Impromptu

Invited to a small gathering with some friends in Venice Beach on a holiday weekend. The family of four decided to walk along the boardwalk and to the beach. I tagged along, one camera, one lens, one roll of delta 3200 black and white film. Impromptu family session. Gritty, grainy, fun.

Those Eyes

You may have seen this little one before. But this shot didn't make my website (yet). I was out waiting at the bus stop (I enjoy using public transportation when possible) when one of my clients spotted me. Turns out my bus stop is located at the same place Alexandra goes to school. I got this email from mom a short time later: "Alexandra seems to think of you often too since she is convinced we should ALWAYS see you at the bus stop :)". Now this may not seem like such a big deal to you parents but I don't have kids of my own so it really warms my heart that little ones remember me... and seem to look forward to seeing me at the bus stop.

I also like that mom liked this unsmiling photo. Sure there were plenty of Alexandra smiling and laughing. But how can you argue with those eyes?

Suki Ann

A while back I posted a few maternity pictures of Nobi. Well, Suki Ann was born just three days after that shoot. And these photographs were taken four weeks later.

Shara

The return of Cafe Girl.

Semara

I'm on the phone with one of my new clients and in the background I hear a tiny voice: "we want to see the pictures." Or something to that effect. Normally I would not capitulate to such a plaintive request...but hey it's Bastille Day (just wanted to throw that in there for all you Francophiles.) This was obviously shot slightly before the fourth of July.

Grace

I've photographed Grace a couple of times so here are a few more from the sessions.




You may have seen a couple of pictures of Grace on my website.

Cafe Portrait

One of my favorite activities is hanging out in a cafe having a coffee and maybe a smackerel of something. Well there are some great smackerels at Sumi Chang's Europane here in Pasadena. I was waiting for my egg salad sandwich (not your usual egg salad sandwich) when next to me sits this little girl with this fantastic little cap. Since I always have a camera with me, I asked mom if I could shoot a quick portrait. And there you have it: Little Girl in a Cafe. By the way that's the remains of a buttery croissant on Shara's cheeks.

Tear

I did this portrait session few years back. Actually so far back that I was still using one of my favorite cameras, a mamiya RZ 67 which is a medium format film camera suited to studio work. Compared to a 35mm camera it’s big and clunky but it really produced some nice images. We wanted to do some classic images and decided to shoot in a portable studio with a classic gray background. We got so many great pictures and so many expressions that we laid them out as a sequence and printed it as one large wall portrait and the final expression is shown enlarged on its own. The subject grew weary of the photographer by the end of the session. And of course the details.