Fall Fashion

Every year I do fashion photos for LF Clothing, a local high end clothing boutique here in Santa Barbara. This year we choose two different locations for the fashion photos. The first shoot took place at an abandon air plane hanger and the second shoot was located at Santa Barbara City College. As always I had a blast getting to do something a little different with my photography. I look forward to the next fashion photo shoot!

Santa Barbara Ahoy!

Today was an amazing day in Santa Barbara during my fashion photo shoot with my good friend Caressa. Caressa had always been eager to test her skills as a model and today I gave her a chance to show off her modeling talent. She did an amazing job considering it was her first time modeling! We headed out to the beach to capture some fun poses with one of the largest ships in the world, the USS Ronald Regan, as a back drop before heading over to the top of the bell tower at the Santa Barbara court house. At the top of the tower we ran into some sailors who were eager to strike a pose with a Santa Barbara super model!



The 411:
USS Ronald Reagan with a crew of over 3,000 Sailors arrived in Santa Barbara on Jan. 11th for a scheduled port visit, offering Sailors a chance to enjoy tours, special events, and the downtown scene in Santa Barbara. The ship displaces approximately 95,000 tons of water fully loaded, has a top speed of over 30 knots, powered by two nuclear reactors driving four screws, and can sail for over 20 years before needing to refuel. It is is nearly as long as the Empire State Building is tall at 1,092 feet (333 m) and is 134 feet (41 m) wide at the beam and has a flight deck 252 feet (77 m) wide. The flight deck covers over 4.5 acres (18,000 m²). She carries more than 5,500 sailors and over 80 aircraft. The ship is the winner of the 2006 Battle "E" for West Coast carriers.

The Fashionable Traveler

I had a blast this past weekend photographing Amie who drove all the way from Chino for the photo shoot. The photos will be displayed in LF Clothing and Salon U which are located on State Street in Santa Barbara. Enjoy!

Finding Fashion Anywhere

I had a blast today photographing my friend Nikki Richardson. She has always wanted to be in front of the camera and today I gave her that chance. She did an amazing job modeling considering it was her first time. We traveled to downtown El Paseo plaza to start our shoot, then headed up East Camino Cielo Road for some "high altitude" photos, and then finished down at LeadBetter Beach. I hardly had to say anything to get Nikki to pose like a super model. Nikki even got behind the camera mimicking to be a fashion photographer as I struck a pose as a male model, woohoo! Check out the short video clip of the photo shoot below.

FYI- Nikki is on her way to Tonga on a missions trip for a year where she will be a teacher at the international Christian school of Tonga. Go Tonga!

Hair and makeup were done by the girls at Underground Hair Artists and the styling and clothing were put together by the girls at LF clothing in Santa Barbara. Thanks to all that helped make this photo shoot possible!

Fashion Runway at the Race Track

This past weekend I traveled down to the Del Mar race track for a fashion photo shoot for the Charlie M. Collection. We got access to the paddock area where the horses are pranced around for onlookers. We had our own onlookers during the shoot and we even had a few of the jockeys come out and model with the Charlie M. girls. We had a blast! Check out the video of photo shoot below.

Marina and Karl's Fashion Engagement