A few months ago I photographed Tina Faris in Old Town Orange, for her modeling portfolio. During the shoot we randomly ran into my friends Lan Bui and his wife Bonny. He had his camera with him so I asked if he would grab some video of me working. Here’s what he got. It’s cool when your best friend is a talented videographer.
Category Archives: Portraits
THE BIG PICTURE - Episode 70 - Alec Dieppa
The other day my younger brother Alec asked me to take some photos of him, because he’s thinking about doing some modeling. He’s obviously good looking since he’s related to me! 
He’s going to school right now to be a hair stylist, which is going to work out nicely. Eventually I’ll be able to refer my brides to him!
On a side note I just want to take a moment to say how grateful I feel to have such a good realtionship with my family. My mother, my father, my grandmother, my two younger brothers and I are all REALLY close. Like most families, we’ve been through a lot together and it’s strengthened our appreciation for eachother. There is nothing more important to me than my family. I love you guys!!!
P.S. - Barbara is part of my family now too! 
THE BIG PICTURE - Episode 60 - Victor Sizemore’s Photoshoot outside Las Vegas - Part II
This photoshoot was SO MUCH FUN!!! I was so excited when Victor invited me and a bunch of other photographers to join him. We all had a blast. Thanks Victor!
I put this episode together from all of the video that Barbara shot. She did a really good job! And it was really cold and windy out there. There’s a pretty funny shot of us at the end too, don’t miss it.
And here are some of the photos I took:
THE BIG PICTURE - Episode 35 - Behind the Scenes at Yumi’s Photoshoot
Where do I begin? I met Yumi at a photoshoot for Disney. She referred me to photograph her friend’s wedding. Yumi and I ended up sitting next to eachother over dinner at her friend’s wedding and we talked about doing a photoshoot together just for fun. I don’t think either of us were totally serious about it at the time. We both probably thought it would be fun, but didn’t think it would ever actually culminate into anything. But after many months of the topic being bounced around, we decided to finally make it happen. Yumi’s friend Tracie offered up her makeup expertise and my friends Vu and Lan (The Bui Brothers) were generous enough to bring their Alien Bees lights and show me how to set them up. This was my first time ever using a ring flash! And Lan brought his 5dmkii and captured the video for this episode. Thank you guys!!
There was no real theme or purpose behind this photo shoot other than to have a good time experimenting with lighting, makeup, hair and poses. It was so much fun and I hope you all enjoy the behind the scenes action and the photography!
THE BIG PICTURE - Episode 30 - Sneak Peek of Yumi’s Photo Sesh
This is some behind-the-scenes footage from the photo shoot I had yesterday…
Filmed by The Bui Brothers.