Khari and Nicole's Wedding

May I now introduce the newlyweds Khari and Nicole Hairiston-El. Nicole has been a friend to me and my family for years ever since I was about 10 years old. When she offered to me to shoot her wedding I was honored and ecstatic to be chosen as the photographer. Here are some of my favorite shots from their big day. Weddings are never easy, to me, they are one of the most stressful fields in photography, but regardless all the stress and effort put in can produce beautiful results.

Maternity 101

This is Kathy and Javier. Kathy is a friend of mine that was almost at her full term with baby Xavier. I asked if I could practice taking maternity shots on her because I have never done them before. So we set out for an ocean side seen. I was shooting later in the day trying to capture the golden sunlight. Each session I shoot I try and make them personal to the subjects, so that when they look at their images they don't see what that theirs are similar or just like other people. I try to build a relationship with them. In this case the relationship was built already at work and through a previous shoot of Kathy and her dog Chapo. So when I gave direction is was followed easily and was comfortable for the subject she already kinda knew the routine.

Easter

Here are the pictures of another friend from softball. She wanted nice pictures for Easter and something other than what is taken in a studio. We took the pictures at Polliwog Park in Manhattan Beach.