David + Maxine | Engagement Session

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I love this one…

David’s lunch…product photography? yes yes… =)

Cilantro rice is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!

Huevos con patillos y carne asada!  =)

Maxine’s lunch! =)  yummy!!!!!!!!!

goofing off at the table!

Hey…there’s that frame again =)

salt water taffy anyone?

Endless selections

Aren’t they cute? =)

Meet David & Maxine!  David is a web/graphic designer, musician, husband to be, a great friend with a awesome sense of humor! Maxine is the chillest, down to earth all around fun girl (David you gots a keeper baby). =)  She also just finished her masters in social work (correct me if I’m mistaken Maxine).  Anyways, I can’t wait till their wedding day which is in less than 2 months! Now to the photographs.  We spend most or all of the session in two locations…well mainly one.  We had lunch at Zocalo’s in down town Sacramento and I highly recommend this place.  Awesome food, great atmosphere especially if you are looking for a chill place to hang out with friends on a late Friday or Saturday night.  It’s definitely trendy but their food brings you back!  I did a few shots there but most of the photos were all taken indoors at the Sacramento Train Museum!  Pretty neat places I must say.  I don’t remember much of it because I think the last time I was there was when I was about five years old haha.  The shoot was relatively short but we did manage to walk around old town Sac a small bit to the Salt Water Taffy store.  That place has so much taffy its not even funny.  Back to Maxine & David…both work with the youth group at a local church here in Sacramento and I must say God couldn’t of chosen any couple better to be around these kids because as much as they are adults they are very much big kids themselves.  I’m not much of an adult myself hahaha…if fact for those who know me, know I still act like a kid haha.  I mentioned earlier David is a web/graphic designer and might I say a freakin amazing one!!!!! You got to check him out.  He’s going to be designing my a new website for me in the near future and a custom blog (dont worry I’m xanga for life) =)

Check David out at
www.26am.com
www.dingleit.com

If you need a web/graphic designer…I highly highly recommend him.  He has contracted, Sony, Biola University, Capcom and non profit organizations….you name it…he’s done it.  He’s an amazing person to work with and so are his associates! 

I hope you all enjoy this set.  Have a splendid weekend.  I’m off to Oakland and NYC next week woohoo! 

Thanks for tunning in

Cheers,
Steve

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Greg & Wendy | Engagement Shoot

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Got this idea from Scott Robert

We had a lot of fun with this frame =)  

I don’t know if I like this shot…or….

Or this one… =)  

I love this one!!!!!!!!

Elevator and I don’t mean Timberland

Couldn’t resist taking sun beans through the clouds!  =)

I know this post has a lot of pictures mainly because I couldn’t decide which ones I liked the most so I just posted all of them hahaha.  Anyways, I did a engagement shoot a few weeks back for Greg and Wendy and boy did we have a blast.  Greg and Wendy are such a awesome couple who love Christ, have a passion for people and life.  It shows through their relationship with each other and people they meet.  I can’t wait till their wedding day…we’re going to have so much fun! =)  Thanks again for a awesome time and I hope you all enjoy this set!  =)  Stay tuned for more photos from another engagement and other shoots I’ve been on!  

Random Blurps:

So gas prices are literally costing American’s a arm and a leg.  I filled up Monday last week at $4.22/gal and by Friday that week it was $4.37.  A 15 cent increase in less than one week is just crazy its like hyper inflation.  Today I filled up at $4.45/gal at my local Chevron.  Diesel is already over $5 bucks and before you know it so will gasoline.  

Hybrid cars are among popular demand but do they really save you money in the long run?  I’ve read articles say it doesn’t but who knows?  Environmentally friendly?  Sure!  Resale value on those cars are probably top dollar especially if you own a Prius.  Does anyone know the cost of replacing a hybrid battery?  Supposedly they are pretty expensive.  

McCain or Obama?  Whose its going to be?  If you want my honest opinion about the whole campaign…I don’t like any of the candidates! =)  I’ll leave it at that, politics can get messy and if you want to talk politics…please join me for coffee Id love to hear what you have to say!  =)  

Food prices remain on the rise but I’ve found that businesses like Trader Joe’s have stable prices vs. Major chain grocery stores.  Most people tend to think places like that or Co Ops are more expensive and they can be but you can definitely get a few good buys.  

Mom & Pop vs. Franchise Restaurants…nothing beats Mom and Pop places for some good old home cooking for any cuisne…American, Asian, Mexican, Mediterranean…you name it.  Most of the time I find myself at more privately owned places to eat.  When a restaurant is just itself there is a uniqueness about each places verses Applebee’s  which by the way is on the downhill corporately since way back but companies like Apple Bee’s I believe have a good recipe.  It’s not that the market for is bad but simply bad management, bad employee’s and companies taking short cuts to meet the demand of people.  In a sense demand goes up is good but for companies like Apple Bee’s it lead to microwave food, poor service and quality that just seems to diminish.  I still remember the first time the restaurant opened back in the early 90′s and it was a awesome place.  Nice feel and atmosphere that invites people of all ages.  Companies like In & Out Burger for example is a great company with a great product.  Simple is how they keep it and its worked well for them.  If I’m not mistaken they are NOT franchise but still family owned.  What’s In and Out’s secret?  Well for one thing they are consistent, customer service is excellent most of the time and most of the time foods are always created fresh and right on the spot.  You’d think places like Apple Bee’s would make you food on the spot when you order but truth of the matter is their foods are either frozen, prepackaged, sitting under heat lamps and reheated in the microwave.  How do I know, well ask my friend who used to work there hahaha.  

Ok…I’ve rambled enough!  Until next time…

Cheers,
Steve

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Crazy DOF

50mm at f/2.8

50mm at f/1.2

Canon 50mm f/1.2 is a freaking sweet lens but the DOF is pretty crazy.  You can see it in the photo of my aunts chawawa.  At 1.2 though you definitely got to be careful when taking portraits for sure.  The DOF is so narrow on this you could prob just focus on a person’s eye haha.  Definitely great in low lighting situations.  In AF mode when shooting against light or the sun its definitely struggles to focus.  Never the less its awesome optically.  I say its worth every pretty penny! =) 

I’m finding it difficult to find time to blog now a days.  I still enjoy it as always but with the million and one things I am juggling it almost seems to end up on the back burner some days =(.  Thanks everyone for always tuning in to my blog here.  I know I have really slacked on replying and I’m going to be better at that.  Blog can be a full time job sometimes =)  and for some people thats how they make a living so I hear? hahah  Anyways, I’ll have some more photos from a few shoots I have been on and a couple engagments.  I’ll be in LA this weekend so hit me up if you want to hang!  =)  Until next time I will check you all later.  Have a superb weekend! =) 

Anyone know a good third party wide angle zoom lens for a Canon 5D.  I have planned on a 16-35mm.  Or if you want to sell me yours hehe.  That indeed is a great lens but I’ve been curious about some of the other third party lens that are significantly cheaper and was thinking about comparing optical abilities compared to the Canon.  The only third party lens I have ever owned has been the Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8.  That lens is freaking amazing for the price.  Optically its sharp, fast and built very well.  I’m going to try a Tokina lens next and will let you all know how that works out!  =)  Well see how if some of these can stand up to the “L” quality optically…I have doubts about third party lens being built as well as the “L” series from Canon.  But we all know it comes down to image quality.  Id say built quality would come second for me.  Anyways, just my two cents.  Feel free to chime in with your thoughts!  =)  Comments welcomed. 

Canon 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 FOR SALE…pm me for price

Cheers,
Steve

Photo Shoot | Vivian

Quick update before I head out the door today…here is a shoot I did for the lovely Vivian back a month or so ago.  Hope you’re all having a great weekend in the heat if you’re in awesome California! =)  Too-Da-Loo!

Cheers,
Steve

DKC | Softball

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GOT! =)

Confused are we?

Don’t Ask!

Tree Hugger Team hahah

my fav photo of the whole day! =)  Meet Abigal!

This ones for you Brian! =) B-CHO = BIG SHOW…get it? haha

The Champions!

Quick update…wow a second post in one week, woohoo.  A few weeks ago I participated in a annual church softball tournament. I really miss play baseball but at least softball is a nice alternative =)  We all had a blast woopin some booty on the field hahah.  Brian hit four homers!  Good job dude, way to bring in the runs baby.  As you can see we have an assortment of teams in all colors and I do mean ALLLLLLLLL Colors!  Some were quite fashionable.  Ok thats all for now folks.  I’ll have some more photos up from a couple more shoots!  =)  Stay tuned.  =)  Hope you’re all have a great week.

Thanks for reading

Cheers,
Steve

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Photo Shoot | Adriana

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WOW is all I have to say for this photo shoot.  I had so much freakin fun on this photo shoot…you have no idea =)  About a couple weeks ago I had a senior portrait shoot for Adriana and high five to you girl for being such a sport with some of the places I picked out hehe.  =)  90% of the photos were taken at a ranch where there abandoned old farm equipment was stored.  Reminds me of the my childhood days where no one knew where Elk Grove was and had the small town feel.  I cherish those time till this day.  Anyways, this shoot was in Wilton, CA.  Now the only way you know where Wilton is if you are from Elk Grove or parts of Sacramento.  In fact people who live in sac don’t even know where Wilton is.  It pretty much farm land and agriculture away from civilization I’d like to say.  If one day I could live on a ranch that would be so awesome.  Adriana you were awesome and I was so thrilled you picked me as your portrait photographer.  I hope you cherish these for the rest of your life, especially when you look at these 10, 20 years down the road.  =)  I also wanted to extend a personal thanks to the owners of the farm property who allowed me to shoot there.  I will be back and I hope we can become friends in the near future.  I hope you all enjoy this set as much as I did. 

I’m really going to make it a goal to blog more often.  I have been pretty stretched lately and I can’t imagine how much more busy I will be once the wedding ball rolls for me in July and onward.  No June weddings surprisingly but no worries.  June will be full of other photo shoots   I hope to one or two more post this week so stay tuned and thank you all who visit my blog regularly.  =)  You all rock! 

Thanks for reading.

Cheers,
Steve

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Photo Shoot | Chaz

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I assure you I haven’t fallen off the earth   To all my loyal subscribers sorry for no updates on my end.  I would really like to blog at least a couple times a week but I’ve just been swamped with work to do.  No insightful reading today but here is a senior portrait shoot I did a few weeks back.  I hope you all enjoy!  I’ll have updates from a couple of life events I’ve been doing and a few more shoots I’ve been on.  If I didn’t get a chance to comment back to you some of you I apologize and will make a better effort to do so.  I hope everyone is having a blessed week so far.  I am definitely looking forward to the weekend not because I don’t have to work but because I got an engagement session with some awesome people and I get to see friends =)  Anyways, more updates to come….stay tuned. 

Thanks for reading

Cheers,
Steve

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