. We had a marvelous thanksgiving and Santa turned up at our studio the next day which made for some great pictures although the kids could have cared less. Thanks people.

A day of culture in L.A? really?

2009-01-14T14:26:00.001-08:00

Here's a small video summarizing the day we had with the girls and their grandparents in LA just before the holidays. It's our ferociously busy time so this day was close to a breath of fresh air (it was a Sunday in LA. The new galleries at LACMA are fantastic as was the Vanity Fair Portraits

New Video Experiment

2009-01-13T16:00:00.001-08:00

Here's the best new way for us to show you the results of an emotion session.

This is Erin's family we've been lucky enough to be photographing them since she was pregnant with her son, this is what they look like now.

Indian Princesses at Fiesta Island

2008-04-10T12:10:00.001-07:00

Mohicans,

I'm not sure what I expected from the weekend as some of the prohibitions beforehand were in my opinion somewhat onerous, but it all turned out OK in the end.

My princesses had a whale of a time, their mother was happy to have a weekend to herself and equally happy to have them back on the Sunday afternoon. We got lucky as she was off at a baby shower when we returned home so the princesses got to spend an hour or so in the bath getting clean and fluffy following the many activities, before she returned.

We were also lucky from my (and the grandparents) point of view to have descended on Fiesta Island at a point when the flowers we so emphatically in bloom, providing a spectacular background for some quick portraits.

On that note enjoy them, they are somewhat extravagant colorwise, but why not? we'll be unlikely to get that backdrop again. My apologies to those that I didn't get the chance to capture, there's always another camp, right? The sun was a bit too direct for some of the shots but even they look o.k. because of the colors.

If you do like them, don't try to print them, the resolution off the blog is going to be horrible, just let me know and I'll have them printed at my lab, I've been using a new Kodak metallic paper that's truly spectacular, and will suit these very well.

Just reply to the original mail........ and.......... Just to be clear, free no charge.

Thanks to all that spent the time organizing the event and to those of you who read this and wonder what Indian Princesses are, give me a call and I'll provide all the info.