Billy & Kisa
Lincoln, Ca

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My favorite shot of the day!

one of my favorite candids from the wedding

Well folks here is one of the first weddings to kick off 2008.  The wedding was held in Lincoln, CA.  Beautiful place that I never knew existed.  Billy is a long time friend of mine since high school and it was an honor to photograph his wedding day.  If the one thing this wedding didn’t lack was booze, cigars and good company all handled in the most fashionable and responsible manner of course =).  What was so great about the wedding was I knew all of the grooms men from the wedding because we all went to high school together.  Some I had no seen in about seven or so years too.  We all knew each other from some form of sports whether is was wrestle, football or baseball but man it was refreshing to see them.  Tell me if you can tell who are the triplets in the photos?  hehe YES, I said triplets, I know triplets and in fact I’ve know them since I was in kindergarten hahaha.  Anyways, its so awesome how our paths still cross till this day.  On another awesome note was that day was suppose to rain and the rain held off but the clouds were amazing that day.  My gosh some of the best clouds I’ve seen in a while.  I am so blessed to know these people.  Billy and Kisa have great families and they sure know how to have a good time.  Kisa was so beautiful that day and it was such a joy to see joy radiating off their faces throughout the day.  Thank you Billy and Kisa and blessings upon blessings your life together as one. 

Thanks for reading….

Cheers,
Steve

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Scott Robert Next Level (part 2)

SF Workshop

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This is how we do it baby!!!!!

Doin it the Scott Robert way!!!  Holl a!

Spicy!!! haha

Some creative lighting…I think Harvey looks stellar haha

Someone said this looks like a painting hahaha…kind does

I don’t smoke but I like taking pics of random stuff

Anyone like fish tacos?  =)

Oakland wouldn’t be the same without a chicken and waffles joint!  They make awesome strawberry lemonade! =)

Rule #1  Have fun
Rule #2 Have fun
Rule #3 Have fun

To put it simply…this workshop was sheer fun but fundamentally sound and solid for photography.  If you are a serious photographer or looking to make this your full time career…you will know or need to understand that going to workshop are crucial to your career and success as a photographer.  In a industry pouring in with people who can buy a DSLR and make a website and say they are a photographer…competition is great!  You MUST attend workshops, learn as much as you can and NETWORK!  If you have followed me for sometime now you will notice how far I have excelled in my imagery.  There are things you will learn at Scott Roberts workshop that takes a person 5-10 years to discover and perfect.  You are exposed to so much you might not even be able to comprehend it all.  Scott doesn’t hold back.  If you are serious and want to go to the next level…you will not be disappointed.  Oh, did I mention you will have a awesome time?  That is guaranteed!  =)   Many people think they can just look at magazines, blogs, flickr and think that will be enough to take them to the next level but honestly that will only take you so far as a professional photographer.  To become great you must learn from people who have been successful in their career and it goes for most things in life. 

Don’t miss out on NYC =) 

It was awesome seeing some familiar faces and meeting new ones.  I look forward to our paths crossing soon again!  =)  Special thanks to Alexis, Johanna and Chelsie for being awesome models.  I hope you ladies had a spectacular time.  =) 

Check out images from SR SF Workshop…click here

Thanks for reading…stay tuned for photos from Billy & Kisa’s wedding

Cheers,
Steve

Few of my favorite rising photographers from SR Workshops
http://www.junshien.com/
http://www.tauranphotography.com/
http://www.bandelezuberi.com/

You know what they all have in common?  No one really has their names hahah! 

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Scott Robert Next Level (part 1)
SF Workshop
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SR Next Level Workshop nothing less than excellent.  The workshop
rocked!  Full update on the whole workshop later this week.  Sorry for
the short post but I need some shut eye.  Hope you all are having a
great start to your week.  I hope to get around to posting some photos
from a wedding from March and a couple shoots I’ve been on. 

Cheers,
Steve

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Childhood Photos

I was looking through a box of photos I had the other day and fumbled across hundreds of photos of my sister and I when we were going up.  Something about those times that bring me back to the grass stains on my pants and the moments where you spin around until you go bonkers and fall down.  Ah the smell of childhood…innocent, joyous, happy and soo free.  It isn’t often enough that we spend some time down memory lane or think about how we are so constructed as adults now.  Children are yes naive and have much to learn but as adults we can probably learn more from a child than any book can teach us.  Theres no wonder Jesus always goes back to the notion of a “child like faith.”  As an adult we become so assimilated to cultural norms, expectations and we live out lives worrying about what others think of ourselves.  Look at children do they really seem to care much about what others think of them?  Hardly!  I’ve learned that worrying is the exact opposite of trusting.  Yes, even at my age I still need to be reminded.  You’d think Id realize that by now but I’ve only begun to unfold how much I worry about so many things in my life that it seems to plaque me and in some cases I feel like it has affect the people I love and care so much about.  Living my life in freedom is a everyday task I am learning to move towards and each day I do I realize how much joy comes in that.  Life is too short to worry about rubbish! =) 

Old photos.  There is something about old, faded and ripped out of shape photos from your childhood or photos passed on from generation to generation.  I really love that sort of photograph.  It has timeless Polaroid written all over it.  I still love the idea of tangible photos especially the old ones.  It’s funny as a photographer most of my work is digital so I hardly have tangible photographs to hold in my hands.  Sort of sad I know but I plan on changing that soon. =)  I also love how people post process children or fashion photographs all desaturated in color with some textures that add burned corners to the photos and rips.  I love that antique feel of it when I see a photograph.  It evokes emotion and something about that moment some how. 

Photo 1:  My Fischer Price lawn mower.  =)  My dad had me trained at a early age hehe. 

Photo 2:  I think my mom took that when we were at Great American in Milpita, Ca when I was about 4 or 5 I think. 

Two things about me when I was a little tike…

1) I had a huge head (literally)
2) I was a chub chub haha

Well that’s all you get about me for today.  I’ll share more another time hehe

I’ve been working on a number of things lately so I will post a photos from a couple shoots I did and some candids from a friends wedding.

Thanks for reading

Cheers,
Steve

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