Sara and Joe's Wedding

Last Saturday we traveled to Ventura County to photograph Sara and Joe's wedding. The setting was laid back with their family and best friends in attendance. Sara's awesome dress included a fuchsia shawl and the venue had this real cool vineyard.

The whole wedding had a very relaxed "vibe", with everyone being very friendly. We showed up a little early and the Bride and Groom invited us to sit down and have breakfast with them and their friends.

Here are some images from the day.

Uber cool dress with awesome shawl!

These are some of my favorite images of Sara and Joe. We all went for a stroll through the vineyard - just as the sun was setting.

New York City - Nikki & Mark - Part II

As promised - here are the wedding images from Nikki and Mark's New York City wedding. The service was held at the Convent Avenue Baptist Church in Harlem and the reception was at the Riverside Church.

It was an amazing day with perfect NYC weather. And the venues - what can I say? Both churches and the National Park with Grant's Tomb made for awesome image making.

Nikki and Mark along with their friends and family made this a very special experience for Lisa and I.

New York City - Nikki & Mark - Part I

We traveled to New York City last weekend to photograph the wedding of Nikki and Mark. Lisa and I decided to arrive a day early and capture extra engagement images. We drove all over Brooklyn, Manhattan and Harlem finding awesome locations including the famous Lenox Lounge. The Lenox Lounge has been around since 1939 and has hosted well known artists such as Billie Holiday, Miles Davis and John Coltrane (my favorite saxophonist).

Nikki and Mark's NYC engagement images are shown below. Part II - the actual wedding will posted in a couple of days.

Hollywood and Vine

I am a little behind on my blog posting. Last week I spent an afternoon with Sara and Joe in Hollywood California. We started at the famous Hollywood and Vine intersection and went exploring from there. Along the way we discovered some real cool alleys and doorways, and a high rise rooftop pool and cabana.

Joe use to be in the music business so we discussed various bands that we both like and it turns out that their wedding song is from one of my favorite Canadian bands - "The Cowboy Junkies".

Sara and Joe are getting married in less than two weeks - so I wanted to get some of their engagement images posted. Check back in two weeks to see some of their wedding pictures.

Shellie and Steve - Wedding Day

On Saturday we headed out to Acton California to photograph the wedding of Shellie and Steve. They were married in their backyard with many friends and family attending.

Steve had worked real hard getting his house and yard looking like a million dollars for the big day. The yard flowers were awesome.

Shellie and Steve treated Lisa (my second photographer) and I like guests. Thank you for the hospitality and making us feel so welcome.

Here are a couple of shots ....

Erin & Adam

It feels so good to be blogging about photography again after the last couple of weeks. (I really appreciated all your calls and emails concerning my father's situation).

We photographed two weddings last weekend. The first was Erin and Adam's wedding at Robinson Ranch Golf Club. The light for photography was perfect and as you will see below the sky turned awesome shades of red and pink.

My usual second photographer and wonder daughter-in-law, Lisa, could only be present for the second half of the wedding, so I asked Tibor Deme of "Close Up Photography" to hang out with me. Tibby as Tibor likes to be called was a bundle of energy that would not quit. The great vintage shot of Erin below is Tibor's

One of my favorite DJ's, Bino Bates rocked the house for Erin and Adam with non-stop dancing.

Here are a couple of images.