Last weekend I travelled to Los Angeles to attend a workshop taught by the amazing Ryan Brenizer.  It was a lot of fun and I learned a lot and left feeling very inspired, despite my plane being delayed and me missing the first night.  Ryan arranged for some past clients and friends to come model for us. The first was Stephanie, who’s an actress and model.  We played with some constant artificial light sources and window light, using curtains to shape the light.  Here are some of my favourite shots from that part of the day.  I’ll blog the rest later on, as I recover from this nasty traveller’s cold that I always seem to pick up.

I’m going to do a series of posts of my favourite photos from 2010.  You can vote on your favourite of my 2010 wedding photos on Facebook here, to help one lucky couple win a prize.

I focused primarily on weddings and couple portraits this year, and will likely continue to do so. However, I had several different types of portrait shoots throughout the year: creative professional headshots, family portraits, individual portraits, and my first ever newborn shoot.  I think different kinds of portrait sessions allow me to exercise my creativity and think about things in different ways.  I also got to meet a bunch of cool people.

Sarah joined me for a portrait shoot on Sunday morning. It was a bit of a dreary day, but it wasn’t raining! We were both a little sleepy from the time change, but we still managed to have a fun shoot. Sarah’s family has been requesting some new photos of her, so she gave me a call a couple of weeks ago. She said she’s not photogenic, but I think we’ve proven her wrong.

Sarah’s a fellow Fluevog fan. She showed up with these awesome yellow ‘vogs, with me in my red Fluevog boots that are coming apart at the soles.