Last Saturday was my Mom’s (cough-cough… 50th) birthday so what do we do to celebrate you ask? Why the entire family jumps out of a plane of course! OK, OK, not the “ENTIRE” family but my Mom, Lisa (Sister), Kyle (Lisa’s B/F), Michele (My Wife), and I. Only spectator on the ground was my Dad...
Author Archives: Derek Lapsley
project 2010365 | may
Wow, June is already half over and I’m totally slackin’ on posting an end of the month wrap up on my Project 365. If you are one of my lucky friends on facebook or follow my business page, you will know that May and June have been packed full of activities to say the very...
’tis the season for bouquet tossin’ | sara + mike
Sara and Mike hold the prestigious honor or being my first wedding of 2010 and what a blast it was. You may remember them from awhile back when we shot their engagement session in Clovis. Their wedding was held at Holland Park West which never seems to disappoint on some delicious grub ;) Enough rambling for...
preview from sunnyside country club, fresno | talia + ryan
Talia and Ryan finally tied the knot at their wedding last weekend at Sunnyside Country Club, right here in Fresno! It was full of good food, beer, weather, and ever better people. More pics soon to follow but for now this will have to suffice… contact derek | facebook fan page | subscribe by email | view more...
preview from holland park west, fresno | sara + mike
I’ll be out of town for a week or so and wanted to get a quick preview up of Sara and Mike‘s wedding at Holland Park West, Fresno. More to come soon so stay tuned and check back for more!! contact derek | facebook fan page | subscribe by email | view more wedding pics
holy helipad batman! | nina + vinnie
Nina and Vinnie’s engagement session was quite unique and interesting to say the least. We got took some goofy pictures, fun pictures, drama pictures, laughed at each other, got rained on, ate some delicious pizza and hot wings, got dressed up, took some more pictures, took a trauma access elevator to the top of a...
remember those long forgotten new years resolutions? | project 2010365
This project has come to make me realize just how fast time passes through our lives. April 30th marked day 120 of 2010. You have now had over 120 days to work on all those New Year’s resolutions you set on day 1. Where have you succeeded? Where have you failed? Do you even remember...
rain + hail + crazy wind = anti-typical senior portrait experience | shelley
as i’m loading the gear into my truck i run back inside for one last thing, come back out and its hailing, uh oh. by the time i met up with shelley and her mom for her senior pictures, it’s no longer hailing but pouring rain! oh well, no biggie. we just sat in the...
2010 seniors are way cooler i was | jordan
I got to get out of Fresno and head south to Tulare Union High to hang out with Jordan and grab a few senior pictures before he graduates and heads down south to pursue his basketball career. Seniors are so much fun to shoot. With so much ahead of them, they have the world at...
3D glasses are silly | kara + justin
When it came to planning Kara and Justin‘s engagement session, we weren’t exactly sure what we were going to do… until i found out that they love to go to the movies! So, how much more appropriate than to shoot in a theater!? I had to pull quite a few string to make it happen,...