I just realized a couple recent albums never made it on the blog! Also, Matt and Chelsey’s album design is ready too… so I’ll just put a few in the same post.

Matt + Chelsey – Summit House, Fullerton, CA

Nart + Ivonne – Rancho Las Lomas, Silverado, CA

Scott + Shawna – Los Coyotes Country Club, Fullerton, CA

Better later than never!

Peter Brandon asked me to photograph his January 12th concert at the Orange County Pavillion. The OC Pavillion is a very nice venue, classy and elegant. And Peter, well he’s an amazing singer and wonderful performer. I’m not really one that attends concerts on a regular basis, and I thoroughly enjoyed the evening. I’d highly recommend finding out the next time he’s performing!

I’m SUCH a sucker for pretty lighting…


While singing the song he wrote for his girlfriend

Which transitioned into this:

She said yes!




There was champagne flowing and hugs all around in Peter’s dressing room immediately after the concert

I just want to congratulate Peter and Robin on the their engagement. I’m so happy for the two of you!

Now that the new year is here and I’ve had a few days to settle, I realize that other than the wonderful portrait side of my business, I don’t have much going on until late spring.

So- never done before (and we’ll see how long this post stays up): I’m offering a special rate for my coverage only package for weddings between now and the end of April: $2500 for 7 hours of coverage including the hi-res files three months after the wedding date. This is a savings of about $1500! This offer will be available for a limited amount of weddings.

Also, I’d like to add a few destination weddings to my portfolio this year. After going to Northern California in 07 and both Cabo and Canada in 06, I’d like to add some new places! For this reason I’m going to be offering special pricing for all destination shoots (including other states in the US), so please contact me about the special pricing.

I’ve been excited for Chelsey and Matt’s upcoming wedding for quite some time. We had such a fun time at their engagement shoot last spring, and I truly adore winter weddings. They chose to meet for portraits before the ceremony and we were lucky that the rain held off long enough to head over to El Dorado Park for a bit, and then to the church for the ceremony.

Matt left a gift with Chelsey’s maid of honor for her to open while she got ready for the day



The light in the room was beautifully soft!

Just before they saw each other for the first time:




There was time for a bit of relaxation before the ceremony, and the girls kept checking on who was arriving for the ceremony

When they saw people they knew…


I like the moment just after lighting the unity candle where they had a chance to talk alone… and it shows off some of the pretty decorations too

The exit shots


And on to the reception… each group had their own song and dance routine on the way in.


Ring shot!

The slideshow apparently had a few funny moments

The Summit House makes for such a pretty background…

My recent vacation was amazing, and highly recommended. We flew into Miami to board Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas, and for seven days thoroughly enjoyed ourselves cruising and port stops in Labadee, Haiti, Ocho Rios, Georgetown, and Cozumel. I took plenty of pictures (of course), though they started tapering off towards the end of the week when I kept forgetting my cameras everywhere!

Tech info: all the widescreen photos are from our Sony point and shoot. Everyone knows I recommend canon point and shoots, but it was a free prize Mike won at a company picnic we didn’t even attend! The camera isn’t actually that bad, and does let me drag the shutter… so I won’t complain. The regular 2:3 images were all taken with my brand new Leica M8 and a 35 Summicron.

The first two images are of Miami from our stateroom’s balcony:


A view of the promenade:

Night shot from the balcony as we were cruising the first night

While cruising the first day:

Formal night #1: Tori, me and Lindsey


Mike and I played a few nickel slot machines. I came out positive $9, and Mike came out positive $126! Here’s Grandpa Doug congratulating him.

Uncle Brian and I– we ended up playing blackjack for the next 3 hours where I came out positive $35. Pretty successful night thanks to Uncle Brian.


Mom and I

Mike, Lindsey, and cousins Kendall, Quinn, and Logan with a little bit of Haiti in the background on Christmas morning

random boat shot

Logan during a walk

A bunch of images from the boat that took us snorkeling of Haiti





Kendall on the beach at Labadee

I think everyone but me and Grandpa and Grandma are in the shot waiting for the tender back to the boat


The entertainment while waiting for the tender

A few from the boat, beautiful sunsets in Haiti!


Just before going to dinner I looked out the balcony and saw this at dusk– carefully view and you’ll see it raining.

Me being vain

In Jamaica I freaked out when this boat was so close to us, only to find out it was close so it could clean our balconies!

Tori and Mr. Pirate

rainforest

I couldn’t take pictures while we were swimming with the dolphins, so I took photos of a group before us.

Grandpa exploring the dolphin complex

After the dolphins, Mike and I climbed most of Dunn River Falls. Sadly, no pictures. Mostly because everyone forgot.
Dad messing around at a restaurant in Georgetown, Grand Caymans.

A few shots taken during our walk to a glass blowing studio (might be one of my heavens)



I apparently forgot I even had a camera with me in Cozumel. Oops! But here’s a giant cloud at sunset while we were walking back to the boat.

And the actual sunset taken from the pier

Logan during the family game of Taboo

Lindsey on the FlowRider

And then Mike on the FlowRider… good splash!