JOURNAL

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 […]

Dave and Angie are one of those couples that are so in love, that the world could fall apart around them and they wouldn’t even notice.  Their mutual respect and admiration are unbeatable, and you can’t help but completely fall in love with them.  Here is their touching story as told to me by Dave. […]

Recently Shalimar Studios was a featured business that offered a special promotion on the website www.groupon.com.  For those that are unaware of this site, it is awesome!  Groupon hosts sites for various cities throughout the US, and all you have to do is sign up for their email list for your city, and each day […]

One of the joys of being a photographer is being able to participate and watch the growth and changes in the families I photograph.  One such example is my client Stephanie, whom I first photographed with her sister and father 2 years ago, and later that same year photographed her senior portraits.  What an honor […]

I miss him.  I miss Ponce.  Ponce was my golden retriever that passed away last August.  For those of you that knew Ponce, you knew he was one of those once in a lifetime type of pets.  Everyone loves their pets, but Ponce was different.   Ponce was the little guy in the litter that […]

I’ve been so fortunate to photograph Baby Jackson since he was a newborn, and now he is turning 1.  Jackson has always been a calm little cherub.  He gets to go to work with his mother Joy, and each day spend time around animals.  Joy works in the field of equine dentistry, so Jackson has […]