San Diego Photographer

Here is the latest time lapse video from the most recent Photography 102 class. It is a brief video, but provides some quick insight onto what to expect from the photography class. Lots hands on training in this class makes all of the information easier to retain for when after the class you are going out and shooting.

Kathryn has a wonderful boyfriend. Her boyfriend called me about a month ago looking to give a headshot session to Kathryn as a gift. I put together a nice certificate for him to give to her on the special day and had Kathryn call me at her convenience to setup an appointment. When I met Kathryn she had come fully prepared for the shoot after reading my headshot preparation guide I give all my clients prior to a shoot. After having a consultation with Kathryn I learned that she is an aspiring actress and wants to see where acting can take her, We started off with shooting headshots with natural light through the windows in the studio. Once she was feeling confident in front of the camera we did some outfit changes, mixed up the shots and poses and ended up having a lot of fun. Below are few of the final images.

This past week I had the pleasure of working with Brigitt Reddy, a 13 year-old aspiring actress. Before the shoot began I got to know Brigitt and what her hobbies were and I was astonished at how active and productive she is for her age. She absolutely loves horse back riding and even has her own youtube channel for horseback riding.
Typically when i have worked with teenagers or children it is very difficult to break them out of their shell and to open up in front of the camera, but Brigitt was an exception to the rule. Within minutes she was a total natural posing for her headshots and portraits. It certainly helped having the natural daylight at the new photography studio in downtown San Diego. Using natural daylight in most of her shots allowed for us to get a variety of shots in such a short period of time. Below are just a few of the headshots and portraits we took that day.

I would like to take introduce Rodrigo Mendez, the newest addition to the TRL Team. Rodrigo is working as an independent contractor with extensive photo journalistic background. I have included his photo and bio below for your reference.

"Rodrigo has been a professional event photographer for the past 10 years shooting magazine editorials and photojournalism for both print and web media. He has extensive experience shooting for weekly and daily newspapers abroad as well as magazines throughout Southern California. He has also worked as an assignment photographer for some of the world's top news agencies.

Some of the organizations he has been contracted to shoot events for include: the Bravo Network, the Hard Rock Hotel, Herbalife, LiveNation, SiTv and FHM Magazine."

I am excited to have Rodrigo on board and look forward to the work he is going to produce.
San Diego Photographer

This is the latest video from the San Diego Photography Classes, more specifically it is from the Taking Better Photos Outdoors Class that I teach out in Presidio Park. In the video I used my Intervalometer feature in my Nikon D7000 to capture an image every 5 seconds and then turned all 1,444 photos from the 3 hour class into about less than a minute of footage. I apologize for the poor quality. The timelapse to video conversion is not the best. Regardless it should give an idea of the class and some of the photos taken by the students.

This is a quick video put together using the Nikon D7000 intervalometer taking a 1700 photos, 1 every 5 seconds. The video is of me setting up my new space in San Diego's Best Photography Studio, also known as Kettner Daylight Studio in Little Italy. The video is only capturing my office and not the entire studio. I just want to say that so people don't get confused and think that's all there is. But check out the video and if you want to know know more about time lapse video and intervalometers please let me know.

Just finished up teaching the Photography 101 class for San Diego Photography Classes. I met someone wonderful aspiring photographers who are anxious to take their skills to the next level. I am looking forward to the photos that they will be posting on the website. I have attached a few sampler photos from the class to share with all of you.

Photography 102 is my favorite class to teach for the San Diego Photography Classes. People from all over San Diego County attend and are passionate to learn more about their DSLR cameras and how to better manipulate the settings to get the photos they desire. NO MORE AUTO MODE! This is what I say to everyone that attends because after the class they will never have to use auto mode. They will walk away from the class feeling comfortable with their camera and learn how to tell their camera what to do rather than the other way around.

Here is a photo of the graduating class of Photography 102 October 16th, 2010.