Aug 09 2010

Eloloment Shootout 2.0 – Laguna Beach, CA

Posted in: Shootout

Lawrence Tolentino of Lolophoto.com and I have been throwing shootouts for the younger photographic community so people can meet others, shoot for fun, and just get out there in the community and practice, learn, and share some knowledge and passion they have for their art. Lawrence and I have thrown maybe 3 or 4 of these in the past but we’ve made this one at Laguna Beach our 2nd official shootout since we started this group officially on facebook. Hence 2.0!

Anyway it was alot of fun and i love how we all were able to get together and just share the experience. Over the long months of a photographers work, things may end up getting repetitive and loopy, especially when it becomes your career, but things like this always help stir things up again.

This time around we went out with a group of photographers, total throughout the day was about 30 or so members and we shot at my favorite spot in Laguna Beach, behind the Montage Resort. The area was absolutely beautiful again and the sky and weather was perfect. We practiced some natural light techniques, composition, modeling and communicating strategies, and I helped people with some solid flash work. Great help was passed around, I even got to try some new compositions thanks to the others who went. Thank you to our awesome models who all went, especially the couples Kat Blanco and Mendrick Leelin, and Tony Tran and Maricar Vidal. You guys were awesome.

don’t foreget to check out the facebook group page if you’d like to make the next one or just see more pictures from all the photographers that participated.

Keep shooting, keep asking questions, keep learning! Please enjoy responsibly.

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Flipkid1287 - 08/10/2010 - 1:12 am

amazing. as always.

Justin Pearson - 08/24/2010 - 7:50 am

The way you tweeked the sky in some of those first shots was pretty cool. How did you achieve that look?

JUSTINELEMENT - 08/24/2010 - 11:05 am

thanks jp – just played with the sliders on the color saturation, luminance, and hue mostly, along with some other histogram work and curves work. playing with the editor :)

Justin Pearson - 08/29/2010 - 3:43 pm

Thanks for pulling back the curtain on that.

Justin Pearson - 08/29/2010 - 10:43 pm

Thanks for pulling back the curtain on that.

Aug 04 2010

Jennifer & Sy’s Fifth Anniversary Photo Session – Laguna Beach, CA

Posted in: Anniversary | Engagement

Photographer: Justinelement

Assistants: Ryan Ly, Gaby Manalo

My sister and her husband have been married for five years now and have two sons. They wanted to do something special for their anniversary so they wanted a memorable photoshoot to put on their living room coffee table. My sister asked me to set up a shoot at the beach for her and Sy and for the kids. Sy’s nephew and nieces also accompanied us on this picnic at the beach day. I never really took pictures like this of my family members, so this was a little different than most shoots. After a little bit my sister and Sy both got comfortable posing in front of the camera, for their baby brother :) hope you like the pictures! Please enjoy responsibly.

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We also took some quick pictures of Christy, Ryan, and Jessica. Hope you three like your pictures!9810

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Jul 27 2010

Laura & Chris Texas to California – UC Irvine Campus

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Photographer: Justinelement

Assistant: Gaby Manalo

Hair and Make Up: Julie Le

Side Note: So I had TONS of pictures that were great, really funny pictures, pictures with laura and chris smushing noses, laughing, super lively active stuff, but I could only choose so many before I overwhelmed myself. So these are just a few of my favorites. Maybe Laura and Chris will post up the other 178 pictures :)

Chris and Laura got together the beginning of this year after meeting at their college orientation at UCR. They ended up having almost all the same classes together and Chris ended up tutoring Laura in calc. Laura told us that at first Chris ignored her, but Chris says it was because he “was too “shy” to talk to such a “pretty girl” like Laura”… good one Chris =D After a little “traditional” courting, they made it official. Now here’s where we are – the first year of college is over and Chris has to take his education elsewhere. Eventually both will be in med school, but Chris has to do it at UTA, the University of Texas. Its going to be hard for these two but anything worth it never came easy, and what they have is totally worth it. Long distance relationships are hard, but with the right pieces, the proper communication and LOVE, everything will be ok. I know they’ll be perfectly fine, and you’ll know too when you look at these pictures. Laura and Chris, I wish you two the best! Hope you enjoy their session, please enjoy responsibly.

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