I've been tinkering with product photography over the last few weeks given the quarantine. I decided to start with some fun shots of my favorite perfume brand @fredericmalle. His aesthetic and artistic vision resonates deeply with my photography. The shapes, simplicity, yet focus on the essence of the product in other words the vision or feeling that is invoked. I never was huge into perfumes until last year when @mariah_broad introduced me to a few which I'm now in love with. My favorites are Portrait of a Lady which I came to find out that David Beckham also wears (I knew I should have been a 'football' star!). Also Lipstick Rose and Music for a While I would wear everyday and I have no shame smelling like a pretty rose or a sexy pineapple. I always get compliments. Pictured is the linen spray In My Bed (Dans Mon Lit) which transports you onto a bed of roses. 🌹🍍🌹🍍🌹🍍
Fyi this is not a sponsored post.
What are you favorite perfumes?

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For 2020 I had a vision to do something different with my portraiture and family portrait sessions especially. Living here in Newport Beach, California we become accustomed to only shooting at golden hour because that’s when everyone else shoots and that is the ‘best light’. I agree and disagree. Light is light and I do love that golden glow behind the subject for my golden hour sessions, but in my personal work I found myself shooting during the middle of the day. I was drawn to saturated skies, pretty white clouds, and vivid colors with a bright feel. That’s where this idea for my family portrait sessions originated, or rather taking my portrait sessions into the realm of what I have already been shooting for my personal passion projects.

We did this family session 2 weeks ago before the pandemic invaded the West Coast here. The skies were clearing from rain earlier in the day and the wind was blowing pretty hard. Although that’s what to expect for spring weather here in Southern California. Liz and her family had the biggest smiles and had no problem getting sandy and salty. For this shoot I wanted to do something completely different than the majority of family portraits I’ve shot before. I wanted vibrant colors! Middle of the day blue skies and yellow of course! As you may have noticed I’ve been on a yellow binge or rather a newfound appreciation for this incredible hue. I’ve been loving this book called THE SECRET LIVES OF COLOR by Kassia St. Clair where she goes into a brief history of each color and how it came to be or not be in our culture. My favorite yellows at the moment are acid yellow (made famous by the smiley guy here 😃) and Chrome Yellow (a favorite of Van Gogh). Plus I’m a big fan of two photographers who use yellow in such a beautiful and unique way in their work @___benthomas and @bejamin

Check out their stuff and have your mind blown.

I hope all of you and your families, friends, loved ones, and neighbors stay healthy and safe in these times. I will be still open for business down on the beach here where we can still practice safe social distancing.

In these times amidst the storms of fear, disease, and the unknown, invite Jesus into your boat. When He walked on water in John chapter 6, it was a miracle to show us that He is Lord of whatever we may face, even a storm of nature or life or finances, whatever it may be, He is walking above it and once we invite Him into our boat He brings peace, which surpasses every mans understanding, into our boat (our journey of life). The disciples were scared to death at first of the raging storm and were certain they would perish but once they invited Jesus in their boat the storm subsided and they Had Peace Himself on their life journey.

Do you have some yellow outfits? What are your favorite yellows?? 😃🌻🌼🐤💛🍋🧀🚕📒 Let’s shoot soon I hope!

Message me to learn more about a family portrait session with me here in Newport Beach.⠀