Category Archives: Personal Work

Personal works like digital painting, life portraits, landscape photography, architectural photography, and miscellaneous art projects

Dancers and Waterfalls

Once in a while I enjoy working on personal projects and collaborations.  It keeps my creative juices flowing, gives me new inspiration, and helps me become a better photographer all around.  As a wedding photographer and artist, I’m continually honing my skills. Last year I had a great opportunity to shoot with the world’s top...

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Nature’s Textures

I just found these images on my Mac – almost forgot about these so I was thrilled to see them. Last December I went on a scouting/hike with Ray and Erwin of Apertura. We ended up walking a couple of hours to find Sturtevant Falls in Arcadia. It was not an easy “walk” because of...

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Behind the Scenes from the Kauai Wedding

Wanna see me shoot a wedding? I finally had the chance to edit behind the scenes footage from Joy and Ryan’s destination wedding in Kauai. It was an experiment using my GoPro camera to document my adventures in shooting their wedding and trash the dress session. My original idea was to show my photography style...

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Heavenly Light in Kauai

Part 1 Aloha! I’m here in the beautiful island of Kauai for Ryan and Joy’s destination wedding. I’m excited to share a few shots from around the island – there are so many places to get good pictures. First stop, Kilauea Lighthouse on the north shore of Kauai. I guess I got here too early...

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Dancing Under the Waterfall – Sneak Peek

Here’s a sneak peek of what I’m editing right now… I had the wonderful opportunity to shoot along side the guys from Apertura Photo: Ray Soemarsono and Erwin Darmali with models Nancy Crouch, Rosalba Jasso, & Loree Rapp, plus fabulous makeup artist Paulina Bustos Stay tuned for more pics! *** update: click here to view...

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Photo Shoot: Los Angeles

Once in a while I like to take part in informal photo shootouts.  It’s a collaboration of multiple photographers and models getting together for some creative fun.  Thanks to Ari Simphoukam for organizing this shootout in Downtown Los Angeles! It’s always great to get out and shoot with a group of other photographers. Kristine Elizabeth...

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The Belly Dancer

I had the honor of witnessing the Belly Dancer Farah in action last week for her photo shoot. This is part of my Dancers in Motion series, continued. Here are a few of my favs: Tags: Belly Dance, Dancers in Motion, Farah, strobist, cultural portraiture, Turkish Belly Dance, artistic photography

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