This past week, Braeden Rogers came to Lubbock to shoot with me. It was a super fun fantastic week. We shot on a ranch, in the mountains, in parking garages, and in the desert (not to mention a wedding). We spent like 20 hours in the car. Here are a few from our trip to White Sands, NM with Chelsea. I am sure Braeden will post his soon. C&C appreciated. More on the blog if you are interested.

On a side note...Braeden, thanks for all your help! Oh, and don't wear chapstick on the beach!

Nice work. Great stuff on the blog!

those are great!

These shots are beautiful! I also had to check out your blog and i just have to say i love your style! I am still fairly new to photography and i'm just curious how do you get the beautiful sun flares with out either blacking out your subject or washing them out? I've tried many things and just cant get them to look anything like yours.

I always love seeing your work and this is no exception! My favs are #2 + 3!

Nice work! I like the angles in the sand and your use of light indoor is nice also.

Shesh these are amazing Shan... not sure how you saw all that lol. Hopefully I will see these angles sooner than later . And check on the no Burt's Bees in Cali. Hm now do I post my images decisions decisions... oh what the heck.

sweet shots, great angles, great processing, and awesome blog

Shan,

These are fabulous!!!!! How cool to go out to White Sands. I would LOVE to go out there. I love that whole area and haven't been in years. Amazing shots. Love some of the ones on your blog not shown here.

BTW, your blog is beautiful. Very nice!!! You must be so stoked!!!

Great shoot!! You and Braeden did a great job!

Mark - Thanks! And, thanks for checking out the blog!

Amanda - Thank you!

Jaime - Thank you so much! There are a few things I do to get sun flare. It is easier to flare as the sun starts to set. Also, the angle that the light hits your lens will change how much flare you get. I find that the flare is stronger if I offset if from my subject relative to the sun...so I might have the sun to one side of the frame while the subject is centered or slightly to the other side of the frame. The flare will also look stronger if it falls in a shadow area. Your lens also matters...the more lens elements you have, the more flare you will get. When I am setting up a flare shot, I meter their faces or an area where I can zoom in on them so the sun is not visible in the frame. I usually stop down a bit as well. Then, I compose my shot. As you are looking through the lens, you will see the flare, turn the angle of your camera (horizontally) until you get the flare you want. Then, in PS, I will play with the shadows and brightness to help the flare shot up more if necessary. This is what I have found from my experience. I hope it makes sense...sometimes it is hard to explain what is going on inside your head. Here is a link that might be useful as well...http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/lens-flare.htm.

Jen - Thank you very much!

Skylar - Thank! Thanks for taking the time to check out the blog as well!

Braeden - Thanks dude! Your images are amazing! It was lots of fun!

Ross - Thanks! Thanks! Thanks!

Shawn - Wow! Thanks! I love White Sands. I keep a picture of a bride at White Sands over my fireplace so I get many requests to shoot out there. I love it!

Candi - Thank you!

LOVE LOVE LOVE these! Amazing work as always, Shan!

Katie - Thank you so very much! I appreciate your kind words!

these are realy great, and your blog rocks as well....

awesome! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the second to last one!

These are gorgeous! I really like the bright blue sky & sand combination...Wonderfully done!

These are amazing! #s 3 & 7 are my favorites! I love the compositions!

Wow! These are great and she is stunning.