Several months back I had the pleasure of photographing professional longboarder Kassia Meador for Gravis Footwear.  The images centered around her artwork, which is pretty unreal I might add, and were to be used in a promotional video they were putting together.  Well, the video’s done and on the Gravis Footwear site, but you can check it out here, too.  Kassia also has a great blog that details here travels, events, and exotic surf locations.

Special thanks to Pete Santa Maria for the phenomenal work on the video.

I got an e-mail a few weeks back from Vanessa, the sister of my old roommate, about shooting some portraits of her family while they were vacationing in San Diego.  It was a pretty dreary day, so I wanted to take them somewhere where there would be elements that would add some texture to the sky, and where I could light it to provide them with a look that was unique and wasn’t the prototypical “San Diego portrait”.  I took them to one of my favorite spots, where the allowed us to get some really dramatic images.

I’m back in the blogging saddle with a few gems.  A few weeks back I photographed some headshots for aspiring actor/model, Nikko (maybe someday he’ll win a “slashie”).  Nikko is a little over a year old and a total ham.  He loves the camera and, as witnessed during our shoot on the beach, loves to eat sand, too.  The shot on the left is so great (look at those teeth!), but my fave is the in-between-expression on the right.  Looks like he’s ready for a smackdown!

Emme’s great friend, Fairen, spent a few hours the other day at the house on a playdate.  And, yes, they did wear these dresses the *entire* time.

In the summer of 2007, I photographed Amy and Joel, along with Joel’s parents and sister. This time around, Amy and Joel brought along Amy’s side of the family, including her parents, her brother, her other brother and sister-in-law, and her baby nephew. Images were shot a few weeks ago at Ponto in Carlsbad.