JOURNAL

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. […]

I have to share a few images from a recent engagement session I photographed just this past weekend.  The images are of Miljan and Ruby, probably the most darling people I know and are beautiful both inside and out.  Ruby is a very good friend of mine and fellow photographer who is someone I have […]

As I mentioned in my previous blog post, I am avid at setting goals and redefining them as I approach the final product.  Well, this latest shoot took me almost 2 years from start to finish.  It was a shoot I had longed for, one I dreamt about and spent many hours imagining how I […]