This past weekend I headed up to Diamond Bar to help out at the LA Shoot This! meetup. I gave a presentation on off-camera lighting and Greg Bumatay talked about composition fundamentals. Afterward we split up and helped aspiring photographers to get some awesome shots of some incredible models. As one of the instructors I didn’t get as many shots in as the attendees did, but I managed to snap off a few. Here are some of my favorites.
Today I met up with Sandra and Kaleo in the artist district in downtown Los Angeles for their engagement shots. I had never been to the art district and the mural artists there simply do amazing things with cans of spray paint. Next was a quick stop off by the LA river basin followed by some quick pics at the Musicbox. They were both such good sports today and I can’t wait for their wedding this fall.
My wife is very involved with human services, volunteers at different places, goes to school full time to work on her degree, and is heavily involved in making people’s lives better. That’s really what human services is all about. From drug abuse, to child welfare, to domestic violence, and everything in-between, the people that do human services work are some of the most amazing people I have ever met. It was my absolute honor to provide a photobooth service at last night’s function for them to help raise money for their ongoing activities. I highly encourage other photographers to find charities and/or groups in their area that they can help out with projects like this, it is so worthwhile and fulfilling on many, many levels. Here are a few of the shots we did last night.