Some more interesting shots..

The first picture is another one of Brigita, I don't know why it wouldn't upload last night. My computer seems to be back to normal today though, so thats handy! Anywho, this leap just blew me away! She would do these from a dead stop, no running jumps or anything!


This second picture was one of the most unique dance costumes I've seen yet, and the dancer in it was unique enough herself to pull it off. I can't say I have a favorite over at Billy Clower, but these girls just endear themselves to me every year.

Congratulations Brigita!

Brigita is one of our many super talented gymnasts, but she is truly a shining star this year. She received the title of Gymnast of the Year, Level 8 Region 1 (she even skipped a level this year!) as well as receiving 7th place at the Junior Olympics!



She is truly a joy to photograph, so much talent for only being 10 years old!

Baby Kendall

This picture is from Monarchs Gymnastics, one of the coaches had an adorable 5 month old girl named Kendall. She is already well on her way to becoming a talented gymnast, she could walk along the beam (when her mommy held her hands) and she could do a tumble down the mat with a little more help from her mom.

Hodge Podge of Silly Shots!

Here are some of the photos that made me laugh from the past 2 weeks, the little gymnastic girls are just adorable and awesome to work with. And then there's me... The last shot was just me goofing around on the last day at Billy Clower, I gotta say, my stag leap was pretty good for not taking a dance class since high school!


I'm not quite sure why I was pointing, they say that's rude to do, oops!


The spider was key in getting this little one to pose, I don't know how she got so attached to a plastic spider, but she just loved him!


I got some odd looks from the real dancers, but I didn't do as bad as I was expecting (and kind of hoping for!).

More Billy Clower

Here are a few more cool shots from our week at BC, with more to come!


Some talented ballerinas!


One of our favorite posers, Molly always has fresh ideas!

Billy Clower Awesomeness!

So we spent this week shooting at Billy Clower Dance Studio in downtown Ventura. The studio has been running since the 1940's and has been a big part of Ventura's culture and character for just as long. Their recital is going to be next Saturday and Sunday, June 27th and 28th at 7 PM on Saturday and 2 PM on Sunday. Go check it out, it'll be at Ventura High School!

Here is my favorite shot from the whole week, the Senior girls were such a fun group to work with and very good sports about posing for this!



(Girls, feel free to use this on your Myspace, Facebook, whatever, just please leave our logo on!)

Molly and Jim's Engagement Session

Yesterday evening we photographed Molly and Jim out in Ojai. A friend of ours clued us in to a very secluded and unique spot to photograph in; its now a nature preserve but it used to be a small neighborhood, so all the street signs, address markers, and street lights are there, but no houses!
Molly was a real trooper, she walked all through the brush in open heels, though she was a little more wary once we spotted a tarantula crossing the road!

We first met Molly and Jim last year when Molly contacted us to photograph Jim's homecoming from the Middle East, we were so excited to be able to share this new special moment with them. Sue didn't know they weren't engaged when we first met them, and when she found out she recommended they do get engaged on the basis of them being such a cute couple, I guess it was good advice! Anywho, without further ado, here are our favorite pictures from yesterday (and Jim's homecoming)!












Here I am walking alongside our tarantula friend, yikes!

Hair Models for Jo Paulo

I shot some pictures of hair models for Jo yesterday, and it turns out one of them was my next door neighbor!






6 more reasons to go get your hair done by Jo!

Cansler Family

The Cansler family won our digital painted portrait package at The Gold Dust Gala, so we took pictures out at Marina Park with their boys and Shatzi the dog. After they chose their picture I took it into Corel Painter and gave it the painted look it has now, after that it gets printed on wrap around canvas and ends up looking pretty fantastic, I think.

Carson Family Painting

I recently finished a digital painting for the Carson Family and their newest addition, baby Colton.

Heather's headshots

Shot some head shots for one of the gals with the Ventura Improv Company. We just wandered around downtown Ventura looking for some interesting environments, I think we got some good stuff!





And of course the obligatory 'moody' shot.

Diamond's Senior Photos

We just shot Diamond's photos last Thursday. We've been working with her family since our studio started, so it was fun to be a part of such a big event in her life. We shot at Marina Park, and luckily the clouds parted just long enough to get some good shots!

Kaila Rose

So I shot these last month, and unfortunately am only now getting around to posting them! Kaila is a sweet and outrageously smart and talented girl who is now on her way to college in Santa Monica for Graphic Design! I had so much fun shooting her pictures, and I think she, her mom and her dad enjoyed it too. This was the first time she'd been to Ventura since she was a baby (she is now a graduate of Palmdale High School in my hometown). She sent me a thank you note once she'd received her pictures, that really touched me and goes to show was a thoughtful person she is, I know she'll go far! Anyway, enough talking, check out the pictures!

This was the custom announcment card we designed for her, she had it printed on metallic paper, it turned out beautifully!





We ended the shoot with a bit of silly fun, it was definitely a good time!