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2020 Photoshoots: Four

California #Stockton @ciarraparra #2020 #photoshoot #countdown #four #march #universityofthepacific #foundlight #ambientlight #naturallight #portrait #bw_portait #bw_photography

This was a fun shoot with ciarraparra (IG)— it went from downtown Stockton (rough even by my Fresno-raised standards) to the University of the Pacific (fancy!). I think this photo demonstrates one of my strengths as a photographer— utilizing “found light.” Found light is unmodified natural or ambient light, no reflector, no flash, no white piece of paper- just the light as it exists in and is modified by its immediate surroundings. It doesn’t always (okay, rarely) works. But when it does, I love the intimate feeling it provides.

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2020 Photoshoots: Three

California #Sacramento @mari.callista #2020 #photoshoot #countdown #three #february

Mari.Callista (IG) was nice enough to meet me at oh fuck o’clock in the morning at Sutter’s Fort so I could see what morning light is like. It’s really nice, but did I mention oh fuck o’clock?

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2020 Photoshoots: Two

California #Sacramento @jadejacobsartistry #2020 #photoshoot #countdown #two #february

This is from my second shoot with jadejacobartistry (Instagram). There are no photos from the first shoot because I learned the important lesson about checking locations. Just because the parking garage was there last week, doesn’t mean it won’t be a giant hole in the ground this week. Sigh.

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2020 Photoshoots: One

California #Sacramento @jkat317 #cosplay #starifire #2020 #photoshoot #countdown #one #february #beforetimes #inthelonglongago

I know— I already did this. But I missed my first (and favorite) shoot of the year due to poor organization (I know! What has this pandemic done to me? Who even am I anymore?)

So let’s do this again! This is Jkat (follow her at Instagram)! As you can see- she’s an amazing cosplayer and beautiful. What you can’t see is that she is kind, patient, fun AND funny— if I didn’t like her so much, I’d hate her. Here’s her Starfire cosplay that I was lucky enough to photograph in February 2020.

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Earned

#California #Sacramento #latergram #MantecaStreetFair #streetphotography #streetportrait #bw #blackandwhitephotography #woman #elderly #bluesteel #grandma #alifelived #map #face #wrinkles 

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