Vendor: Modern Chair Rental

Building relationships with vendors is super important in this industry and furthermore referring them is key for a lasting relationship.

Todays second blog post is a plug for my friends business, Modern Chair Rental located in La Habra.

They specialize in, you guessed it, modern chairs & furniture.

I helped my friend out by doing product photography for all his cool looking furniture. Here are just a few items he has available.














Check out Modern Chair Rental online or walk into their warehouse and see the furniture yourself =) Ask for Cesar and tell him Robert sent you!

Bun in the Oven & A Fresh Bun

About five months ago I was privileged to do a maternity session. I typically recommend having this session a month before the due date that way you look nice and big =).

These sessions are great, the mother to be loves these photos, but the consensus amongst the fathers to be is they think these photos weird. Not at all! Pregnancy's only happen a couple of times in a lifetime so you have to capture them while you can!

Bun in the Oven:















A 4 month old Bun:















Feel free to give me a ring if you'd like to schedule a session =)

Take Ivy: Desert Shoot & La Venta Inn

After a successful show of my friends band, Take Ivy, asked me if I could shoot them in the desert.

We discussed idea's and what not and the final decision was to shoot at El Mirage with a couch as a prop. El Mirage is awesome, its a dry lake bed in the middle of the desert - great for off roading and photo shoots! The last time I was at El Mirage was during high school. This was the place where I first learned how to operate a manual transmission - on an ATV!

Most photographers know when the best light occurs which is our "golden hour". Since there was no way we would make it to El Mirage during that hour I had to do the next best thing, rent a generator and blast them with 2000watts.

The gear:
- Honda gas powered generator (rental from Home Depot)
- Two Speedotron Force 10 monolights (1000watts each)
- Two Speedotron 22" beauty dishes (thanks to J. Ho for one of them)
- Two C-stands and one sand bag (thanks again to J. Ho for the sand bag)
- Canon 1D3, 5D, 70-200 2.8IS, 16-35
- Creative Vado HD (I'll post video once I figure how to edit)
- One Sun (used as key and rim/back light)
- One band (thanks to Take Ivy)
- Mary (band members sister)
- Me =)

Onto the goods:

That day was super hot in OC but really cool winds in the desert with the exception of the strong sun and lack of shade - except for Adam holding the umbrella!. IT WAS SUPER BRIGHT in every direction which made it tough for the band's eyes. What I did was have them close their eyes, count to three, open and I click.






















Here is a sneak peak for a wedding I was privileged to document. It was held at La Venta Inn in Palos Verdes Estates.














Lots more to blog later!