shutter to think

wine auction fundraiser

Click on the link to see my pictures from the auction. $10.3 mil was raised for 47 non-profits in the napa valley.

http://www.napavalleyregister.com/v2inc/mm/ss/080612auction/

 
  

this week in graduation

the big weekend

every year there's a big money making auction in the napa valley. the funds go to nonprofits in the valley. on thursday i had to shoot the local auction events around the valley, the ones that you know, the regular people can actually afford. some of them. anyway, the bubble here can be quite a trip.

speaking of bubbles, there was a party at a sparkling wine winery, can't say "champangne" because we aren't in france, they say.

a masquerade ball - i couldn't stay for the actual ball - but this venetian mask is pretty cool

hats off!

Here's a series of portraits i shot for our weekly photo page. I scrambled to find something, like usual, a day or two before deadline. I went to the grange to check out the boots and belles square dancing club to find these locals decked out in these wonderful skirts. actually, its the women that looked incredible.

i'm working on my portraiture. and though i did these in 15 minutes, I need to slow down and watch what i'm shooting. im just lucky i was able to pull something fun off in such a short amount of time.

wine pix

when you know you've had too much to drink this is what you see...






 okay i give up i hate this new typepad design. i can't get them to even line up right stupid......tech...i like how it was before someone fix it the typeing is really sllllooooooowwww....

back to work...

ahh sports. that's when i know i'm back to work. when the weeks of assignments are, for the most part, shooting high school sports. so this is what i do, in case your curious...what i'm assigned to shoot. not exactly what i had envisioned myself upon entering into the world of photojournalism. here are some images from the past week.

i don't like this new template typepad. the pictures don't upload like before....

weddings

ahhh its the season for dry weather...for tourism and sunday drivers...and weddings. I am embarking on a new adventure with my buddy holly. we are adventurous and fun! we love love taking pictures, passionate about storytelling and we work well together! so why not join forces? just think, you would hire two incredible photographers, double the coverage, to photograph the story of your wedding day. Not only will you receive fabulous pictures filled with emotion, and moments, and celebrations, but you are also supporting photographers who are passionate about shooting human interest stories to help make difference throughout the world. doesn't that just make you feel good : )

I suppose that's would our ad would say...we've been tooling around with some names for ourselves. haven't come up with something clever so if you have an idea, please share! hmmm...maybe shutter to think photography?

I'm really hoping our newest adventure will help me afford my documentary work. for certain i would no longer be receiving a bi-monthly paycheck for the work. i haven't left my newspaper job yet but seeing the world upside down right now makes me feel stagnant that i'm not out there working on significant stories and documenting history that could and does motivate people to act and to help...

 

Celebrating Israel from Napa

Napa's local Jewish community celebrates the 60th Anniversary of Israel......

"Israel"

"Pioneer"

Beard trimming: "Theodor Herzl would not look like a cave man."

Backstage of "This is your life Israel."

A little Israeli folk dancing in the synagogue -

The wonderful world of a 50

I love my new 50. its like a whole new world of shooting and being in talking range with my subjects instead of the 70-200mm i would otherwise use....and shout.

a badass badminton player

dancers

on saturday i photographed a cinco de mayo party/fundraiser for relay for life and a folklorico dance group in napa at the fairgrounds. the place is nortorious for bad lighting but jumped for joy when they didn't really turn on the lights because it was fun to shoot and to catch shapes in the available light. teens danced to cumbia.