Driving Home from Las Vegas

I was in Las Vegas over the weekend and driving on the way back to Los Angeles with my friend Danny Bopp, we stopped in the California desert to take some photos for an hour.  I think by this time it has cooled down to a toasty 95 degrees!  

We styled the shoot with a hodgepodge of our personal items along with a loaned shirt from Levi's.  Danny's sunglasses and belt were his father's from the early 1980's.  Denim jeans are by Scaeffer's Garmet Hotel in Los Angeles, my Dan Post Boots that are about eight years old, and a custom tea-stained American flag.    


Rockwood Lithium in Silver Peak, Nevada for The Discover Channel

Since cell phones, laptops, hybrid cars, and now electric cars such as Tesla Motors rely heavily on lithium powered batteries, I was there to document the process. I traveled to literally the middle of nowhere.  There are no restaurants, gas stations,  or stores in Silver Peak within 50 miles!  I'm always up for adventure and ended up loving the shoot and the people at Rockwood Lithium.  Basically, lithium is a salt in large aquifers thousands of feet underground and is brought up to the surface to have the water evaporate in the desert sun.  


 

Igor & Talia's Carmel Highlands Wedding

Talia and Igor had their DIY wedding at Point Lobos Ridge overlooking the Santa Lucia Mountains and Pacific Ocean in Carmel, California.   It was truly a beautiful wedding with the groom's family flying in from Germany and friends traveling from Australia, Hong Kong, and London to share their moments.  This was the first wedding I photographed since moving to California almost three years ago and it made me really want to focus on wedding photography.  It's really wonderful to be a part of someone's most precious day.