I am a photographer living in Orange County, CA. Having been heavily influenced by photojournalistic approaches to the art, I prefer shooting in dynamic or adventure situations.
Yes, yes…I know I’m late. Rather than bore you with words, here’s a small selection of 2011 photos from a myriad of different shoots. Apparently, I spent a lot of time on various beaches. In 2012 I’ve got trips planned to San Antonio, New Orleans, London, Paris, Kiev, Chernobyl, and more, so make sure to [...]
Location: Disneyland, Corona Del Mar, LA Arboretum, my studio, other places Subjects: Women, children, butterflies, flowers, sunset, seascapes, Disneyland, beaches, friends Another assortment of random jazz I’ve photographed in the last few months, but which I’ve not posted elsewhere. Enjoy. :) You’ll notice in a lot of my sunset photos that they’re visibly vignetted [...]
Location: Death Valley Subjects: Gold mines, ghost towns, stars, awesome stuff, moving rocks, tea kettles, volcanoes, “working girls,” other jazz I had planned on writing another witty and urbane post about my latest adventure to Death Valley but I’m taking forever. So instead of careful introspection and my usual brand of down home, upbeat humor [...]
Location: Pennsylvania, Manhattan, Occupy Wall Street Subjects: ruins, living people, dead people, protests, waaaay too many words, other jazz Thanks to Mark, Bruce, Charlie, and Toby for putting up with me for a week, and to Joann, for the wonderful home cooking and the lovely carved wooden toys she made for me to use in [...]
Location: Oahu Subject: Hawaiian Stuff My little sister moved to the Hawaiian island of Oahu a few months ago to join a travelling circus or something. Plans I had to photograph the Grand Canyon fell through the same week as her roommate was out of town, so I took the opportunity to shack up in [...]
Location: Tustin, CA Subject: Abandoned military base MCAS Tustin I’ve lived in Tustin for a little over a year now and frequently drive by Marine Corps Air Station Tustin. The facility was built during World War II for airships (blimp) before being turned into a helicopter facility later. It was an important facility through its [...]
Location: Laguna Beach, Deep Creek, Santa Barbara, Colton Subject: Donkeys, beaches, rivers, cemetery Another edition of random stuff for you, now with 100% more donkey! The photo at the top of the page as well as the next one were taken at a place called Deep Creek out in Apple Valley. It’s a beautiful little river, [...]
Subject: Babies, family Location: St. Joseph’s Hospital and Lakewood, CA My friends Sonja and Ben had their first son the other day, Sonja having waited an extra 15 minutes to push so that Gavin would be born on July 1st instead of the 30th. For some reason, this makes perfect sense to me. :) The [...]
Location: Colorado Subject: People, places, and things Long overdue for a break from my day job, I took a 4-day weekend to visit friends in the Denver area. And, thanks to the good folks over at /r/Denver I had a plethora of ghosts to chase down. Weather worked against me a little, but I worked [...]
Location: Murphy’s Ranch, Subject: abandoned compound Whilst reading Reddit recently, I came across an article on Murphy’s Ranch. Built by Nazi sympathizers in the 1930s, this compound in LA’s Rustic Canyon was designed to protect its inhabitants during the eventual fall of America at the hands of Germany. Later used as an artists’ colony, the property [...]
Location: Orange County Subject: everything Below is a collection of photos I’ve taken throughout Orange County over the last 4 weeks. One note and then I’ll shut up: During weekend forays along random OC back roads, it surprised me how many memorials there were. Driver safer people; operating a motor coach isn’t rocket science.
Location: Disneyland and California Adventure I bought an annual pass to Disneyland back in December (I think) and have ignored it until recently. Having gotten past my apprehension about going alone, I now prefer it: no boring my friends whilst I pause repeatedly to take photos. Since I’m on a long exposure kick these days, [...]
The text below is adapted from something I wrote last Thursday. The photos themselves are from two different days at Corona Del Mar: the first is from a session the day my friend died, while the second was done in a “make up” session this evening. ————————————————————– My long time friend, Bobby Villanueva, passed away [...]
Location: All over Subject: Getty Museum, HB Pier, Puppies, Other junk My weekend started off with an early trip to photograph the US Uncut protest in LA. Unfortunately, the group never got very large while I was there, so I opted to take off and didn’t take any photos. On the way home I stopped [...]
Location: My studio. Subject: A cute baby Like her brother before her, “Action” Abigail was the subject of 7-month-old portraits. No, I don’t know why it was 7 months in both cases, but I do know this is a pretty darn adorable future superhero child. I’m sure you’ll agree. Older brother Declan in mom’s boots. [...]
![San Francisco, [A]Bridged](http://www.jakereinig.com/blog/wp-content/themes/groovyphoto/thumb.php?src=blog/wp-content/uploads/IMG_10251.jpg&w=480&h=&zc=1&q=90)
Location: San Francisco. Subject: Primarily the Golden Gate. I turned 33 today and decided that I should be out of town for my birthday weekend. My day job is still too hectic at the moment to go anywhere too far away, so I took advantage of my cousin’s generosity and that of his wonderful wife [...]
Location: Corona Del Mar. Subject: Ocean sunsets, long exposure As frequent visitors will already know, I’ve spent a considerable amount of time photographing a particular part of the coast in Corona Del Mar. I use this place not simply because it’s pretty or because it has special personal meaning, but because it represents something that [...]
2010 was probably the most challenging year of my life, with a number of personal and work events that pushed me to the brink a number of times. But, it was also the most productive year of my life in a number of areas, certainly with respect to photography. By the time the year was [...]
Location: Mile Square Golf Course; Meadowlark Country Club. Subject: Weddings My cousin Laurie became Mrs. Scott Rittenhouse this past Friday at one of the most entertaining weddings I’ve been to in ages. My family is pretty terrific, as are both Scott and Laurie, and it shows at our weddings. Well, everyone else’s weddings anyway. :) [...]
Location: All over. Subject: People, dogs, children, sunsets, other stuff Despite being insanely busy at my regular job in recent weeks, I’ve somehow also managed to do a ton of photographic work. It’ll still be a few more weeks until I can get back to personal projects, but what I have been doing has been [...]
