A client recently said these kind words about my photography that I had to share. I wont lie. I love hearing positive feedback about what I do. I give my photography everything I have. Its my passion, my art, its what I live to do. When people recognize and appreciate that, it means the world to me. Madeleine and Gary, I’m so grateful for the opportunity to photograph you guys. It was an honor to capture the love between you two. Check out this shot not included in their original blog post. It really captures their personalities.

“I’ve always been a fan of taking photographs. When I was younger, I frequently brought my camera along with me and took pictures of my friends. I especially loved taking candid pictures, because I felt like it captured the actual personality of my friends. Since we’ve graduated from high school, not many of us have returned to our old stomping grounds of Los Angeles, and those photographs are frequently the only visual link I have with my friends.
So, unsurprisingly, I wanted to take some pictures with my boyfriend, Gary. Gary has this habit of acting goofy or photobombing pictures I take with him, which while funny (kind of), didn’t really give me the kind of natural, non-posed pictures I really wanted to capture our relationship. However, I didn’t really know who to ask or where to go for professional photographs. After I saw the engagement pictures of my friends and co-workers, Joe and Stacey Garcia, I knew I had to get in touch with that particular photographer, as he had captured not only the personalities of Joe and Stacey, but also the incredible love that they share with each other. The photographs seemed very natural and easy, not strained or forced with gimmicky poses and scenarios.
My own session with Mik only confirmed my assumptions about his photography. He is very unobtrusive, which is a great quality in a photographer, since it can be uncomfortable having someone up close with a huge camera if you’ve never done it before. He was great at giving direction as well as capturing natural moments that characterized our relationship – some of our favorite pictures came from me randomly jumping on Gary’s back. He also harnessed our relationship during our individual portrait photos; as it turns out, Gary is much better at making me laugh than I am at making him laugh (that is, unless a gust of wind threatens to carry me off while holding up a screen). I was thrilled with how well our pictures came out, and I thought he did a great job of capturing the way we feel about each other, including the moments where we were throwing oranges at each other. Out of love, of course.”