Shooting with Zach & Jody Gray in Laguna Beach

One of my shoots this week took me back into the world of using studio strobe lights. Not inside of a studio space but rather on the beach. My good friends and Nashville Wedding Photographers Zach & Jody Gray came to visit Laguna Beach while providing the photography community with a week of sharing their lighting expertise! These guys know lighting and they turn their clients into rock-stars all the time! Beyond their great photography, they are super great friends of mine who have strong hearts for Jesus, they invest time into true friendships and they love wearing their converse shoes. One of the best parts of their trip out to SoCal was their discovery of one of my favorite restaurants, In-N-Out Burger!!! They were kinda jaw dropped when I went crazy on the secret menu with my #1 no cheese, animal style, grilled onions, protein style with fries well done!! Yeah…. I go insane with In-N-Out!

I was so blessed to have the opportunity to hangout with Zach & Jody multiple times in SoCal and it topped it off bigtime by getting to attend their workshop. Their teachings taught much more than what I already know about lighting (I took a year of lighting in College). Their shooting style allows you to capture it directly in camera which cuts your workflow time in 1/2 and then the shot it so good that you don’t even think about touching photoshop!!

If you ever have the opportunity to jump into one of their shooting workshops, I highly… highly recommend it!!

Here are some of my shots that I captured during the shoot with our lovely model & a few fun behind the scenes shots!!

Note: None of these shots went through Photoshop. They are directly out of camera and went through through basic color correction.

This amazing workshop was held at Tosti Studios which has a sweet location right across from the beach on Pacific Highway 1

Zach showing off his mad lighting skills!

Jody being super silly!

Here are all my images that I captured during our shoot!

Thank You Zach & Jody for an incredible experience during our shoot! I love you guys!