The wonder that is Photoshop

I'm currently working on creating geckoweddings.com which will be my new wedding photography website. In creating my new galleries I've been going through past weddings and editing images. Below is one of those images from the McBride wedding. The original image was a bit washed out due to the angle of the sun and I just started playing with it and I'm quite pleased with the end result. Later on I may end up posting the various steps it went through, but there are quite a few. It took over an hour to finish this image. Enjoy!

Michael & Alma

I photographed Michael & Alma's wedding a couple of weeks ago. They are an absolutely wonderful couple and I truly enjoyed photographing their day. Here's just a teaser of some of the shots I got, more will be posted later.

The Way Institute of Martial Arts

I recently photographed some martial arts portraits at The Way Institute of Martial Arts in Agoura, Ca. I've known the owners Master Conrad Ercolono and Master Julie Ercolono for a few years now, great people, great martial artists. During the photo shoot Master Julie Ercolono comes out with a staff that can be lit on both ends. That is lit as in fire, flamage, hot! I was concerned about my paper backdrop catching fire, but everything was fine and we created some amazing images. Here's one below, this and another are posted in the Martial Arts gallery and there will be more to come, including some of her spinning it, which allowed me to capture a complete ring of fire. Enjoy!

Matt & Nicole - Engagement Session

Last week I did an engagement session with Matt & Nicole. They were great! Very funny and playful, which worked well for me. We photographed first at UCLA, Matt's alma mater, then over at the Getty Center. I even managed to get them into a fountain on campus. The session may have ran a bit long... my fault, I was really enjoying shooting the two of them. Sorry guys. I can't wait to photograph their wedding next April. Here are a couple photos from the session. I will upload more within the next week or so and do some different treatments. Enjoy!

Updates

I just made an update to the site. There are new photos in the "Products" section and a new "Martial Arts" section. I've also added another logo, business card, and a martial arts trading card to the "Design" section. I'll be doing another update shortly, as well as seperating the wedding photos on to their own website.

Here are some of the new items to look out for:
- Additional martial arts photos
- Martial arts composite
- Bat Mitzvah photos
- Portraits
- Additional engagement photos (moved into their own gallery on the new wedding website)
- Wedding rehearsal photos (on the new wedding website)
- Additional Event Photos

I also have a few other surprises in store, so keep checking back. Enjoy!

Family Portrait

I recently photographed a number of portraits at my karate studio (I'll post some within the next couple of weeks) and since I had everything set up and since my mom has been dying for a new family portait, I photographed the family as a Mother's Days gift. Here's one of the photos:

The Silver Geckos are Multiplying!

Once thought to be an endangered species... I found this interesting light fixture on a project I was photographing for Southern California Landscape.

Bat Mitzvah Photos - 3 Treatments

I was getting some photos ready for a meeting with a potential client and ended up doing 3 treatments on a photo from the Romick Bat Mitzvah. The first is the original photo with some basic editing.

Romick Bat Mitzvah

This last weekend I photographed the Bat Mitzvah of Jordan Romick in Studio City. The entire day went well and resulted in some amazing photographs. Below is just one sample, I'll be adding a new category on my website with additional photos soon. Congratulations Jordan and family!

Jewelry Clients

I've recently being working with a couple of jewelers, both photographing their products and designing their ads. Here are a couple of samples. The ad design shown here was actually not used, the final version was much simpler.

Wedding Album

Just wanted to post a page from my sample album. Enjoy!

The Knot.com

I'm now advertising on theknot.com, partyspot.com, and weddingchannel.com Feel free to take a look at my listings, they're under photographers for Los Angeles/Southern California. And don't forget to tell your friends!