Field notes from thirty years photographing the Monterey Peninsula — how the images get made, and occasionally who's in them.

The three viewpoints, the light by season, parking without a ticket, and the panorama of Bixby and Rocky Creek bridges together above the fog. Three Bixby prints from $950.
Venue experience, full galleries, turnaround, usage rights, insurance and cost. What to ask before hiring an event photographer in Carmel, Monterey or Pebble Beach, from twenty years in the rooms.
Outdoor lifestyle portraits of AI coach and author Brian Evergreen, commissioned by Brian and shot in an hour and twenty minutes in Carmel-by-the-Sea. One leads his profile in Fast Company.
All 64 photos from Set Free Monterey Bay's Walk for Freedom: the wine reception on Carmel Beach, from the first pours to the last glass, in the order they were taken.
All 138 photos from the 38th annual Taste of Carmel, "Fiesta at the Mission," in the order they were taken, from the 5 PM VIP arrivals to the last dance.

The 1940 Robert Stanton adobe where Shirley Temple married Charles Black, photographed for Sotheby's and picked up by Robb Report, House Beautiful and the New York Post within two weeks.

The February 2026 grand opening and an overnight shoot at designer Charles Gruwell's 1906 Victorian inn in downtown Napa, from courtyard daylight to fire-pit dusk. As seen in Travel + Leisure.

Whispering Angel at MPCC, the Lamborghini Serata Italiana, and Veuve Clicquot at the Concours d'Elegance. Four activations, one very fast week.

A look back at photographing the Sterling | Huddleson designed estate above 17-Mile Drive, whose 2022 sale set Monterey County's record for a non-oceanfront home.