aaron young

there is no better way than to start the day with watching the sunrise from the water…

ladies and gentlemen, aaron shintaku

a few more on the flickr

brandon has been a great friend and roommate to me. taking these photos has been a much talked about and anticipated event. brandon and ashley are beach people so it was only natural that we set out for the newport beach pier for some sweet engagement photos – i could not be happier with the way they came out – what do you think?

this was an accident when the focus pulled back on my 70-200. but i love it.

thanks again guys!

october in orange county is awesome in its own way – the weather turns cooler and all of the tourists leave and the beach becomes ours again. the sunsets are amazing – the beach becomes a quieter and more peaceful place to be. life had gotten away from me and i had not been out to the beach to shoot in a while. i made it back out on oct 1 and got some of the best shots yet…

on any given afternoon i will shoot a couple hundred images and maybe like 1 in 50 – i am pretty critical in general and really critical of my own stuff but it was a really great day. my favorite is the first image below, i had been shooting some surfers and turned to peak down the beach at a father and his kids, i snapped off a few and thought little of it until i was reviewing all of the images the next day – i love the shot for technical reasons; light, comp, dof, etc – but the girl is really what wins me over. she must have been about 8 years old but in this brief moment she is strikingly mature with a presence that i cant put into words…

as shot @ 100mm with the 70-200 IS 2.8L

monochrome on these with SilverFX Pro