Hope your weekend is great so far! The number 11 is my favorite number- So I decided to write Day 11 about me!

This photo was taken in 2014 by my old friend and roommate, Danny Vigil. I was visiting from the Bay Area and wanted someone to take a few photos of me for my website. I wanted to go to Los Angeles to represent my hometown. I love the Bay but it just wouldn’t be the same if I did this shoot up there. We met in Downtown LA with Leslie -his girlfriend at the time and are now married. Before we got started, we went to Angel City Brewery to catch up and try out a few of their local beers. Since I was visiting at the time, I had a few friends stop by as well to say hi.

About an hour later, we scouted a few streets nearby and started shooting. It was my first photo session in front of a camera so I didn’t really know what to expect…which is why I didn’t think to have different facial expressions (sigh). Danny directed me to a few different backgrounds, all walking distance. Aside from that, he let me do my own thing with the poses. We didn’t have much sunlight left during this time, so the photo session only lasted for about 30 minutes but I got a decent amount of photos to use. I was new to photography at the time, so this was also an introduction to me of what to expect when shooting my future clients.

Danny and I are still good friends to this day and help each other excel in photography. I also kept one of the photos in my “About” section of this site.

Los Angeles has been good to me this decade. Find and embrace the good in your hometown.