courtney + blake / under the stars

Loved this one with Courtney and Blake, I had one of my favorite engagement sessions with them last year and their wedding didn't disappoint. The getting ready and the reception was held at the Hyatt Mission Bay in San Diego and their ceremony was held at the Immaculata on the University of San Diego campus. I had just photographed Blake's sisters wedding the month before, so to see the same families again was definitely a treat. Thanks to the always awesome Maria Maltseva and Kim Marcelo for helping me with the wedding.

Ceremony / The Immaculata Venue / Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa & Marina Cake / The French Gourmet Makeup & Dress / The Bustle Hair / Kasey Looy DJ / Absolute Event DJs Florist / Artistic Florals

linda + aleksander / wedding day

Started off my 2012 wedding season with Linda and Aleksander in Los Angeles. They had a low key affair which was a lot of fun for me, just portraits and a party, what can get better than that? We started off at the Standard hotel then headed off to the Caltrans building in downtown Los Angeles to take advantage of the downtown views and awesome architecture. Then we headed off to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion for dinner and dancing, enjoy.

marjoriemay + john / my oh my

Heres a fun wedding at the Hotel Maya to celebrate the big day for Marjoriemay and John. We started off at the hotel for the getting ready, then headed to St. Anthony's for the ceremony, then with a major break before portrait time, Joe (of Joe+Kathrina weddings) and I decided to partake in a little sangria action. Haha, that set the mood of right! We then went off and partied with May and John all night. A big thanks to the team from Bellz & Whistlez for coordinating such a gorgeous wedding day, enjoy!

chi-na + jesse / wedding among the vines

A few months ago I went up to Livermore, CA for the wedding of Chi-Na and Jesse. You might remember them from our awesome engagement session we did in San Francisco. Their wedding was located at Murrieta's Well winery, great photographs along with great wine. But first we had to do a "first look" and since Chi-Na and Jesse were wearing both the traditional Korean hanbok as well as the formal dress and suit, we got two. So enjoy the photographs and always thankful for my great friend Megan Welker for shooting with me.

laura + tommy / castle in new york

It's been almost two months since my last blog post, I made the move to Brooklyn from San Diego the week before Thanksgiving, so life has been insane! 2012 is going to be a crazy year, I'll be splitting time between New York and Southern California, so make sure to check my schedule to see where I'll be! With the holidays and flying back and forth between coasts, its been hard for me to get to the blog. but now that I'm settled in, its time showcase the latter half of 2011's engagements and weddings. So in honor of my move to New York, heres a gorgeous wedding that I did at Oheka Castle in Long Island with Laura and Tommy. The venue was gorgeous, the couple was classic, it was hard to stop snapping photos. A big thanks to Tim Ryan Smith who second shot for me and to B Floral for the gorgeous flowers.

Awesome photo by Tim, who conquered his fear of heights for the shot!