Something I always look forward to.

Every Memorial Day Weekend, a group of pilots gather for an event that they look forward to all year long. The Watsonville Fly-in and Airshow is held in Watsonville, CA and accommodates about 100-250 antique and classic aircraft and their pilots, as well as an eclectic military display and some of the best airshow performers in the circuit.

This is something I began attending with my dad when I was 11 years old, shortly after he bought his plane. 5 years later, at 16, I flew to the Watsonville Fly-in by myself on a student pilots' license and won the youngest pilot award.

Now at 22 years of age, this fly-in is still something that I can enjoy with my dad and all of our pilot friends. It's always a fun-filled event (save the weather, which is most commonly overcast and 50 degrees every Memorial Weekend) with tons of entertainment for all - provided either by friends or by harassing the 13 year-old wanna-be army kids who "patrol" the airport and keep us pilots all in check (sometimes even keeping us away from our own airplanes because they can't tell us apart from the general public.)

Anyway, in light of having a new and very kickass video camera to shoot with, I decided to put together a little sample of what the weekend is all about for us. I hope you enjoy it!

Credits
Director of Photography and #1 Camera Operator: Trevor Meeks
#2 Camera Operator: Jorge Oros

Many thanks go out to the CAP (Civil Air Patrol) - also referred to as the Fantasy Air Group - for putting up with all of our crap. You kids are going to make great rent-a-cops some day.

The Collaborators!

The Sean D. Tucker Collaborators Aerobatic Team performed their last demonstration of the season on Wednesday, November 12th 2008 at the Petaluma Municipal Airport in Petaluma, CA. These pilots are not only performers who travel the world doing aerobatic demonstrations at airshows, they're also instructors at the Sean D. Tucker School of Aerobatics (aka Tutima Academy of Aviation Safety.) Sean D. Tucker flies the red Challenger II biplane, while his son Eric flies the red and white Extra 300. Ben Freelove, a good friend of mine, flies the silver and blue Extra 300. Last but certainly not least, Bill Stein in the holographic Zivko Edge 540.

The music in this video is "Desperate Guys" by The Faint.

Thanks for watching!

HAIR!

Whew! Settling into this new blog (created by my FAVORITE person, the rockin' Wrecklessgirl!) sure is different... I am totally STOKED to have everything up and running again. Thanks for your patience during the transition everyone! More great stuff to come.

Saturday was one of the greatest days I've had shooting for a while. I was commissioned by Debra Simpson of Freshair Salon in Sonoma to photograph a new set of portfolio images for her brand spankin' new website. We worked with a beautiful model, Heather, who also happens to be my girlfriend's sister. Heather was so easy to work with, took direction perfectly, and modeled her beautiful hair in a variety of styles for the shoot. More images to come, we're still in pre-production stages of this first shoot and we're looking at one, possibly two more shoots in the near future.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TREVOR!!!

(and since I'm queen of this blog right now, changing things up here, i have every right to post and say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the owner of this blog, Trevor Meeks!) You deserve a wonderful day, week, YEAR!!!! :)

much love!!!!
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Holiday Order Deadlines

With the holidays around the corner, I'd like to make sure that everyone receives their orders a bit early so as not to be bogged down by holiday delays. Please have your orders finalized and submitted online before the following dates! Happy holidays!

Album orders: November 30th

Gallery-Wrapped Canvas orders: December 3rd

Photographic print orders: December 7th

New Orleans Engagement Session

I photographed Christiana and Joe's engagement session today in the Garden District and French Quarter of New Orleans, LA. I'm down here for the week for Thanksgiving, and in addition to today's session, I'll be shooting some location bridal images of Christiana tomorrow here in the Garden District. Enjoy!

Beautiful Homes

I've been commissioned by Amanda Brumme and Grace Meeks of Architects Nash & Nash to photograph some of their recently finished residential projects. With the wonderful company of Kristy Behrs (Wreckless Photography) I photographed a series of interiors of a home here in Sonoma for Amanda and Grace's website, www.nashandnash.com.