Elizabeth & Justin’s Anticipation of the New Arrival: Sabella

Elizabeth & Justin’s Anticipation of the New Arrival: Sabella

Weddings at the Shore House in Tahoe Vista

Wedding season is in full effect and the weather couldn't be nicer in Tahoe. From a brides point of view, weddings can be a stressful affair from planning and expectations. Sometimes it can be a nice thing to just get back to the essentials of your day and keep things real simple. I recently shot a very intimate wedding at the Shore House in Tahoe Vista. Nestled on the north end of Lake Tahoe, the Shore House is a bed & breakfast venue that offers an alternative for those who are looking for a downsized private affair. This venue can handle only maximum of 25 of your closest friends & family. The backdrop is scenic with a view across to South Lake Tahoe and a stones throw away from popular North Lake Tahoe destination, Kings beach.

My Youngest

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My youngest enjoying a nice spring day at Northgate park in Northwest Reno. He is all CHEEKS!
I was able to snap a few pics of my little man while his older brother was running like a wild man in the playground. Reno is a great place in the spring.
Shot with my favorite Camera Lens combo:
Canon 1D Mark III and 50mm 1.4 lens.

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Revived

Revived from Eric Asistin on Vimeo.

Last week I spent some time in Sin City taking some educational photography courses. I gotta say that time spent there was quite nice, but I'm glad to be out of the smoke filled casinos of Las Vegas and back into the mountains of Lake Tahoe. While away in Vegas, Tahoe was getting some good weather systems filling up the backcountry with fresh snow. A fast moving storm hit the West Coast on Friday March 12, 2010 bringing up to 2 feet of fresh snow in the Sierra's. The snowmobiles were loaded up on the trailers as I headed out for another great backcountry day. The crew included: Andy Finch, Ryan Eagan, Andy Spotts, Tyler Copeland & myself. After countless hours of trying to get a snowmobile track set, we were finally able to get some work done & have some fun. The upper parts of the mountain were uncharacteristically scoured from northern winds, but we did manage to find some protected areas and enjoyed the fresh snow.

Continuing Education

There are times in your everyday life when I bet you've beat yourself up for not being the best that you could be. In order to the be the best that you can, what have you done in order to improve? In any profession from A-Z.... to a photographer like myself, one has to keep sharping his tools & skill set in order to perform at a high level. For this past week, I have been attending WPPI in Las Vegas (Wedding & Portrait Photographers International) to hone my skills & learn from master photographers in the industry. Today's leading industry professionals are here to help photographers become better & within their own peer group, they themselves push each other to become better developing a great sense of camaraderie.

For those of you who have visited my blog or my website know that I shoot some polarizing subjects...weddings & action sports. In terms of the education that goes into shooting these contrasting subjects, being here at WPPI is a perfect complement. As an action sports shooter, I can get all caught up in technical hoopla in the creation & process of a image. As a wedding photographer, I have to take that technical jargon from action sports and marry that into a happy medium remembering to get the emotional side as well. Us photographers are a passionate group to say the least and our egos can get in the way at times. In a creative field like photography, there is nothing better than getting together with a group of people that know more than you to break you down. In that break down process you can find out more about yourself than you ever imagined. I encourage you in whatever field you may be in, to join a great organization such as WPPI to further your education.

Castle Peak 02/13/2010 from Eric Asistin on Vimeo.

Finch and I have been venturing out in the Tahoe Backcountry searching for some fun snow. Last Saturday we hooked up with local Sledneck Jay Grube and missioned out to Castle Peak to see what it had to offer. The snow was questionable in some areas, but it didn't deter us from making something happen. Finch found a little drop he wanted to start the day out with. The drop won taking out Finches board & hopes for bagging any more shots. I told him..."We're already out here & you don't have a backup so rally my board." He switched out bindings to my Capita Charlie Slasher 164 and got some great turns. Hey, no busted board is going to stop ya from having fun is it? (Note: I carry backup cameras at all times just in case....ya may wanna carry a backup board for the same reason!)