Dan Fields Photography Blog

Maddy at the Ranch…

Dan Fields — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:55:56 +0000

Had a great afternoon shooting this precious little baby girl…Madeline Elisa Tu, Maddy for short. She was a great subject who spent the entire time eating crackers….(she was intrigued with the dirt and sand too, thinking that it also might taste like the crackers….mommy was not happy….lol)

Enjoy the images!

Maddy giving me the look.....

She is very intrigued with the sand.....

uh oh....the tootoo comes out.....but she has her cracker, so all is good...

Mommy is actually bribing her here with another cracker....she is gonna get it!

Precious little girl....

Updated the Website!…..

Dan Fields — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 04:07:29 +0000

Hey Y’all – Just updated the website with some new images. Would really appreciate some feedback on what you think about the website in general.

Thanks a ton!

Go HERE to see the website or there —> http://www.danfieldsphotography.com

The Mikey Show!…

Dan Fields — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:40:23 +0000

Had a great time shooting the crew for The Mikey Show. What an incredible group of people. I ended up shooting Mikey and the crew (Jay, Woods, Serena and Lauren) at an old fashioned car wash in Encinitas and in an alley behind the car wash. We had some cool available light and then I killed the harsh day light with a two light strobe set up…..some real fun!

The new Mikey Show starts this Monday in San Diego on FM 94.9…..the home of the hottest morning radio show in Southern California, now that Mikey has made the move. Please check them out each morning. You can bet that you will laugh and have a great time getting to know the lives of these just super cool people.

Enjoy a few of the images from the shoot…..

My Girls at the Beach….

Dan Fields — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:00:53 +0000

OK….my wife and I finally nailed down a time to shoot her and the girls at the beach. Amazing that we (photogs) rarely make time to shoot our own families, but I got to today! We had a blast with the girls at Ponto Beach a few minutes from where we live…..great sunset…..rocks….. Darby is the blonde….11 years old and growing fast…..Savannah is the 8 year old. They are flanked by an amazing mother, Whitney….very pretty girl I might add!

(This shoot was very technically challenging and fun since most of these shots were taken by using a professional strobe light and umbrella with a portable battery pack….this allowed me to expose the background how I wanted and fill the light on the girls as well)

Our beautiful two girls....Savannah and Darby

Swamis….

Dan Fields — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:16:58 +0000

Had a great morning of shooting the guys as they welcome Swamis into the New Year. The colors were amazing…..sun rising over my left shoulder and into the break….just a great time of capturing these amazing colors and surfers.

The swell started off crazy….thick….mushy, even looked like they were surfing in milk at times. There were several out there shredding the entire morning….I even think I saw Johnny Utah and Bhodi out there……

Enjoy the images!

John Cobian (of Cobian Sandles) enjoying the waves....

Amazing watching this kid....he was going off....

This wave was chasing this guy all morning long...

I love capturing moments like this.....it aint the "Jersey Shore", but still looks pretty.....ha

Alex Garcia was killing it all morning long....

Nice spray Alex...

See....look at that....MILK!

Notice how this board is in one piece at this point in the morning....

Thinking "I think I want to break my board today...yup...."

Chris Blabac joins us for a few sets.....

This body surfer at the right place at the right time....

Still in one piece....he really should work harder at breaking this long thing....

Blabac killing it....

Surf Depth.....

Matthew Schuttte...cool guy....with Sunova Surfboards just raging out there.....loved it!

Surfing the Sunova board......a beautiful beast.....

Ugh....who's THAT guy?!....sorry Matthew....dude just didnt respect what was going on here....lol

Ok, to me.....Matthew is actually flying here.....totally looks like it....

Ahh....more surf depth.....love it! Matthew, HOW ARE YOU DOING THAT?!

Always a classic shot...

Seriously....backwards?.....

This kid was killing it all morning long....

What an amazing spot for a stretch.....only at Swamis.....

The wave is going the wrong way here....

LAUNCH!

To the MOON!

Chris accomplishes his goal......He's a proud board breaker.......

Just walks up and puts his gear on.....

and now he is ready to kill.....

This is how dude warmed up....to each his own......

Practicing for his runway appearance....

This gorgeous plate was under 5 feet of water just two hours before....

One last image from Swamis....wait...is that Kahana down there?

Welcome 2010…..

Dan Fields — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:15:43 +0000

I woke up unusually early this morning, thinking about too many things…..wondering what new things will come from this new year. I drove down to the bay in San Diego hoping to catch a few sunrise shots. As I was driving up I started to see the beginning of the most amazing sunrise I had ever seen…..one that can’t be described in words….

Here are a few shots of what I experienced this morning. I also am including tonight’s sunset from the house. I thought it would be a great bookend for such a beautiful day….a new day…..for a new year….

San Diego Skyline Sunrise.....no post processing.....all shutter speed at f/22......

And an amazing sunset from the house overlooking Rancho Carrillo, La Costa and the Pacific Ocean....

The Circus Comes to Town….

Dan Fields — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:53:21 +0000

Just a quick few pictures of the Circus shoot at 4th & B in downtown San Diego….really creative and talented troop of Vegas style acrobats that did some amazing feats. I’ll add other images as time permits…..

Sunsets….

Dan Fields — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:11:36 +0000

Ok, so I’m in the car after an unsuccessful surf shoot at Swammi’s with a friend…..we are driving South on PCH and I turn to the right and see this beast…..this gorgeous, incredible, burning sunset. What is it with sunsets that totally take me to another place?…..I just love them…..they call to me, just like the ocean. They make me imagine things….great things……

I got out quickly…..grabbed my gear and walked to “the” spot….thought about how to compose the image…..waited until it was almost completely dark. I opened the tripod, slid the camera on the mount and maneuvered the gear until I was confident…..thinking this has to be just right…it is too beautiful to mishandle. Then I found it….the right setting….the right spot….the right emotion….the long exposure…..

I call this shot “Imagine”….

Enjoy….

Christmas Time in Big Bear….

Dan Fields — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 06:26:55 +0000

HO HO HO!!! Santa is on his way and he sent snow to Big Bear first to make sure he feels at home here in Southern California. We decided to make the trek up here for a few days of playing in the snow with the kids…..had no idea there would be this much snow though. Oh, the joys of putting on chains….ugh!

So, we head up with some great family friends, the Repetti’s (great people…you know….the kind that you can actually hang around, enjoy them and not pull your hair out….thanks Dom and Amy for being cool!).

Here are a few pics from the adventure…enjoy!

11 Images stitched together for this Big Bear Lake panorama…..

Darby carrying Giana after a long romp in the snow….

This is Luca….sweet little boy who had just finished playing in the snow for the first time. He came in to drink his hot cocoa….the mug almost swallowed him.

Giana also enjoying her hot cup of cocoa after playing hard in the snow for the first time…..

Dom doing his best impersonation of having a spaceship alien head…..

Dom and Luca having a great time at the local Mexican Restaurant after a long day of playing in the snow….

Tell me this isnt just the cutest little boy in the whole world!

Ahh….father and son playing in the snow….

Savannah having a blast discovering the many things that exist under a layer of snow…..

This is my incredible daughter, Savannah…..you can see her personality on her face in this image…..I just love her freckles…..

On a mission to pound someone with the snowball.....

Snow sledding in So Cal 2 days before Christmas.....priceless.....

Sunrise on Big Bear Lake…..5 separate images with different exposures layed on top of each other….

Snuggling in the Lay Z Boy…..

Amy and Dom lovin on each other at the local restaurant……

Beautiful and Stylish Amy sporting her snow gear……who would ever know she is 8 months pregnant?!…..

Ahh….the cool mommy’s….Whitney and Amy…

Another 5 image HDR of Big Bear lake down from our cabin.....

I could probably pay my mortgage with the sunglasses on these two.....

Ahh....ultrawide shot of the snow bunnies.....great smiles!

Christmas Party at the Fields…

Dan Fields — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:53:45 +0000

What a great evening with terrific people at our home. We decided kinda late into the season to have a bunch of cool peeps come over and celebrate Christmas with us…..ended up having almost 50 people show and an AMAZING band, Midnight Hour……I don’t think those guys get how talented they really are. They ended up doing an acoustic set and just blew everyone away.

We were also honoring Russell Brownley and Kahana Kalama for the amazing work in their incredible award winning movie, Gum For My Boat. We were able to show the movie twice that evening in the theater….everyone was stoked and so proud of the guys. If you haven’t seen it yet, go here to purchase….you will be amazed! (and while you are on the Jedidiah site, feel free to pick up some other awesome fashion gear….)

Here are a few images from the evening (tough lighting…all natural…..no flash) ….enjoy!

We had an amazing sunset over the ocean to kick the evening off....Psalm 19...

The Blabac boys.....my favorite surfer and football players!

Who is this beautiful woman?! Russell knows what's up....

Girl talk by the fire....

Midnight Hour blesses us with an awesome acoustic set....amazing band

Nate Wells enjoying the music....

Coolest plaid of the night....

The boys are rockin' it....

Holy Cow!!! Look at that friggin' rock!!!

The guy who buys rocks.....

Givin the music heart and soul....

Ahh...the beautiful couple at the tree. David and Andi looking sweet!

The Blabac boys looking great again in front of the Christmas Tree....

Beautiful couple makin the tree look great!

I think there is some tickling going on here....

Yup, definitely....

Rockstar and Rockstar wife looking like a million bucks....no way this woman just had a baby!

Film Festival Pose of the Year!!!

The Brownley's lookin' sweeeet!!!

Beau and his beautiful bride.....

I wish i was cool enough to pull this hat thing off....

The ladies killin it.....

and again....

Two models I hired for the party....

The full Nelson.....