Tomorrow I will be boarding a plane to Las Vegas, NV for my first appearance at the Wedding & Portrait Photographers International Annual Convention and Trade Show! I am incredibly excited and can’t wait to learn, network, and meet a bunch of other photography geeks that dig what they do as much as I...
Author Archives: Derek Lapsley
turn up the volume | the kids international
Last week I had the pleasure of photographing a kick-ass band based right here in Fresno, The Kids International. We got a bunch of awesome images, too many to share, but here’s a few of my favorites… and be sure to check out their music!!
http://www.myspace.com/thekidsinternational
I also want to give a huge thanks to Jeff Starbuck...
what do you wanna see?
As I come to a close on February’s month of images for Project 2010|365 find myself scheming on new ideas for pictures that I want to capture by the end of the year. I thought to make it even more interesting, fun, and challenging (…as if it’s not challenging enough to REMEMBER to take...
doin’ some shootin’ of a different kind…
Yesterday I headed up to my uncles place in Auberry with my Dad and good friend Sean to do some skeet shooting that was long overdue and the weather held out on us just long enough! I think between us we shot close to 300 rounds and my shoulder is definately paying for it today...
project 2010365 | 01
At the beginning of the year i began a personal project that i call project 2010365. The numbers standing for the year 2010 and the number of days in the year 365. What is it? Well, to sum it up in one sentence; Take at least one picture a day, every day of the year...
clear skies and green fields | jaime : latwan
Jaime, Latwan, and I headed just outside of Fresno so get a little fresh air for their engagement pics yesterday and what a wonderful day it turned out to be! Perfect clear skies thanks to the recent storms and these gorgeous green fields are all around us. I actually took their pictures a few years...
cirrus, altocumulus, nimbostratus | clouds
The recent set of storms on the west coast last week brought so many awesome clouds with it (…along with the ridiculous amount of rain and snow!), so i thought i might share a few of them here with ya! All the pics were taken using the ShakeItPhoto app for the iPhone.
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i wish i had a real one | traxxas slash
If you don’t have anything to do this weekend and have some extra cash lying around, go and get yourself one of these to play with! Michele’s brother in law got one for himself and his son for Christmas and they are incredibly fun to play with. I, of course, grabbed my camera for a...
high heels are the new snow shoes | talia : ryan
Last weekend Talia, Ryan, and I escaped the blah of the Fresno fog last weekend and headed up to Shaver Lake to grab a few rockin’ engagement pictures. Last time I was up in Shaver I shot Ty and Tara’s engagement shoot where we ended up on top of the highest peak at Sierra Summit...
pictures in motion | laura : jason wedding video
You may remember back in October when i posted the wedding pictures of Laura and Jason from Lodi, CA. Well there is now a kick-ass wedding video to go along with the experience. Jacob Lewis is the man behind the lens and did an absolutely wonderful job shooting and producing the video. Take a few...