Kyle Hepp

December 21, 2009

Para esta pareja nos levantamos a las 6:30 de la manana un dia Sabado para ir a una vina a sacar sus fotos…y totalmente valio la pena! A pesar de que todos tuvieramos un poco de sueno, lo pasamos excelente con la Carito y el Alberto.

For this couple we got up at 6:30am on a Saturday to go to a vineyard called Santa Rita (hi mom!) to take their pictures…and it was totally worth it! Even though we were all a little sleepy, we had a great time.

La increible Paula nos invito a la vina. Muchas gracias Paula!

Me gusta mucho que estas proximas fotos estan sacadas en el mismo lugar pero cada una tiene un mood super distinto.

I really like that these next two pictures were taken in the same place, yet each one has a different feel to it.

Yo creo que cada fotografo que va a una vina para una sesion o un matrimonio saca esta misma foto dentro de las plantas de uvas. Pero queria que se viera un poco diferente asi que les pide que cerraran los ojos con la cabeza hacia arriba. Me encanta.

I think every photographer that goes to a vineyard for a session or a wedding takes this same picture amongst the grapevines. But I wanted it to look a little different so I asked them to close their eyes with and tilt their heads up. I love it.

Esta parte de la vina, con la piscina escondida, dentro de una estructura muy vieja, era demasiado bonita!!!

This part of the vineyard, with the hidden pool inside a really old structure was so pretty!!!

Jajaja, la Caro tambien aprovecho de sacar algunas fotos…quien sabe…en uno de estos le contrato como mi nuevo asistente

Caro took advantage of grabbing a couple pictures as well…who knows…maybe one of these days I’ll hire her as my new assistent.

Gracias a las habilidades de Seba con el tilt shift! Es como magia!

Thank you to Seba’s abilities with the tilt shift for this one! It’s like magic!

Serios…

Serious…

Y juegetones…

PD. Una locura como puede saltar el Alberto. Es como si tuviera una trampolina en sus zapatillas!

And playful…

PS. It’s crazy how Alberto can jump. It’s like he has a trampoline in his tennis shoes!

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December 20, 2009

1:st year in business as a wedding photographer.

10: Family sessions.

2: Boudoir.

15: Weddings.

4: Times in the emergency room.

1: Time in the ICU.

19: Age of the guy who put me there.

2: Best friends got engaged.

3: Continents.

12: Countries.

18: Flights.

16, 413: Number of pageviews this blog got in November, the highest month I’ve ever had.

2: Reality shows people wanted us to be on.

1: That we would actually do.

This year was out of control. In terms of life-changing events, it was HUGE. I still can’t believe we started a wedding photography business, and got to travel all over Europe. A family emergency shook my to my very core. Michael Jackson died. In spite of all that though, 2009 will forever be The Year I Got Hit By a Car. That’s not looking at the year in a negative way, by any means — I actually tend to think about the whole event as a minor miracle, all things considered. But I am not sure anything else that happened will be as burned into my memory as this. I’m pretty sure nothing will ever come close to being as emotionally and physically scarring until the day I give birth.

So here’s to hoping that 2010 is bigger and better — and significantly less catastrophic.

After thought. Hmmm, I should probably wait to post this until December 31st. But, this is just what’s on my brain right now. After Brittany Murphy’s death I’m sort of scared of 2009 so I kind of want to go to sleep right now and not wake up until we’re all safe and sound in 2010.

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Como dije ayer, he estado un poco bajoneado. Pero la verdad es esto debe ser uno de los mejores trabajos del mundo, porque pasar tiempo con parejas que transmiten tanto amor y energia, me levanta. Imposible tener un mal dia fotografiando gente como la Claire y el Esteban.

Like I said yesterday, I’ve been a little down. But, the truth is that this has to be one of the best jobs in the world, because spending time with couples who transmit so much love and energy, brings me up. It’s impossible to have a bad day photographing people like Claire and Esteban.

Me encantan estas fotos que son urbanos, pero no las tipicas fotos urbanas que son como…gritty. Tambien me encantan que la Claire llevaba puesto unos lentes Gucci. Combinan perfecto con el ambiente en el Golf.

I love that these pictures are urban, but not the typical gritty urban photos. I also love that Claire had on Gucci sunglasses. They go perfectly with the vibe of the El Golf neighborhood.

Bajamos al metro a sacar un par de fotos prohibidas dentro de los vagones, jajaja!

We went down into the metro to take a few forbidden pictures inside the trains, haha!

Y esta foto es mi favorite de la sesion, AMO!!!! Fue sugerencia de la Claire usar las flores y lo achunto bien, no?

And this is my favorite of the session, LOVE!!!! It was Claire’s suggestion to use the flowers, and she hit the nail on the head, didn’t she?

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