FUEGO!

Last night we drove up to get a closer look at the La Cañada fires that have been blazing in northern Los Angeles. Here's what I saw:


Onlookers watch the fires getting closer to homes at La Cañadas Valley Crest Drive August 27 2009


An outburst of flames creeps over the hills adjacent to the Los Angeles Crest Hwy | August 27 2009

The orange sky seems a bad omen for the expensive homes on Valley Crest Drive in La Cañada | August 27 2009




Cars drive up Green Crest Drive to get a close view of the fires as the approach La Cañada resident's homes | August 27 2009

pic of the day: hamlet noir

a dramatic shot from a brief photo sesh yesterday with a young model in portland named CJ.

Wedding Season 2.0

Its wedding season again! Thats right last august I spent the last month of the summer shootin with my long time friend and photog extraordinnaire Jelani Memory (jelanimemory.blogspot.com)


I've learned alot over the past year, and having my new 5D is definitely helping me to propel to new skill levels. But I'll be busy processing the photos from this month's weddings for a little while so here's a couple throwbacks from last summer:

Lala Land

Here's a couple shots from a recent shoot in the backyard of the gorgeous Ms Drice's home in Long Island NY. For her first real "shoot" I think she did a spectacular job warming up to the camera and letting the beauty flow.

gettin ink done! a couple published works

Cool news: Last month I ended up having two photos selected for the "Schmap City Guide" in Both Los Angeles and Washington DC!

Check em out here I guess Flickr is good for something!

LA: link

DC: link