[ Norman & Adriana Engagement ]

We were excited to get an email from our good friends Norman and Adriana to shoot their wedding and engagement photos. With their wedding coming up in October of this year, they wanted an engagement shoot early enough to send out Save the Date photos to their friends and family. The shoot was a blast. They're both extremely photogenic and Norman gave Derrick Zoolander a run for his money with his version of "Blue Steel" it was hilarious. We also had the chance to try some artsy and creative things on this shoot. Here are some of the shots from our session:

[ Chloe Jolie ]

Posting blogs of children is always a difficult task, because all of the pictures look cute. This was the case with Chloe's photos. We wanted to post them all, but we were able to narrow them down to just 10. Chloe's mom is good friends with Riley's mom (see Riley's photos below) who recommended us.  Part of what made this shoot unique is that Chloe recently celebrated her baptism. In addition to on-location natural light shots, Chloe's parents wanted Mora Photography to capture some studio style photos of Chloe in her baptism gown. One cool thing about the gown is that it was custom made by Chloe's aunt, amazing! Here are some of our favorites from the day:

[ Photo Booth Add-Ons ]

As a gift to her graduating students, our friend Chara Nicole of Open Box Designs hired us snap a few portraits of her Certified Event Planner & Designer class.  Chara wanted each student to have a recent portrait that the graduates could use as they begin to market themselves to prospective clients.  In addition to each portrait, we decided to include a Photo Booth series as a keepsake for each graduate to remember the class & Mora Photography.  Not only have Photo Booths gained popularity at weddings, but they have also become popular at corporate parties, Birthday's, Bah/Bar Mitzvahs, and many other events.  While we don't offer the kind of stand alone booth that you'd see at a carnival or fair, we do offer a simple, small photo set which can do the same thing.  The advantage of this is all the great ways we can customize a Photo Booth.  Stay tuned for more info and details about our new Photo Booth Add-Ons....

    

[ Billboard Ready ]

As the official photography provider to the Los Angeles Galaxy Soccer Club, we are always looking for ways to distinguish the photography and keep it at the highest level.  A majority of sports photography is done with cameras that have the ability to rapidly capture a sequence of images, such as the Nikon D3s and Canon EOS Mark II & III.  The draw back with those cameras is that their image quality is not as high as slower studio cameras.  Studio cameras such as the Nikon D3X & Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III, in contrast, do not capture rapid image sequences as well as sports cameras.  In 2008 we decided to use the 21 megapixel 1Ds Mark III to photograph game action.  Although it was a steep investment (but what camera gear isn't these days), it allowed us to the ability to reproduce beautiful high resolution images at very large print sizes, such as billboards.  Recently the Galaxy used one of our high quality action images to create billboard advertisements around Los Angeles.

The Image Used:

Although it requires much more skill to capture peak action at a slower frame rate, our preference is and will always be, to photograph events with the highest quality equipment.  For more information about the Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III, please visit Canon's Website.

[ Wonderland ]

One of our favorite clients to work with is Hollywood & Highland.  They have some of the most interesting fan events and recently they asked us to come out and capture some moments from the "Alice in Wonderland Ultimate Fan Event".  Since this was a big event with the entire cast, there were lots of moments we needed to capture, including the entire cast of this blockbuster movie all together.  Here are a few of the moments from the event.

Technical Information: Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III, 24-70 F/2.8, ISO 800, JPGs Edited in Adobe Lightroom 2, Adobe Photoshop CS3.

[ Helping Friends ]

We always enjoy the opportunity the work with friends & family when they need photos.  Recently our friend Nicole reached out to us to help her get some new/recent photos for her acting portfolio.  In addition to getting her some new basic head shots, we mixed in some non-traditional stuff.

   Technical Info: Canon EOS 50D, 24-70 F/2.8, Raw Files edited in Adobe Lightroom 2 & Adobe Photoshop CS3. All Photos were created using natural available light, no flash or strobe lighting.

[ DJ Triune ]

Mora Photography recently shot pictures of DJ Triune for his new website and the radio show that he works with (www.kingfmradio.com). The cool things about shooting Disk Jockeys is that many of them have their own event lighting gear, which can be great to use in the photos. In doing the shoot, DJ Triune wanted three main things: 1) to incorporate his colored lights 2) to allow space for the text of his name 3) to look "flashly."  We had a fun time experimenting with some of his event lights and were able to capture exactly what he was looking for. The color of the lights we ended up going with complimented the color theme of his website nicely (www.christstarrent.com) :

 Here is the original shot, with his event lights in the back:

 

The way the lights turned out created a perfect pocket to place his text:

Then we went for the "flashy" shot:

   

[ MoraPhotography.Net ]

We are excited to announce the debut of or new website MoraPhotography.net! The site is a branch off of our current site (MoraPhotography.com) and focuses strictly on photography "For People" and includes portfolios from weddings, families, children, couples, and portraits. Check out the site and let us know what you think!

MoraPhotography.Net  

 

 

[ Happy 1st Birthday Riley Z ]

Over the weekend we had a chance to shoot photos of one of the cutest little boys, Riley Zephyr. His parents Kari and Shane asked us to shoot photos for Riley's 1st birthday. Most would find the task of shooting a toddler difficult; however, Riley was easy to work with and we were able to capture some adorable photos. Take a look:

 

[ Wedding Whimsy ]

We were excited to see some of our work published in the Los Angeles Times recently in an article called "Wedding Whimsy." The article is about couples that choose to add unique and playful elements to their weddings. Our friends Joe and Monet chose to wear hand-painted Converse shoes during their wedding celebration. Here is the article along with a couple original pictures of the shoes: