That’s right San Diegans – right now I’m offering a free 16″ x 24″ canvas gallery wrap when you book your portrait session before October 1st, 2010!  This is a $400.00 value that I’m offering to you as a way of saying “Thank You” for booking your portrait session with me.

The gallery wrap is printed on canvas, stretched over a 1.5″ wood frame and looks incredible hanging on your wall!  Preserve the memories of you or your family in elegant style.

This offer only lasts for a limited time, so book your session now!  Unfortunately, I can’t combine this offer with any other offers or discounts.

I look forward to creating stunning images for you!

All the best,

Stephen

If you’re looking for any type of portrait, I’m offering a discount off my Standard Portrait Session if you book your session between July 7th and July 21st.  To take advantage of the savings, mention coupon code: “SUMMERFUN” when you book your session and I’ll take 20% off your session fee!

Book your session soon as openings won’t last long with this special!

All the best,

Stephen

Patrick and Christina met up with me at Balboa Park in San Diego for the E-Session and we had a great time.  They are a couple of characters, which makes photographing them a lot of fun.

It was a bright and sunny day, so we leveraged some of the shade and architecture in the park.

Christina and Patrick are both on Active Duty in the U. S. Navy and so we headed over to the place where they first met.  They wanted some photos together in uniform, so we headed to front of the building they met in.  There is a torpedo out in front, so we went with a more edgy look for this photo.

With such great personalities, it’s hard to get a bad shot.

The lucky winner will receive a “Photoshop is a tool… Photography is an art.” t-shirt! The winner will be chosen by random drawing once I have reached 200 fans on my Facebook Fan page. You can get a sneak preview of the t-shirt right here, and if you can’t wait for the giveaway you can order one online.

In other news, if you would like to see some other work that you won’t see on my website, check out my blog over at Posterous. It’s dedicated to photos taken with my iPhone. I hope you enjoy it and feel free to leave a comment or two. Here’s the link.

I hope everyone has a great Monday and look for a promotion later this week for Senior Portraits. It’s not too late if you haven’t gotten yours yet!

One of the looks that we were going for was a “business” look. In the shot above, I wanted to capture movement and provide a sense of ‘hurry’ or ‘urgency’ in the photo. The juxtaposition of a business man walking past a graffiti wall just brings that much more to the image. I’m always drawn to color and there’s a lot of that in graffiti.

This shot conveyed a sense of stress or pressure, with the subject seated on a bench in the courtyard with a cigarette. Having the image in Black and White adds a little drama and adds to the mood of the image.

There’s more to come in the future and if you’re a model in the San Diego area who’s looking for a photographer to work with, please feel free to say hello in the comments or contact me via phone or e-mail. Portfolio packages start at $250.00 and include 24 solid images for your book. Get started today!

There’s nothing quite like a stroll down the beach… in February! It’s one of the many reasons that folks come to SoCal. That’s the Huntington Beach pier in the background.

One of my favorite shots from the day! We had so much fun getting our families together and making pictures. Can’t wait to see them again!

Now, you don’t have to worry, I won’t publish any real names here on the blog in effort to protect the innocent (or not so innocent). As always, there are a few minor rules that must be adhered to in order to keep things on the up and up:

1. Letters must be received by February 14th, 2010 at 11:59PM Pacific Standard Time. Letters received after the deadline will be disqualified.
2. The Mini Portrait Session prizes cover the photographer’s fee and 5 digital negatives of your choice. If you live outside the greater San Diego area, travel fees are not included.
3. You can only enter once. Yep, that’s right… only one entry per household.
4. To submit your entry, use our Contact form. It doesn’t have to be pretty or even grammatically correct, so get those letters in quickly!
5. Finally, as the sole judge of the contest, I have the final say on all matters concerning the contest. By submitting an entry, you agree to the rules of the contest that are listed in this post.

Alright, now that the rules are out of the way I call tell you more about what the two lucky winners will receive!

• A Mini Portrait Session shot on location (up to 1 hour maximum)
• 5 Digital Negatives (Creative Processing & Retouching Included)
• A private web gallery to select your 5 photos, share them with friends, and order prints and specialty products!

So don’t wait until the last minute, get your entry in today! The contest is officially open and will run until 11:59PM Pacific Standard Time on February 14th, 2010. I look forward to reading your entries, judging the contest, and wish you all a very Happy Valentine’s Day!

Check out some of the shots we got:

We had a lot of fun and the park gave us a more Fall feeling than some of the other locations in the area. I love shooting at the beach, but it just doesn’t cut it when you’re going for any other look than ‘Summer’.

I hope you enjoyed the photos and be sure to stop back by and see what I’ve been up to! Have a great week!

Check out the reflections that were coming off of the sand that afternoon! Coronado is great for that because the sand on the beach is very fine (almost like powder) and it holds water very, very well. Low tide is a great time to shoot!

As the sun was starting to set, we started having some fun… which is the point of each and every session that I shoot.

We even had time to get a little dirty, which anyone who wants pictures shot on the beach should never be afraid of.

Hope you enjoyed the photos. Monday’s here and it’s work, work, work! This time of year is extremely busy for photographers. However, there’s still time for some family portraits for the Holidays. Be sure to get in touch with us and book your photo session in time! Have a great day!