Portraits // Urban Rescue

Today my friends, Urban Rescue are releasing a brand new record titled "City Sessions". While they were on a tour stop in Ontario, I was able to go out and take press photos for their next season as a band. Jordan expressed a departure from the previous city backdrop toward a focused, clean backdrop aesthetic. Before their set on the Roadshow 2017, we set up a makeshift studio on an empty level of the Citizens Bank Arena. I shot these with one remote-triggered flash in a soft-box. I intentionally turned up the power of the flash to achieve higher contrast and deepened shadows. 

Check out City Sessions on what ever you listen to music with!

Forest Home Portraits // Robert

I met Robert at a Briefing Conference a couple years ago. My most memorable moment of him at that conference was his cover of Coldplay with his friend Mason. While I was up at Forest Home for the week, we shot this golden hour session before an evening gathering. This was my first time trying out my new tilt shift lens for portrait photography. Forest Home was my first experience using a lens like it. Ever since, I've been hooked.

Mountain Double Exposures

Drove up to the mountains with some friends and took pictures.

Noguchi Garden // Portrait Session

Tucked behind a business park in Costa Mesa is Isamu Noguchi's California Scenario sculpture garden. I went exploring with my friend Ali and also ventured around the neighboring Segerstrom Center. 

Portraits // Class of 2015

The end of the school year was a busy one for me. In between finishing up my final project, I received plenty of opportunities to photograph portraits of this year's graduating class.