I love this portrait of my wife, taken at sunset near the Balboa Pier in Newport Beach a couple of days ago.
JMH - Newport Beach
JMH at the Beach
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Republican Leadership Conference – Presidential Candidates
I have just returned from several days in New Orleans where I was photographing the Republican Leadership Conference, an annual gathering of 2,000 or more of the party faithful. It was an interesting glimpse into Republican philosophy and strategy for the 2012 Presidential election and a revelation about the nature of grass roots politics. The conference felt as much like a religious revival as it did a political event. The forces of evil were embodied by Barack Obama and his liberal minions and the instrument of salvation, the messianic figure, was personified by Ronald Reagan, whose image appeared constantly on huge video screens and whose memory was invoked by nearly every noteworthy speaker over the course of the three days. The quality of the rhetoric varied greatly, from tough but thoughtful speeches by Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum to bombastic invective by a variety of lesser party lights. I was disappointed by the absence of Pawlenty, Huntsman and Romney, but the potential 2012 Presidential nominees were otherwise well represented. Here are a few images of those who have declared:
Michele Bachmann
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Newt Gingrich
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Ron Paul
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Herman Cain
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Rick Santorum
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Gary Johnson
G Family – Just Ahead of the Summer
The season for outdoor photography (or, at least, comfortable outdoor photography) will wind to a close in a few weeks, but we were able to sneak in a family portrait session on a gorgeous Arizona spring day over this past weekend. Had a great time with this family, who are a photogenic bunch.
While the next image is a little unconventional, I love the spontaneity and the genuineness of it. In this fraction of a moment, the camera captures something authentic about this beautiful little girl.
And here is her equally handsome little brother.
Colbi
I recently spent several hours with Colbi and her husband, Sean, photographing them for my stock portfolio. In addition to those more commercial images, we shot a few portraits at the end of our session. I’ll post some of the stock shots once I’m finished editing, but here is one of the portraits of Colbi I especially liked.
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Tennis Monochrome
A couple of months ago I collaborated with the beautiful and talented Jennifer Berk to get some images for both of our portfolios. Jennifer is a former pro tennis player who is making the transition into modeling and recently signed with one of the top sports modeling agencies in the country. Here are a couple of images from our session:
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Film Noir
I spent a long day in the studio yesterday doing some stock and portrait work and ended the day by having some fun with my friend Kalynne and a new acquaintance, Toby. I have a lot of editing yet to do on the hundreds of images we made, but here is a quick look at one. Toby has a gun in his hand (don’t worry – it was a mock Beretta) and many of the images have the gun in frame, which obviously gives the photograph a much more ominous feel. And this one, with the sharp contrast between the light and dark sections of the image, could be seen the same way. But to me, it also has a sense of longing or even heartbreak. I’m not sure, though. What do you think?
Emily & Bryce | Arizona Wedding Photographer
I have known Emily since she was in high school and have always thought the world of her, so it was a pleasure and an honor to be asked to photograph her wedding this past weekend in Newport Beach. Although it has been a rainy winter in Southern California, the weather was perfect and the celebration went off without a hitch. Here are a few images of the lovely bride with her new husband, Bryce:
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