Photography – Orange County
I was born & raised on Long Island, New York and moved to OC mid-90s. When I landed at LAX for the first time I saw this amazing pink sunset and mountains… It was like I had landed on Mars and I instantly fell in love with it here. All I wanted to do was capture it.
My father was a hobby photographer and also Nikon loyalist. I had messed around with some old cameras of his before and also took a photography class in high school but it wasn’t until later on, 2010 that I purchased my professional grade gear and really started getting serious about creating. I’ve always been surrounded by extremely talented friends who encouraged me to start doing what I was passionate about. My dad actually got sick and went downhill pretty fast around that time as well and all he wanted to do was get to the beach from Nevada but it wasn’t possible.
I started shooting all the sunsets and beaches of Orange County for him to see from his hospital bed. The first place we moved to from New York was Seal Beach, so I started there and worked my way down to Dana Point. I’m self-taught for the most part and started Sitterding Photography to try and make a little business out of it; shooting lots of portraits and events. Sometimes food even. But landscape/sunset photography is where my heart is.
I sometimes do light art projects where I layer multiple long exposure shots of lights. I shoot in long exposure/slow shutter for dreamy effects. Almost like an oil painting. I also shoot a lot of special needs events. That kind of hits home for me having a differently abled daughter.