Sneak Peek

This past weekend my wife and I traveled south for San Diego! Not only for the taste of Carne Asada Fries, but mainly to shoot three separate photo sessions. As we traveled Friday morning, rain poured all over Southern California. We were worried our photo shoots were not going to happen, but with a little prayer to the Father above he made everything just right! Stay tuned for more!

The sun came out that Saturday morning and we began our first session with Kat and Scott at the La Jolla Shores. What a beautiful day!
Where East Coast meets West Coast...


Later in the day, we headed to Coronado Island to shoot Dexter and his beautiful family. Leah was so cute!


And on Sunday, we finished our last session with my best friend's beautiful daughter, Lilly!

Arlene and The Kids!

What a fun family shoot today with Arlene and her beautiful kids! Those beautiful kids are also my nephew and niece, Damien and Lindsey! Arlene has been wanting to do these photos for such a long time, but schedule has always been a problem. Since the kids were on their holiday break and Arlene with time off, we were finally able to take an hour to shoot these wonderful family pictures. Arlene wanted shots of only Damien and Lindsey, but how can we leave out their beautiful mom who brought them in this world. As always, Damien posed as himself, a goofball. Lindsey added a little fun as well, while Arlene participated as being a fun mom. And don't worry you will see more of the silly Damien when they will do another shoot with their dad hopefully next week! Here are a few from today. Enjoy!

What a beautiful structure of crates!



These shots took literally 15 seconds altogether, lol!

Damien always on top of the world!

She's growing too fast!

My favorite shots always have to be the silly ones!


Finally, we were able to get some serious ones from Damien, lol!

Rob and Christina's Holiday Photos

My coworker Rob Rudd and his wife Christina wanted to deliver some funny and creative holiday cards this year to their family and friends. The photo shoot was a success since my models were so easy to work with. Rob is one hilarious dude at work, but outside of work he is even funnier. Christina was absolutely down for anything as well. They even went shopping for a few of their outfits, even the dogs has their own outfits. The whole idea of funny was their plan, but all the shots we took were pretty much played by ear. This shoot had to be the most fun I’ve ever had to work with! Merry Christmas Rob and Christina! I want to see the outcome of the cards!



Uno the Rednose Dog


I think Rob was excited to receive a new bike!


The self portraits


The best part of Christmas are the gifts!

Strawberry Lumps, the band

Okay, okay Strawberry Lumps is not really a band. This photo shoot was specifically for Ciela who wanted me to take photos of her before going back to the Philippines. It was kind of like a going away gift for her. Other than Ciela, my wife, my sister Sheila and my cousin Chelsea decided to come along for the photo shoot. Since we all know each other very well, every one wanted a few shots of themselves as well. I figured since they are all here and all girls maybe we can shoot a group shot like a band shot. Chelsea had a great idea of having a name for the band, the first name that popped in her head was Stawberry Lumps. It's ironic that we had our photo shoot in a vineyard, that produces truckload of grapes.

San Diego Trip

In between work at the base and photography work, I manage to find some time to visit some close friends of mine in San Diego. We had a great time hanging out with some of the old crew and roaming around my old stomping grounds. I miss San Diego... the fresh air, the nightlife, the beach, the weather, the people, and the food. My best friend, Mike, was even there. He came all the way down from Denver, Colorado. Even though we did not see each other that much, we made the best out of it when we did see each other. Other than hanging out with old friends, I took my wife to some other places she has never seen in San Diego. During these two weeks, I ended up going to Magic Mountain the following Friday and then back to San Diego. What a crazy two weeks!


Old Town
I always love the atmosphere of Old Town. The people are great and it's one tourist spot that is never crowded. The food is always good, the homemade tortillas are the best, and the place is full of color! It gave us a glimpse of how people live during those era.



The Beaches (Ocean Beach & Pacific Beach)
Since my sister Sheila lives in Ocean Beach, we spent the majority of the day over there. We ate at a famous burger joint called Hodad's. Burgers were juicy and huge! Also, that day happen to be a nice sunny day during Octoberfest. At Pacific Beach we ended up eating breakfast at Broken Yolk and had few mimosas. It's so nice to just hang out with old friends, relaxing under the beautiful sunny blue sky, and not rushing to do anything. A real vacation.



A view from Sheila's backyard in Ocean Beach.



Downtown
I took my wife down to the Embarcadero area near Downtown and to Little Italy. We strolled around and even had a slice of real Italian style pizza from Luigi's. It ws so hard for us to choose what to get as they have an array of pizza to choose from. Later that evening I treated out my sister to the Fish Market which she actually now has a job with.