Christmas in LA - Drea & Coba Canales

Drea and Coba are good friends that go way back. They were wanting to get a cool Christmas card together this year. So they decided to head to L.A. Live, right in the middle of Downtown LA. The shoot turned out to be quite a challenge. Some of things we encountered were shooting at night, dodging tons of people attending two separate concerts and not to mention RAIN. However, I will always remember a quote I read in one of my photography books. "The best pictures are always taken in the worst conditions." I couldn't agree more!

The Subingsubings

The Subingsubing family just grew...times 2! Mateo and Serene are the newest additions. I was super excited when they asked me to come over and photograph the twins and big brother Noah. It was great fun shooting the little ones and they definitely made my wife yearn even more!

With the baby's taking pictures, it gave Auntie Tia a chance to steal Noah away!

Come on Noah, we gotta get these lights up!

My Beautiful Wife

She is the driving force behind my ambition. She encourages me every step of the way and gives me the strength to step out of my shell and try something new. She is my wife and in my world there is no one that compares to her. She has gone full force into her blogging and her passion has for it is my inspiration behind what I do here. I truly hope you check out her blog and I leave you with one of my favorite pictures of her. Our 1 year anniversary taken in front of Morro Rock in Morro Bay, CA.

Halloween Pumpkins

So last Sunday was Halloween. Here are the pumpkins from the family.

Mikayala's Pumpkin

Nathan's Pumpkin

My Mom's Pumpkin

Matt's Pumpkin

My Ghostly Pumpkin

And Finally, using a White Pumpkin... Jack Skellington!

Lots of Little Pumpkins

In the past couple of years the Canales and Knickerson families have grown exponentially! With everything that these families have going on, it's a rare occasion for them to get all together at one time. So I was excited when they asked me to come and photograph all the little pumpkins on one of these rare occasions where everyone is together.

This is my experimental section. I was trying to be creative in photoshop. Let me know what you think.

This is my experimental vintage photograph.