Vespas are Back!

Hey there! Hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween.

Over the weekend I got the chance to photograph a pair of beautiful vintage Vespa's courtesy of Mr. Will Sweda (and Brian too!). I was pretty stoked to get the opportunity to photograph some blue Vespas, because not only do I not have a blue scoot in my portfolio thus far, but I feel like its a pretty rare color to find at all....and what do you know, I got my hands on two!

It should be noted that these are two different blue color bikes....one is more periwinkle blue and one is more cyan. Both were shot in Santa Barbara.

Oh, and a little plug...I will be continuing this project up until I leave Santa Barbara after graduation and plan on making a book out of the images...so keep your eyes peeled for that!

Ciao!

The House on the Hill

Our architecture had the opportunity to shoot this great house up on the Riviera with an amazing view. We shot it a couple of weeks ago, but were not happy with the first time round of images. Plus, it was so foggy we didn't get any of the amazing view in the shots! The homeowner DJ was nice enough to let us come back and reshoot (thanks again DJ!) and I think its safe to say we are much happier this time around. View included.

Hope you enjoy

Before and After...

Our teacher encourages us to do before and after shoots of the spaces we photograph, the "before" being if someone walked in with a camera and took a BDE exposure of the space with no editing or styling. So here you see that version of the room, and then our final styled, lit, and photoshopped version of the image.

Enjoy

And Now For Some Interior Design...

Alright so these shots were done for an interior designer instead of the usual architects we have been working with lately. It's pretty unusual to find a Santa Fe style home in Santa Barbara amongst all the old spanish style ones, so it was a nice change.

Hope you enjoy

Hahn Hall

More architecture shots... My group and I got the opportunity to photograph the newly renovated Hahn Hall at the prestige Music Academy of the West in Montecito. It is absolutely beautiifulll and the before and after pictures are just incredible.

Hope you enjoy, photo credits go to Ana Aguirre and Kelli Durham as well :)

Architecture Shoot!

Hello There!

Here are some pictures from my group and I's first architecture shoot. We scored an AMAZING house that has been renovated to perfection by local Santa Barbara architect Karl Kras. Picture credits go to my group members Ana Aguirre and Kelli Durham as well. Hope you enjoy! Please leave feedback.

More Cupcakes!

My brother came up for a visit to SB and we checked out a tilt shift lens to play with for the day. The weather was totally ugly, completely overcast and not too great for architecture. So, i decided I wanted to shoot food instead....and what else but a cupcake! I quickly realized however that even though it was a tilt shift, the 24mm focal length didn't work out so well...so I tried my brother's 24-70mm and was shocked at how sharp and how shallow the depth of field could get.

I've eaten a Crushcake cupcake before but had never ventured inside. They all looked delicious but the Chocolate Bliss one sounded appetizing physically and visually. Hopefully you feel the same way.

Enjoy!