Add Organic Coffee to your Mornings... / San Diego Product Photographer

During last night’s Taste of Leucadia, I happened to walk up to Wipeout Coffee and sample some ice coffee. Mmmmm, delicious! I recommend you make your way to Just Peachy in Leucadia or Seaside Market in Cardiff to find yourself some amazing organic espresso and coffee.

Making the Image / Wine Bottle / San Diego Product Photographer

I used one light in a large 4 x 6 soft box, behind an even larger scrim, on camera left. This produces the soft gradient lighting on the bottle. I set up a white board to reflect light into the bottle on the right side of the camera, giving it a nice line down its side. The background gradient is subtly lit with a small soft box camera right.

A simple light set up to enhance the beauty of this delicious bottle of wine.

San Diego Product Photographer, Wine Bottle, San Diego Commercial Photographer, Encinitas Photographer

New Website...New Blog

What a year this has been! 2013 was a period of growth in my craft as a photographer. Because of Project 52Don Giannatti and the encouragement from other photographers from around the world, I see light and shadows differently than ever before. I pushed my limits weekly with real life projects.

February started with The Stranger project (I have a funny story to go along with it) that really pushed my comfort level. What? I have to walk up to a stranger and ask them if I can make a portrait of them? 

With every project I completed and heard the critique, I grew and developed. Things I never saw in the viewfinder I now see. Different angles, different composition, different lighting...and so on.

We are on Project #42 and I've done all but three. I made the commitment to do them all but life just gets in the way sometimes. And that's okay.

I have a great support group with Project 52 but I get the greatest support from my amazing wife, Daina. 

She is my rock...period. 

So, here's the reward for some tough work this year...a new website.

And here's to continued growth!

 

My first tearsheet...