JOURNAL

I’m very excited to share with you all my first fashion editorial that was published by Institute Magazine.  In addition to photographing portraits and weddings, one of my goals this year was to expand my creativity into the fashion world and I can not be more happy that my first editorial “The Mane Attraction” was […]

 I absolutely love when I can photograph the all-American family, and the Gravley family was just that group.  Helmed by the matriarch Michelle, she maintains her feminity amongst the bevy of male energy she is surrounded by on a daily basis with husband Derek, high-school senior Billy, and youngsters Brennan and Dylan.   During our […]

Last month I shared that I was featured in Light It Magazine with an image of one of my muses, Ria.  I’m so excited to share that after that feature, the magazine asked me to be featured again!  This time they featured an image I captured of my assistant Marissa.  Marissa has been a staple […]

Lately I've been inspired by 1 word.  One word at a time and it develops into a full-on photo shoot with models, hair and makeup, and studio lights.  The most recent word of inspiration was “feather.”  I saw something, somewhere which had a feather, and I knew I needed to do a shoot with feathers. […]

I'm always on the look out for new advances in the field of photography so that I can provide my clients the best images and experience.  One such recent advancement was the invention of the Lytro camera and I'm proud to say I'm one of the first in the state of Nevada to own one. […]

One of the main reasons I started Shalimar Studios was because of my family.  I wanted to turn my passion for photographing and documenting my family, into a gift and service I can provide for other families as well.  So with family and wedding portraiture being the basis of Shalimar Studios, I never take a […]

I've been very fortunate to know some great models.  One of which is Carrie, who happens to be friends of previous models I've profiled, Olivia and Kady.  If anyone is friends of Olivia and Kady, they are automatically friends of mine because I know they'll be fun, outgoing, a little quirky, and up for anything. […]