Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
Here I go, blogging out of order again, but Oh, how I wish I had been there for this wedding. I had another, wonderful, all-day photography job that day and couldn’t be Brian’s second for this-but, in a way I think that worked out well. I just became prouder and prouder of him with each photo I saw…and Erin! OH! I thought she was coolest bride ever because of this:
And then, I saw this:
Bestest Bridal Shoes EVER.
It’s a tie-I can’t pick.
But, I can say, Erin and Dave, your wedding was so beautiful. It was a thoughtful, tasteful, classic and loving day (And I just saw the photos). And even though I wasn’t there, I could see the love, emotion-and humor-that marked your wedding day. Some of these you’ve seen, other’s you haven’t, and the rest are on their way to you soon. Brian came home that night absolutely raving about your day (and the sock monkey cake).
Ok, so there were some perfectly coordinated shoes before the skull slippers…
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Sunday, June 27th, 2010
This is a long overdue blog post; and a hard one to do. Charles and Christine were such a perfect fit for us. They were referred to us by one of our favorite coordinators- Kelly at the Los Angeles Athletic Club. We met over pancakes and coffee one morning and that was it. One Engagement session later I knew their wedding was going to be perfect for us.
I LOVED working with this couple (even with the USC Marching band at the reception); they were just so genuine, sweet, funny, snarky, organized; yet relaxed…and CUTE (bonus); not only in how they looked, but how they interacted with each other; they were just fun to watch. They knew what they wanted for their photos and trusted Brian and I completely; and for that, we are touched. They were kind enough to leave a review of us on project wedding that brought me to absolute tears (in a good way, not in an “OMG what happened I think my camera exploded” way).
I was so attached to these photos I had to let someone else design their album; I was just too drawn to every image; I can remember the stories behind them (and, ahem, why we had to do certain poses-I won’t call anyone out…just sayin’ though. LOLOL!!!), what we were doing, what they said to each other during their first look…and that’s an amazing problem to have. 
**BTW: check out the link above for the NEW Los Angeles Athletic Club photo gallery; the first two albums are from yours truly. We are SOOOOOO excited to have photos on their new site-Thank you, Kelly!!!!
This is probably one of my favorite wedding photos of all time:
It had JUST started to drizzle so the sun was just poking thought the clouds…talk about luck!
He survived…
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Friday, May 28th, 2010
When Nancy called me, literally, two weeks before her wedding at the Mission Inn and said she needed a photographer, I thought she was kidding. Then, when I met her and John, I was still in disbelief. Here’s this super nice, really attractive couple wanting to book me 14 days before their wedding?
Well, OK then.
We met and about 45 minutes later we had all the details worked out; it also helped that when we did need to meet before the wedding again, our families literally live about 10 minutes from each other. Bonus.
I am still in disbelief as to how smoothly the entire day went-it was actually, AHEAD OF SCHEDULE (with Nancy being a chemist, I can’t say I was that surprised, but still…it’s a wedding, things happen). It was so ahead of schedule, in fact, that it allowed us to take advantage of a rare, quiet afternoon around the historic hotel grouns for some amazing photos.
These next two photos are why I *always* encourage brides and grooms to hire two photographers. Here is my version:
And here is Brian’s Version from the balcony:
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Friday, May 28th, 2010
When my friend Debbie from Get Reel asked me to shoot Nancy and Mike’s Malibu West Beach Club wedding with her, I was so excited. I’ve been working with Debbie for years, just as a videographer, so I was excited to work with her as a photographer! We had a great time; nice couple, fantastic location, and beautiful details. Thanks for asking me to shoot with you, Debbie-looking forward to doing it again.
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