A forgotten dress led to some of epic photographs, that is the story of Tanya and Deric's engagement session. We met up on a Monday in San Diego and went around downtown, starting at the Sante Fe Depot, where Tanya spends much of her time taking the Amtrak down from Los Angeles to visit Deric. We hit up some dope spots around East Village and upon a clothing change, Tanya realized she left her last outfit back in LA. They had an engagement video shoot scheduled with my pals Ren & Rob the upcoming Saturday and I said I'd be down to shoot again but asked, "how about we throw in some smoke bombs?" So the next few days we planned it out, with Deric working for the Border Patrol, we had easy access to a field where we can use as many bombs as wanted. He also had access to some bombs and one we found out was actually tear gas. Haha, we learned a lot that day! The day was so fun and we came out with some of my favorite work and two shots were actually selected for Junebug Weddings Best of 2016 Engagements Honorable Mentions. Enjoy.
ashley & ritz / figures in the light / hotel palomar san diego wedding
Even if you've known someone for years, experiencing all the love and devotion that surrounds those people on their wedding day can still leave you in awe. Case in point, the lovely Ashley, Ritz,and their dog Howl. I have known them since high school and we've remained friends throughout the years. So I've seen the loyalties grow (as well as fall) but the family, friends and even vendors that helped usher in their wedding, we all came together to experience an amazing night. It was put together beautifully by the team at Urban Shindigs, so feel free to view so much more on Ashley and Ritz's feature on Bridal Musings today. A big thanks to Stephanie Yang for shooting this one with me (and who's wedding I'll be featuring soon!) as well Ren & Rob, my favorite San Diego cinematographers.
lauren & jay / rooftop vibes
Whenever I've photographed with these two, we've always made our best photographs stories above San Diego. Looking up at the clouds and down onto the street below. So it was perfect that Lauren and Jay celebrated their nuptials on the roof of the Andaz San Diego Hotel. A big thanks to associate photographer Kim Marcelo for shooting with me, see some of my favorites below as well as their details on Carats & Cake.
lauren & jay / dualities
Light and dark, high and low, hot and cold, fire and water, life and death, male and female, sun and moon, Lauren and Jay.
andrea & bryn / hand in hand
I've been waiting to blog Andrea and Bryn's wedding, as they are some of my favorite people out there. The love, humility and sincere sweetness that exudes from them can light up any room and it doesn't hurt that they are drop dead gorgeous as well. You might remember their engagement session that spanned coast to coast, now enjoy their wedding that was also featured on Style Me Pretty. From there you can see all the pretty details that After the Engagement and so many other amazing vendors put together, I'll showcase my personal favorites here. A big thanks to Jennifer Sosa and my associate Kim Marcelo for photographing with me and I also got to work alongside my great friend Tim Twinem of Velare Imaginarium, who's video is at the end. Enjoy