Big Heart

I've been asked what my logo represents to me. Besides the fact that my initials make up the heart (which I think is very cool), my intention is to capture love - expressed in every photo I take - and to do what I do with passion.

A beautiful hike in Wunderlich Park

I went on great hike the other day to Wunderlich Park, my favorite place to hike. Besides the giant stands of redwood trees, the trails were covered with wildflowers.

Rengsdorff House Wedding

Here are some more of my favorite images from the Rengsdorff House wedding. Sorry I didn't get them up sooner then this. Watch the slideshow also.

Photography course

I spent the day today with Curt Littlecott, an award winning photographer from Florida, learning about light, composition and album design. It was very inspiring for me and reminded me of why I am doing what I'm doing; to produce beautiful images for people to look back on to recall a special time in their life. It's important to me to learn as much as I can about the craft I'm doing, especially with the ever changing technology. Of course, the basics sometimes never change.

Fun, fun, fun!

This is one of my favorites from the other day. It shows to me how much fun and joy there was floating around and that what I am all about wanting to capture.

Chris and Lanny's Wedding

Yesterday I had the pleasure of shooting my friend's wedding with my assistant Heather. Chris and Lanny are so photogenic which makes it easy to shoot. It was a very fun time, and it shows on everyones faces. Enjoy the slideshow over to the right of the page. All comments are always welcome.

Blessings,
Michael

New Website

My new website finally launched today. I'll be updating it a lot in the near future, but I'm liking how it looks right now. This Saturaday is Chris and Lanny's big day, what fun it will be. Next week I'll have some great pics of their wedding to post. Stay tuned.

Kayaking in Sausalito

Today, as every Sunday I kayak in the Richardson Bay in Sausalito. Here are some photos showing the houseboats surrounding the bay and the view of San Francisco in the backround as well as the wildlife. To me there's not much better than being out in the water on a beautiful day.

Family Photos

Today in the middle of preparing to launch my new website I did a photo shoot with Chris and her family. We had previously taken some pregnency shots so it was fun to follow it up with these.

A beautiful day in Marin

Here are some photos I captured of Tara on a shoot we did in March.

Portraits

Here are some sweet portraits I shot recently.

Sting yourself

I was dancing this morning in my class in Sausalito and one of the songs that played was Sting's "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free". It got me thinking about how that relates to loving ourselves, and how if we really loved ourselves, we would set ourselves free; to be authentic, to be true, to be ourselves. That's my journey in being a photographer, and in being a human being.

The other great song that played (this will really date me) was Jefferson Airplane's (does anyone remember the Airplane?) "Pretty as You Feel". Another thought provoking yet cliched song.