Alex - Class of 2009

I just finished going through the images from Alex's session from Saturday. There are some amazing images, not because of me, but because of her unique style. If you didn't know any better you'd swear Alex was born in the 80's and was stuck there :) But, when she comes rolling up rockin' BassHunter you know you're in for a treat. It's not often I get the opportunity to photograph someone like Alex, so we went crazy with the shoot trying new things.

Alex wasn't one for the serious face, so here we are cheesin it up.


We even broke out the pink background because it matched her hair and outfit.... almost like we planned it ;)


And, la creme de la creme, the circle was complete when Alex took me out to see her car... a 78' Trans Am! I was afraid this outfit was going to be too "sexy" with the dress and fishnets, but, it screamed out to be paired with her car. I think the shots rock, a little bit sexy, but a whole lot of rock n' roll!

Elizabeth - Class of 2009

Ok, new tradition! I am going to start taking pictures with our seniors and posting them on this blog with some teaser images from the session. The problem is, I get so wrapped up in the day I forget, so seniors.... remind me :)

First up is Elizabeth, I shot her senior pictures this past Saturday. She totally rocked it, I hadn't realized how long it had been since the last senior. I felt a little out of practice, but, Elizabeth made it easy. She has these rockin blue eyes that popped in every shot, her smile is infectious and her serious face is fierce. Not as good as mine though ;) Plus! Mercedes and I introduced her to sushi, not just any sushi, we went to Haru. Which, in the words of Mercedes, is "Bomb Dot Com".



Here are some teasers from the session, we have some exciting new things up our sleeves for this year! I love this first one because it really shows off her eyes.


This second one is hot, I love the attitude! Attitude means so much in photos. I love the pose of her legs... this was all her!

Claudia & Daniel

I have a little story to tell before I get to the images. Yesterday I flew down to Riverside to photograph Claudia and Daniel's engagement session.

I flew out of Sacramento on Southwest at 6am which meant leaving the house at 4:30 or so just to make sure I didn't have any issues getting all my gear through security. We boarded the plan and I went to my seat B16, which was the middle seat. Sitting next to me was a dude in the oil industry named Dominic. Cool guy, we got to talking about a bunch of stuff. He was a bigger guy, like he worked out, not obese. So when the door shut and there was nobody sitting next to me in the isle seat, so I moved over to give both of us some room. Now, you may or may not be saying, "Ok Sam, what was the problem?", if your laughing hysterically like my wife was, you, my friend, are a smarted man than me.

So heres the punch line, on the flight back I had A64, as I was standing in line I got to thinking that 64 rows is a lot of rows for such a small plane. Then the, duh, hit me. Southwest doesn't assign seats, its a free for all, thats why they have boarding groups. So rewind to the morning, when I sit my ass down in the middle seat, next to this dude who could probably kill me, cramming him up against the window when there is a whole row open. I don't even know what he thought, but, Dominic, if you are reading this.....

Anyways, back to the engagement session! I think this was one of the more challenging locations I've worked with. If you have ever been down to the Riverside, Desert Hot Springs area, you know what I mean. There's not much there, but windmills and tumbleweeds. But, none the less, I ended up with amazing shots. When you have a couple like this, its hard not to :) I will be photographing their wedding in October and I can't wait!