San Diego! The place to be in January.
Jan 29th, 2010 by Artistic Images by Jael Blog
Every year by December, I’m feeling a little burnt out, and need to get excited about what I do all over again. So that’s why it’s so great to head to the SPA conference (Senior Portrait Artists.) This year was in sunny San Diego, and Brian came with… we had a fantastic time with old friends, new friends, shooting, and seeing southern Cali. And we managed to miss a blizzard back home, which even though they’re starting to run together, was still a good thing. We stayed at the famous Hotel del Coronado… our room overlooked the beach; it was sublime! On the last day of the conference, I did a photo shoot with our dear friends Shawn and Michelle, of Fagan Studios in Rochester.
We also spent a day at the Zoo (a lot of walking, but totally worth it), visited Old Town for some nostalgic shooting, and found all kinds of neat nooks and crannies in the city. We stayed in the Gaslamp District for a couple days… shooting and checking out gallery spaces, and we found where the place to be for happy hour is! Half price sushi, superb Italian, and a Ghiradelli ice cream store. dang!












And a couple images by Brian. It’s been fun to see him get interested in what I do, and occasionally grab the camera and wander off. He’s really got an eye!










































