Jeremy Young’s Blog bio picture

  • Welcome

    My name is Jeremy Young and welcome to Young's Blog. I started this website as a way to share my stories, pictures, videos, and thoughts with my friends and family.

    Feel free to poke around my site and read some stories. If you want to see some of my photo galleries, click on the "Pictures" button above and select and album. Pictures can be viewed individually, or as a slideshow. Slideshows can be viewed in full screen by clicking the icon10x101 icon. If you have a password (friends and family only), you also have the option to download full picture albums in high-resolution (ooo, fancy). If you want to see some pictures from my wedding photography business, please click on the "JYP Website" link above.

  • About Me

    My life in a few sentences:

    I Grew up in Los Gatos, California. I am a first generation American. I Moved to San Diego in 1998 for college. I Graduated from SDSU in 2003 with a degree in Systematics and Evolutionary Biology. I used to work as a research scuba diver. I Now work in the field of Pharmaceutical Research and Development. I Love my family, my friends, traveling, science, and positive people. I love scuba diving, movies, photography, and blues music. In 2008, I started my own photography business shooting weddings and portraits (see "JYP Website" link above). I am currently living in La Jolla, California and loving it. Whew! That was quick. Thanks for reading.

Sarah & Sean Engagement

Saturday, February 28, 2009 Category: Photography

The following pictures are from an engagement shoot I did for my friends Sarah and Sean. Sarah used to work with Nikole at the Navy training dolphins so I’ve known them for years.  (dolphin huggers). When they got engaged, I was very honored and flattered that they wanted me to shoot their wedding.

The plan for the engagement shoot was to bum around Balboa Park for an hour and then drive down to Sunset Cliffs to catch the sunset. We got very lucky by having perfect weather. Did I mention I love San Diego.

The day was so much fun, we goofed around, talked about old times, and apparently took a few pictures too. Thanks guys, I can’t wait to shoot the wedding.

jeremy-young-san-diego-wedding-photography-20090228-01

jeremy-young-san-diego-wedding-photography-20090228-02

jeremy-young-san-diego-wedding-photography-20090228-03

jeremy-young-san-diego-wedding-photography-20090228-04

jeremy-young-san-diego-wedding-photography-20090228-05

jeremy-young-san-diego-wedding-photography-20090228-06

jeremy-young-san-diego-wedding-photography-20090228-07

jeremy-young-san-diego-wedding-photography-20090228-08

jeremy-young-san-diego-wedding-photography-20090228-09

  • email
  • Print
  • Facebook
  • Digg
  • Twitter

by Jeremy

2 comments

add a comment

Jeff Youngren - Nice! I really love the third to last one of Sarah & Sean on the cliff…really a dramatic scene! I love San Diego!April 11, 2009 – 9:20 PM

Sarah Hammar - Everyone loves the pics!!! Thanks again. You’ve been so awesome to work with!April 13, 2009 – 6:56 PM

2008 Wedding Photography

Thursday, February 12, 2009 Category: Photography

So I am in the middle of creating a website for my little wedding photography business and thought I’d share some of my favorite pictures I shot in 2008. Most of the pictures were from weddings I shot with Sara as a second photographer, and a few are from my own weddings where I was the primary photographer. Let me know what you think.

best-of-2008-weddings_011

.

best-of-2008-weddings_02

.

best-of-2008-weddings_03

.

best-of-2008-weddings_04

.

best-of-2008-weddings_05

.

best-of-2008-weddings_06

.

best-of-2008-weddings_071

.

best-of-2008-weddings_08

.

best-of-2008-weddings_09

.

best-of-2008-weddings_10

2008 was an amazing year for my photography. I purchased a proper camera and got out and shot as much as possible. I’ve already got several weddings booked for 2009 and counting. Wish me the best of luck.

Cheers, Jeremy

  • email
  • Print
  • Facebook
  • Digg
  • Twitter

by Jeremy

4 comments

add a comment

Jeff - I love these! I really like the second set of images with the bride laughing – what a great moment!February 19, 2009 – 8:14 AM

Betsy, La Vida Creations - Hey Jeremy! The details look so great and crisp. Very nice! And I also just love the bride giggling. Fun! Congrats on the new website too ;-) March 3, 2009 – 6:38 AM

fussball bundesliga - Gute Arbeit hier! Gute Inhalte.March 3, 2009 – 4:49 PM

lieben - Interessante Informationen.March 5, 2009 – 2:35 AM

New Years Party 2009!!

Thursday, January 1, 2009 Category: Friends & Family, Personal

The beginning of 2009 called for a little celebration… La Jolla style. My baby sister Jessica and four of her friends decided to take a college road trip down the coast of California for the winter break. She started at her college in Humbolt (hippies), drove down the coast, stayed in LA for a few days, and then ending up and her big-brother’s house in San Diego for New Years. Lucky me. We had a little party at my house to celebrate the New Year complete with an alcohol bar, good eats, hot-tub and fire pit… And there was much rejoicing… “yay”. Shown below are my girlfriend Sara and her dear friend Lisa toasting right after the countdown.

jeremy-young-01Below is Sara, my brother Bobby and his wonderful dog “Belle”. The picture on the right is the alcohol and snacks.

jeremy-young-02This is my beautiful baby sister… (shown below) Any boys that are interested have to interview with her father and four older brothers first. Applications will be posted shortly and include two letters of recommendations, a blood test, and a copy of your FICO score.

jeremy-young-03Shown below (clockwise from top-left) is Sara and I, Ben and Lilli (German roommates), my sister Jessica and I, and myself and Lilli. Sara and I decided to dress up, and I sported an all-black suit, Johnny Cash style…

jeremy-young-04Shown below (clockwise from top-left) My sister’s road-trip friends, more Germans, fire pit, and hot tub…
jeremy-young-05

[Click here to see the all the pictures from this ablum]

  • email
  • Print
  • Facebook
  • Digg
  • Twitter

by Jeremy

2 comments

add a comment

Misha - Those are some nice looking snack cups!

Ah, southern California. Where the gorgeous girls are drawn to the hot tub like bees on honey.

I noticed a slight rounding of the picture corners. Is that technique done when the picture is taken or after?February 10, 2009 – 6:26 PM

Jeremy - The vignetting in the pictures in an intentional post-production edit. Many of my pictures have them naturally though. When I used to do a lot of black and white film work I would use a lot of filters which would always give me a vignette. I still love my polarizer filter too which gives me the same effect. I guess I just keep putting it for consistency.February 11, 2009 – 1:32 PM

X-Mas Pics in San Diego

Sunday, December 21, 2008 Category: Photography

Where to you go for a Christmas picture if you are in San Diego and its the 21st of December? … the beach of course. My good friends Lilli and Ben wanted a Christmas picture to send back to their families in Germany. And What better way to make them jealous of our weather than to show off the California beach with surfers in the background. The tools for the day included the canon 50 f/1.4 lens, a polarized filter for deep blues and natural vignetting, and a gold reflector to warm the skin tones.jeremy-young-01

jeremy-young-02jeremy-young-03

  • email
  • Print
  • Facebook
  • Digg
  • Twitter

by Jeremy

no comments

add a comment

Back in Los Gatos: One Pizza… One Donkey… One Beer…

Friday, November 28, 2008 Category: Friends & Family, Personal

It’s just after Thanksgiving, and I found myself back in my hometown of Los Gatos where I was “born a poor black child” (what movie was that from?). I met up with some of my old friends from high school in downtown Los Gatos for what was suppose to be a “quick” drink at Carry Nations (great little bar). The night however took an all-too-familiar turn for the adolescent when we somehow ended intoxicated at Pizza Port (excellent pizza), followed by shots at the Black Watch (dive bar), dancing at C.B. Hannigans (way too crowded), and somehow… ending the night sitting on top of “donkey hill” with a 6-pack of beer (Great views of the bay area. And yes, there is a donkey that lives there).
jeremy-young-01

Below is my attempt at a picture of downtown Los Gatos while crossing the road from Carry Nations to Pizza Port. I love this town.
jeremy-young-02

The usual suspects… clockwise from top-left… Sara, Bobby (having his reset button pushed), Alex (sleeping), Glenlivet (“Glen-Love-it”), Jeremy (me), Jen (w/baby), iPhone (wearing a new yellow dress), Ann, and the Katie-Lady.
jeremy-young-03

Below you see that Katie does not liking having her picture taken (I have a bunch of these shots), she did the same thing in her senior year-book picture (j/k). Lower right is Nate with his beautiful pregnant wife Jennilynn. ahem, I just wanted to point out that I also introduced this couple so I am partly responsible for that the creation of that fetus. I’m still working on trying to get the child named after me.
jeremy-young-04

I have no idea why people are licking each other. We were either a little tipsy; confused because the town is called “the cats”; or cleaning up a after a no-holds-barred cake-batter fight. Take your pick.
jeremy-young-05

[Click here to see more pictures]

Cheers,
Jeremy

  • email
  • Print
  • Facebook
  • Digg
  • Twitter

by Jeremy

4 comments

add a comment

Sara France - I personally like all the licking shots myself. :) January 15, 2009 – 6:47 PM

Katie - Wow…To think Popov taught me how to flip people off. *Sigh* Really, I’ve come so far. Except I still hate my pick being taken- just recently I was out with friends and all the pics I pretty much am just sticking my tongue out. Sorry, I’m just shy! It was great to see everyone over break!January 15, 2009 – 11:07 PM

Alex - I seem to be overly excited at the prospect of being licked. I was also promised there would be donkeys…

Here are some more pix from that evening: http://gallery.me.com/alexpachikov#100255January 31, 2009 – 4:41 PM

Jeremy - Thanks for the pictures Alex. That was a great night. The pictures you took from the top of Donkey hill make it look like we are sitting in the middle of a snow storm. Too bad those are just little flowers on the ground, a snow storm would have been a better story.February 2, 2009 – 5:21 PM

« Older Stories More Recent Stories »

© 2009 Jeremy Young | ProPhoto Photo Theme by NetRivet WordPress Development