Crossroads Wedding, Santa Ynez

Saturday was AWESOME! Jim and Jess have been great clients AND great Friends! It's so fun when that happens, and I was so blessed to be able to share one of the biggest days of their life with them on Saturday, and at one of my favorite places to shoot as well: The Crossroads Estate (Now owned by Foley). The day was gorgeous, and you couldn't have asked for better temperature. I think one of my favorite times of the day was just before sunset, Jim and Jess had put a few couches out on the grass and as the sun went down, almost everyone came out after dinner to hang out, socialize, and have fun for a bit. It felt like one big family party! Love it! Here's a few pics from the day!

Eucalyptus Lane Wedding

Happy Memorial Day Weekend Wedding! I actually didn't even realize that this weekend was Memorial Day Weekend until the wedding on Saturday. Is that bad? And is it worse that I'm working from home on Memorial day? I don't know, but I had to get some pics up from Saturday's wedding. This was the first and last time I'll ever shoot at Eucalyptus Lane in Ventura, Ca. It was an amazing venue with an incredibly cool barn in which the reception was. But if what I hear was correct, Saturday's wedding was the last wedding that they will be having at the venue! So I feel blessed to have been able to shoot there before their run was done!

The wedding was absolutely gorgeous and Lindsay and Steve are such a cool, relaxed couple, it was so easy to shoot with them! But one of my favorite moments of the wedding, I wasn't even there for. It was when my assistant came up to me and told me about a woman who had such a big smile when he asked to take her picture, that, just jokingly he told her it looks fake. So she smiled and posed again for another one, so he took one. He mentioned to her that she looked like Bette Midler, to which the gentleman with her leaned over and whispered, "She is Bette Midler"! I wish I could have been there to see my assistant tell Bette Midler that her smile looked fake :) hahah! I love it!

Check out some of the pics:

Peanut's First Birthday Party

This was actually Cheyenne's First Ever, Second First Birthday! It was a pink party and my girlfriend Amanda came up with all the good ideas! Pink punch with cups dipped in pink sugar so it looks like a pink margarita, strawberry's and watermelon, homemade carrot cake with pink frosting! We had streamers, banners, flamingos, pink glasses, pink leis, pink bubbles, and everyone had to wear pink! Here's some of the pics:

Cheyenne calling all her friends...





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Figueroa Mountain Farmhouse Wedding

This week was a crazy one! The Jesusita Fire has been raging in Santa Barbara. My parents and several friends were evacuated. My good friend lost a few homes on his ranch. And in the middle of it all, we had an absolutely stunning wedding with some of the best people in Santa Barbara, hands down! Many of them had to evacuate their homes the night before the wedding, including the brides parents. But the day was beautiful at the Figueroa Mountain Farmhouse, the bride glowing, and Nick and Cindy's first EVER kiss at the altar was priceless!!!! Check out some of the pics:

Day out with the Girls

My girlfriend Amanda and I took her daughter Cheyenne, and my dog Corona out for a little fun the other day. Of course I couldn't leave the camera at home!

Morro Bay Engagement Shoot

The weather on the coast has been UNBELIEVABLE the last couple of weeks! Summer is definitely getting closer! This is definitely my favorite time of year, when everything is green, healthy, warm, chilly at night!

Last weekend I got to head up to Morro Bay to shoot with Lindsay and Steve around some of their local spots which was definitely a treat. Half the fun was just getting there. The drive up North is SO beautiful right now! Check out some of the pics:

Four Seasons Biltmore Wedding

Saturday morning I woke up to the rain outside my window. I have shot in the rain several times before and actually love it very much. It's more of a challenge, and you're always crossing your fingers, hoping that all of your camera gear survives to shoot another day. But by the time that Robin and Francesca's wedding rolled around in the afternoon at the Four Seasons Biltmore in Santa Barbara, you couldn't have asked for a better lighting scenario! And I like it chilly, so the temperature was perfect! The wedding was beautiful, and I ended up being there with my friends Gavin Roy from SB DJ's and Russell Fowler from Stellar Films who are some of the best in their respective industries. So it was a great night on top of a great night! So excited to have been part of this big day! Here's some of the pics:

Spring is Here!

Wow, it's been awhile since I updated the blog: shame on me :) This winter has been a blast! And now the wedding season is starting to shift back into gear, though we won't be in full swing until May.

In the last couple of weeks I got to do two great engagement shoots for two amazing couples! The first was out on Hollister Ranch north of Santa Barbara! We kept hopping in and out of the fog, chasing the sun as we went, which made for some great lighting, as well as some fun shots! There were cows everywhere, and at one point, I really did think we were going to have to hide from a bull behind a tree! It was pretty crazy/ fun! I had my cattle dog Corona with me, and desperately wanted to let her out to run and chase cows, but she's only 5 months old, and if she was good at it, then I would feel bad that she's biting someone else's cows! Maybe another time.
















Then, last weekend, I headed up to San Francisco to do a little tour of the city with Jim and Jessica in their neck of the woods. It was great because I've never really shot up in SF too much, only visited. So it was great to go there with that being the purpose! One of my favorite spots was this really great graffiti wall that my buddy told me about. It was definitely great for pictures, and I'm sure that there are photographers there ALL the time, but there were a couple times when I felt a little odd about having almost 10K worth of camera gear just slung around my neck. Suddenly my neck doesn't seem worth that much :) Only kidding, it was totally safe :)