Photoshoot at Leland Stanford Mansion with Erika Vaca Miss Sacramento Latina 2015

The grounds at Leland are small but there are lots of photo ops!

 

Had a great photoshoot with model Erika Vaca Miss Sacramento Latina 2015
 

Sacramento Elk's Tower Ballroom Shoot

I attended this dance workshop shoot organized by Mark behrens  at the Sacramento Elk's Ballroom. There were a variety of proffessional & semi-pro dancers from Ballet to Jazz and Hip Hop. This was my first time shooting dancers on this level. Great shoot! I had a good time shooting and  meetting some of the photographers. Talented group of younG ladies that were fun to shoot!

Check out the behind the scenes video to the shoot! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eOHKjmIfbQ

Also see link to my photos from the shoot!

http://www.pbase.com/cdsims/elks_ballroom

Enchanted Brides

Here are a couple of shots I took at a photo shoot at Empire Mine park in grass valley. Nice place for a model shoot lots of photo ops.

See more photos here!
http://www.pbase.com/cdsims/enchanted_brides

Urban Nighttime and Glam in Old Sacramento

Shot these model in Old Sacramento at a Capitol City shooters meetup. I used a shoot thru umbrella with a 580ex ll on a light stand. Some shots I used a grid on and 580ex ll and another 580ex without a diffuser. I am still doing at least one portrait style meetup a month. It is helping me to use  and understand my lighting equipment. Hoping it will pay off in the long run. The models were dressed in Hollywood glam dresses. They were easy to work with and knew how to pose with little instructions.

See more photos here! http://www.pbase.com/cdsims/urbanshhot

Glam Xtreme Photo Shoot

I attended a photo shoot with the Glam Xtreme group. One of my photography goals this year is to attend at least one portrait/workshop per month this year. I would like to become as proficient with my portrait photography as I am with my landscapes & cityscape. Attending these workshops will help me achieve this goal! This shot is identical twins Sabrina & Sara.  They were fun to shoot! see more from the shoot here. http://www.pbase.com/cdsims/glamxtreme

Finding the light

Good tutorial on using natrual light

Wedding workshop

I attended a wedding workshop last weekend with the Northern California portrait photographers meet up group. This was my first time attending this type of workshop. I learn a little bit more about preparing to be wedding photographers. I also learned a couple of interesting lighting tips. See the link to view some of the photos that were taken by members of the group.

http://www.meetup.com/Northern-California-Portrait-Photographers/photos/all_photos/?photoAlbumId=6935632