You have found my BLOG where you can see my recent images from weddings, portrait sessions and my art as well. While you're here you can learn a little more about me and my family. If you're interested in having some beautiful portraits of your loved ones or someone with a creative eye to photograph your wedding or next event, please drop me a line and we'll work together to find a package that will suit your perfectly!.
When my children were born, my passion for photography was reignited as I began to capture their every move, and I mean every move. My kids have been a huge inspiration for me in the development of my photography business. There are few things more rewarding than having a mother call me and say that my photos of her kids brought tears to her eyes.
Which is what my photography is all about. I want every picture to evoke an emotion. It's not important to me that every picture is perfectly posed but that I am able to bring out those characteristics that makes my subject who he or she is. When I photograph a wedding, I like everyone to have fun taking photos and not dread the guy with the camera coming back around! To preserve the memories of your day in a manner that will allow you to relive every moment over and over. To blend in and record people being themselves. To use humor to bring out a smile rather than yelling, "say cheese!". Of course, that might be funny. Simply put, my goal is to photograph the real person that walks around in your skin all day. The person that smiles because they're happy, not because they're told to. I love to photograph kids being kids. If you're looking for a guy to haul 100 pounds of lighting equipment down on the beach so you can torture your little darling for an hour, trying to get her to sit just right next to the pretty water, keep looking!
I live in Orange County, California with my wife and two beautiful kids. I also work as a firefighter paramedic, ride my mountain bike, play guitar, laugh a lot, make other people laugh and spend as much time with my family and friends as I can.
If you want to talk about photos, please email me at gshawphoto@mac.com or visit my portfolio site and use the contact form.
I was looking through some photos and I stumbled upon this shot that I took a few years ago. We were driving out of Yosemite and we stopped for one last look at the Merced River. Looking upstream I saw this fly fisherman casting and it was just such a perfect moment. We are planning another trip this June and I can’t wait to get there! I love the Sierras and Yosemite is just about as good as it gets.
Earlier this week I was up in LA doing architectural photos for student housing near USC. Considering the traffic conditions, I decided to hang around town for a while and go shoot some photos for fun. I went from SC to the financial district and eventually up to the Griffith Park Observatory. Here are a few of my favorites… enjoy!
According to Yahoo News, tonight’s full moon is the biggest and brightest of the year! The Native American’s referred to it as a Wolf Moon, presumably because of the amount of howling courtesy of their local wolves. I took Astronomy about 15 years ago at Rancho Santiago College and I really wish I could remember more from that class because the heaven’s are quite fascinating. But for now, I’ll just have to take pictures of the moon.
