Monterey: Point Lobos

I was going through old pics on my computer and came across these. They were taken this summer, in August I think. My mom and I went down to Monterey to go for a short hike thorugh Point Lobos State Reserve with my cousins who were visiting from Washington D.C.

Point Lobos has been called: "The Greatest Meeting of Land and Water in the World" - I believe by Robert Louis Stevenson.

It was a bit cloudy that day but still a beautiful place to be!

Let the weddings begin!

This fall a good friend of mine, Ralph Lyklama (http://relyckphotography.smugmug.com/) gave me the opportunity to shadow him and his assistant at a few weddings. Although I did take pictures, my primary goal was to observe and learn as much as I could about the work-flow etc. It's been a great learning experience and I am excited to continue to work with Ralph in the future! Here are a few of my favorite shots from the two weddings. The first set is from the most recent.

Mammoth Lakes, 2008

Every year I get the privilege of travelling to one of my favorites places in California - Mammoth Lakes. Each summer I go in late July/early August for a few weeks of training at the Altitude Project a Christian distance running camp (http://www.altitudeproject.com/). Then in the middle of September, our team goes up for one week.

Mammoth Lakes is beautiful and there is plenty to take pictures of as well as surrounding Eastern Sierra areas including Owen's Valley, and Mono Lake.

Here are a few pictures from my travels there this year.



Owen's Valley looking toward Convict Lake.

Owen's Valley by moonlight. One of the most beautiful nights I have seen!:

Robby and Kristina (My first couple shoot!)

For his birthday, I took my brother and his girlfriend Kris out to Santa Clara Mission Rose Gardens for a couple shoot. I had never done one before and wanted to get some practice. They are a great couple and made taking good pictures easy. It was a beautiful day and a good choice of location. I was really happy with how the pictures turned out and I hope to get the chance to do more shoots like this in the future!