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!

Double the Fun at the Fess Parker Double Tree Resort

A few weeks back I had the privilege of photographing Chelsea and Jon's wedding at the Fess Parker Double Tree in Santa Barbara. After the ceremony we headed across the street to take some fun photos at the beach then headed back to the double tree for some dancing. It was yet another beautiful evening in Santa Barbara.

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.

Charlie M. Collection

This past weekend I traveled down to Orange County to photograph fashion and product photos for Charlie M. Collections custom jean company. The company specializes in custom fitted jeans for tall women. My good friend Lauren was one of the models and my close friend Jenalee, who works for Charlie M. as the marketing director, took over as the art director for the photo shoot. We photographed the product shots at Charlie M's warehouse and then headed over the to Ritz Carlton to shoot the fashion images. It was a fun, yet exhausting day at the office. :)