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Okay, I’m not lying when I say this girl is gorgeous! She most definitely is, so I have to give her a big Raaar for her beauty. Paria is a real Persian beauty. She was born and raised in Iran and in middle school, her family moved to California. Mid way through high school she […]

What a joy.  Literally a joy to photograph expectant parents Marianne and Ty.  Marianne contacted me to photograph her maternity portraits and she was full of ideas.  I love it when clients come into a session with specific poses or ideas, because that means they have studied the emotion behind a particular image.  The pose […]

It's time to update your headshots and what better than with a new, hip image profiling your dazzling smile!  Your new headshot with Shalimar Studios can be used for websites, business cards, Facebook/Twitter profile pictures, or even for online dating.   This special is 1 day only and you'll receive 50% off the regular price. […]

What an honor.  I know I’ve said that before, but this truly was an honor and one I was not expecting.  I was contacted by Cindy, the editor for Las Vegas Photographer Magazine & Blog regarding some of my work.  We emailed a few times back and forth, and before I knew it, Cindy was […]

They giggled when I asked them how they met.  Frank looked at Tanika, and Tanika looked at Frank.  I could see that they were hesitant and a little embarrassed to tell me.  They confessed they didn't have a traditional story, and so they admitted they met through  Match.com.  As unconventional as that sounds, the online […]

I recently took a little trip down to one of my favorite weekend get aways, San Diego.  I have had a love affair with San Diego since I graduated college after which I spent a summer interning at SDSU in their Cetacean Behavior Unit.  This is all code for, I conducted research on the wild […]

I've been so fortunate to be surrounded by wonderful teachers in my photography career, and one of those is flash and lighting guru Michael Willems from Canada.  Always in search of furthering my education and knowledge, I attended one of Michael's flash classes in Phoenix this past December and by all means came away from […]