November 27, 2009
Holiday Portraits 2009
December 29, 2008
California Engagement Portraits on the Beach
Connie and Neil are having a Baby TODAY!
I get to make some beautiful Newborn Portraits this week. Check back soon to see them.
March 26, 2008
Kaizen 52 Project: Narmar Hanna
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Beyond Headshots in LA
Los Angeles Actress – Narmar Hanna.
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February 4, 2008
Kaizen 52 Project: Mike Stanley
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This is my friend Mike Stanley. He’s a freelance director and editor in Los Angeles.
We had fun just shooting at the park with our kids. I’m glad to know him.
February 1, 2008
Newborn Portraits in Los Angeles
Newborn Portrait Specialist – Alvin Catacutan
I LOVE Photographing Newborns! There is nothing more beautiful and pure.
I wish I went to a professional photographer to make portraits like these of my baby girl. When my girl was a newborn, my wife and I were just happy to be parents.
Now, everytime I make an infant portrait, I catch myself saying “I wish I had photos like these of my daughter.” I was just starting out in photography then. I simply didn’t have the skill or equipment to do it myself.
Now that I can do it for others, you better believe we’ll have some beautiful newborn portraits to hang on our wall.
I know this family will forever cherish these images.
Plan now to have portraits made of your new baby. They only look newborn for the first two weeks, then they grow and grow and grow.
Your little one will never be this small again.
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January 26, 2008
The Strobist Workshop in Santa Clara, Ca
Last weekend I attended a lighting workshop taught by The Strobist himself – David Hobby.
Alvin Catacutan and David Hobby
I was impressed by the range of experience in the class. Amateurs to seasoned professionals were there to learn more about off camera flash photography.
Hobby’s generosity and love of photography has grown to a worldwide community of photographers thousands strong.
He shares his years of run and gun experience as a newspaper photographer, teaching others how to do it fast light and best of all cheap.
Hobby knows how expensive photography can be as a hobby. Professionals know that it gets even more expensive as your skill level grows and equipment needs increase.
The Strobist community finds ways to modify their gear and invent alternatives to expensive professional lighting equipment.
The ringflash for example.
The contraption that looks like a big white donut on a stick and many applications in fashion and portrait photography.
Professional level ringflashes can cost you over a thousand dollars. This one was made by David as an attachment to his much beloved Nikon SB800 flash unit. Its made of cardboard, tape, and parchment paper.
It produces that shadowless wrap around light much desired by fashion photogs.
The speed and intuitive nature of David’s workflow is what I want to incorporate into my work. He sees light and meters with his eyes and experience.
Check out the Strobist Blog and see what the Strobist community has been up to.
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January 26, 2008
Kaizen 52 Project – One Portrait a week for 52 weeks. First Infant Portrait for 2008!
January 18, 2008
Thai Elvis in Hollywood
December 22, 2007
Christmas in Beverly Hills
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HUNKY SANTA at the Beverly Center
I love L.A.
Traditionally we head south to Orange county to have a big feast with The O.C. branch of the family. Since our little family has grown I’ve been wanting to put all the focus on the three of us. Not that we’re avoiding the big family events altogether, but we want to keep it intimate and enjoy what our new “Hometown” has to offer.
We met Mamatron at the Beverly Center after work.
This is currently my favorite mall in all of Los Angeles. Its one of the few that is refreshingly indoors. Modern leather furniture rests in the center of the walkways for Dads and Shopping averse Husbands. You gotta love a mall that lets you watch sports on a Sony Flat Screen TV, while waiting for your high-maintence spouse/girlfriend/life-partner/or dirty mistresss to come back from shopping at Dolce Gabbana or Coach.
Despite the list of high end stores in this mall, The Beverly Center is surprisingly family oriented.
Gymboree is our go to store for sales on kid’s clothes, but H&M, Gap, and The Ferrari Store all have substantial children’s sections as well.
What impresses me most about The Beverly Center is that the toilet stalls in the Men’s restroom have toddler seats with five point harnesses! You can do your business while your toddler sits safely in a seat beside you. I’ve never seen such innovative thinking!
I usually end up carrying Monkeytron on my shoulders while I stand up at the urinal. She’s high enough not to get any backsplash, but I’m always worried she’s gonna wiggle and fall to the hard tile floor.
Here, I can rest assured that she is safe and not going to run off to touch something unclean.
For this reason, The Beverly Center gets a FIVE STAR rating in my books.
The reason I love the Beverly Center is its cheeky approach to the Holidays. We got to hang out with Hunky Santa today. He and his Candy Cane Dancers entertained shoppers with their take on Holiday Cheer.
Hunky Santa, don’t forget to stuff my stocking with a Gift Certificate for Lipo Suction and Pectoral implants from Dr. 90210.
I’m sure Mamatron has something else for you on her list.
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December 11, 2007
San Damian Collection – Holiday Shopping and my past life.
Remnants of my life before Parenthood keep popping up lately. I got a call yesterday from my friend Damian Brown, the genius behind The San Damian Collection. We met in Santa Barbara years ago when he was just introducing his designs to the California Market. I was working for the Santa Barbara International Film Festival at the time. The best place to meet creative people and party like a rockstar.
He is the designer and creator of a unique brand of Jewelry. Now he’s branching out to apparel.
His Jewelry can be found on many celebrities such as Marla Sokoloff of Desperate Housewives, and Evangeline Lilly of Lost
The San Damian Collection of Jewelry and Apparel was having an exclusive sample sale last night in Culver City.
I fell in love with this beautiful pendant as soon as I saw it.
In fact to one you see in the picture is the one I got! What a find. Only the best pieces get photographed for his website.
It now sits on a silver chain around my lovely wife’s neck.
He has range of jewelry that make perfect Christmas presents for both men and women. Check out his website and watch for is Jewelry and Apparel at high end boutiques like Billy Martin’s on Sunset.
