Gustavo Fernandez Photographer

I was photographing an engagement session on the Stanford University campus yesterday when i came up with a great gift idea for my Dad.  My Dad attended Stanford University and was part of the 1969 graduating class.  As i walked around and photographed my couple i took some extra images of the buildings and beautiful vistas.  One of the most stunning buildings is the Stanford Memorial Church.  Stanford Memorial Church weddings book up years in advance my couple said. Yesterday we saw about four different wedding photographers with couples. Stanford Memorial Chapel has become a great backdrop and destination for wedding photography images. I would love to photograph a wedding at the Stanford Memorial Chapel, it’s just a gorgeous location.  This morning i downloaded the images and created some screen-saver/background images for him.  Here are a few of my favorites, enjoy!

Another classic landmark is Hoover Tower.  It has an observatory platform and is about 14 stories high.  Will definitely try to get up there next time.

This past weekend i visited my sister in Ottawa, KS and got to hang out with my nephew Luis Gustavo who is now a little over 2 yrs old.  We spent much of our time at home since Luis had just gotten out of the hospital due to a lung infection.  Here are some of my favorite images i captured over the weekend. Enjoy!

Took him outside for a few minutes to get some outdoor shots, well bundled so he would not get sick again.

Just got these images from my sister yesterday taken with one of their cell phones. Too cute, can’t wait to hang out with him in a couple of weeks.

Had dinner last night with my friend Kenny Kim at The Cheesecake Factory. We met about a month ago while he was helping with DJ’s Freedom & Slumber workshop. He has had a pretty crazy schedule for the last couple of months also helping out Mike Colon at his local workshop in Orange County and then traveling with Mike and Bob Davis for their Master their Craft Tour. We caught up over dinner and i had a chance to have a real conversation outside of the craziness of a workshop. We spoke about the industry, networking, and how we both go started and where we came from. Kenny recently asked me to shoot a wedding with him in San Francisco and i feel honored and stoked about the opportunity. Thanks Kenny for dinner last night, for all your insights, and for sharing your knowledge with me. Looking forward to hanging out at WPPI in a couple of weeks.

Last night I went to a photography show with my friend and fellow Bay Area wedding photographer Sylvain Gentile. We attended Michelle Walker’s Travel Photography show. Jose Villa introduced me to Michelle last year at the PDN on the Road seminar. She is a very talented Bay Area wedding photographer that has been published in many of the major magazines. Definitely someone i look up to. She took photographs from her travels to Cuba, India, Africa, and Peru and had some amazing large (40 by 60) canvases made by Simply Canvas. The show will be on display at Luka’s Taproom & Lounge til March 29th. You can see the images on her new website under Galleries then Travel. We enjoyed some great food, some Oscar watching on the projector, and lastly some great company. Congrats Michelle on the success of your first show.

The talented artist-Michelle Walker.

My favorite, the little girl looking up at Grandma in Cuba.

Gotta love point and shoot camera flash!