journaljournalhttp://www.bretography.com/journal/2011-05-30T23:12:32ZSquarespaceBrittany's grad imageshttp://www.bretography.com/journal/2011/5/30/brittanys-grad-images.htmlbret linford2011-05-30T22:39:26Z2011-05-30T22:39:26ZRecently, we had a great time photographing Brittany. She's graduating this year and we found some nice areas to shoot. Started out in downtown Petaluma and finished with dressier images in the Sonoma Mountain foothills. Congrats, Brittany!

 

]]>Photographing Willie Mays!http://www.bretography.com/journal/2011/1/30/photographing-willie-mays.htmlbret linford2011-01-31T04:32:55Z2011-01-31T04:32:55Z 

On December 12, 2010, I had the great honor of photographing my biggest childhood sports hero, Willie Mays.

My friend, Patty, works at Copperfield's Books in Petaluma, CA. They were having Mr. Mays for a rare book signing session. Mr. Mays' would be autographing copies his recently published and only authorized biography, Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend. In addition, he would be posing for photographs with kids 12 & under. I was thrilled when Patty asked me if I could do the shoot!

Well over a hundred people lined up around the block for his autograph. Mr. Mays was very gracious to everyone. He was especially good with the kids. Even with some infants and toddlers who were not in a cooperating mood, he had a big smile on his face. He really enjoyed being with the youngsters. Pretty good for a man who's nearly 80. By the way, I shook his had and he is still very strong! All proceeds from the event went to benefit his  The Say Hey Foundation.

All in all, a fun time was had by all - especially me!

Willie & Patty

Willie's Car

 

]]>Jessica in Autumnhttp://www.bretography.com/journal/2011/1/16/jessica-in-autumn.htmlbret linford2011-01-17T00:34:29Z2011-01-17T00:34:29ZWe had a great time shooting a senior session with Jessica recently. The vineyards were just turning and the late afternoon sun provided the perfect visual warmth. Great subject and locations!

 

]]>50 years and counting!http://www.bretography.com/journal/2010/7/31/50-years-and-counting.htmlbret linford2010-08-01T04:09:11Z2010-08-01T04:09:11ZLouise and Ray have been married 50 years. We had a nice little session a few weeks ago. Well, maybe not so little. Between their children, grandkids, spouses, and great-grandkids we had 26 people to photograph!

Their daughter, Linda, got the family together for the shoot and everyone wore blue. The best part was they were all so nice and fun to be around. 

What a testament to love, faith, and family they are! 

]]>Doggies and new equipmenthttp://www.bretography.com/journal/2010/7/16/doggies-and-new-equipment.htmlbret linford2010-07-17T06:24:03Z2010-07-17T06:24:03ZI have a wedding to do this weekend (can't wait) and I picked up some new equipment. Not very exciting: a westcott umbrella and bracket. I'll use this with my assistant holding the umbrella and flash off-camera (wireless). I was just messiing around and decided to take a few shots of Tanzie & Lola. I couldn't resist!

 

]]>Rock & Roll Photography - back in the day...http://www.bretography.com/journal/2010/7/14/rock-roll-photography-back-in-the-day.htmlbret linford2010-07-14T23:07:04Z2010-07-14T23:07:04ZBack in the early 80's, I was privileged enough to be associated with some great, local musicians and record entreprenuers. I worked on a number of album covers doing design and photography. Here are a few images from the 'old days' I wanted to show you. Click to enlarge.

Freddie Mercury of Queen

  

Ronnie Montrose

 

Mike Varney (Cinema & Shrapnel Records) and Jeff Pilson (Dokken, Dio, currently with Foreigner)

 

 

Bob Gilles of Bleufood

 

]]>technoratihttp://www.bretography.com/journal/2010/7/12/technorati.htmlbret linford2010-07-13T03:13:45Z2010-07-13T03:13:45ZTechnorati is a site that ranks Web sites for content and the like. I'm using this code to claim be blog with them. Very exciting! P5D8TEXED7NY

]]>True Love Trumps NYC Traffic / The Brenizer Methodhttp://www.bretography.com/journal/2010/7/9/true-love-trumps-nyc-traffic-the-brenizer-method.htmlbret linford2010-07-10T04:52:40Z2010-07-10T04:52:40Z
True Love Trumps NYC Traffic
Originally uploaded by Ryan Brenizer

This technique by photographer Ryan Brenizer is about the coolest thing I've ever seen. Really inventive and creative. I'm going to try some this weekend. Stay Tuned!

]]>Youth Baseball Postershttp://www.bretography.com/journal/2010/6/30/youth-baseball-posters.htmlbret linford2010-07-01T05:19:00Z2010-07-01T05:19:00ZMy friend, Leslie, is also a photographer. He's made a nice little niche photographing local little league teams and players. A while back, he needed some layout and design help. One of the teams wanted a cool end-of-season memento that wasn't the usual trophy the teams always get.

They decided on a poster for the team members. Leslie and I came up with idea os creating a custom baseball card for each player and printing a poster of them with the team name and logo, etc..

We took Leslie's images and I created a card template we could use for each player. The design was based on some real cards I found. 

Turned out well, I think!

]]>photography, design, and big red trucks!http://www.bretography.com/journal/2010/6/26/photography-design-and-big-red-trucks.htmlbret linford2010-06-27T04:09:15Z2010-06-27T04:09:15ZGreg Soiland owns a heavy equipment repair business. It's located in the most beautiful spot you've ever seen for a repair shop. It's right in the middle of the Alexander Valley, which in just north of Healdsburg, California. Surrounding Greg's shop you find the coolest vistas of hills and vineyards.

Greg needed business cards for his budding pursuit. We talked about options and he liked the idea of a card with photos of his repair trucks. Most of his work is done 'on the road' where he and his crew are called out to constructions sites and the like to do the repairs. So, the trucks seemed like a good subject idea.

We took a bunch of images and decided on some that showed the trucks with the Alexander Valley and Mayacama Mountains in the background. We had some issues, though. There was quite a bit of equipment in the background and the concrete foreground was riddled with tire marks.

A little work in Photoshop and InDesign and here's what we came up with:

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