JOURNAL

This year we are making some changes and one of those is dedicating a new Instagram account strictly for our portrait, wedding and event work.  You can find us on Instagram at the handle @shalimarstudios.  Would you give us a follow?  This is where you will find all our fabulous clients, gorgeous locations, in-studio projects, […]

Some of you know I made a recent trip to Zion National Park and partook in one of its iconic features, hiking The Narrows.  For many years I had heard about The Narrows from friends who made the short 2.5 hour trip up to Zion from Las Vegas.  But it wasn’t until last year that […]

Are you photo-obsessed like we are?  Then you probably are on Instagram and crave a daily dose of eye candy, whether it be from the fog-filled San Francisco Bay, to the quirky hipsters of New York, to the photojournalistic posts of National Geographic photographers.  And just like them, I am documenting the world we live […]

Some of you may recall me posting an iphone picture from this same spot on my Instagram.  I received a lot of feedback on this image and I have to admit it was one of those instances of divine intervention where everything just fell into place.  We had missed our gaming drive through this park […]

Each year I select a couple key conferences to attend to keep myself abreast of all the great things in the photography industry.  Even though the internet has made it a lot easier to pass on information on new products and advances in the field, I still find it very valuable to attend these conferences, […]

My return to international travel this year took a dramatic turn on a recent trip to Kenya and Turkey.  It has been a life-long goal of mine to go on a safari and I finally made the decision to make that happen this year and to schedule it during the Great Migration.  Along with my […]