Tess

Here’s a picture I took last week of a friend of mine named Tess - we went out and shot in the “Warehouse District” here in Sacramento. Although this looks like a studio shot, it was actually taken in front of the Napa Auto Parts off of 19th Street (otherwise known as the “Big Blue Box”).

I was inspired by some of the photos that were featured a few weeks ago on America’s Next Top Model (I’m not proud to write that I watch the show - just because of my wife, though) and I decided to try it. Me likey - not quite the blurred effect that they featured on the show but I’m a fan of how it looks.

SushiMasters 2006

I did a little event photography at the SushiMasters 2006 event at the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium on September 18th. I got there around 1:30 in the afternoon and shot the event (with a second shooter) until almost 10!!! My legs were incredibly sore the next day, believe you me. It’s weird, but you never realize how much sushi rolling involves bending at the waist and looking down until you have to shoot chefs doing it.


The last thing I had to do (which took me forever) was the food portraits - and all of it was post-production work. I had to eliminate the backgrounds on all of the dishes and that was a lot of fun. I’m quite happy with the results: