Matt + Sara: Wedding

I have been looking forward to blogging this wedding for a while now but it has been hard to find time to blog as often as I would like. Matt and Sara got married last summer at a beautiful house up in Santa Barbara. For a photographer, wedding's don't get much better than this! The wedding and reception were in the backyard creating the perfect balance of an intimate, low-key setting yet classy and elegant celebration. Everyone was having a great time, everything was beautiful, and the lighting was perfect...so my job was easy!

It was hard picking out my favorites from the day so this will be a bit longer than my typical posts...Enjoy!

Matt getting ready:

The first look:

The bride and the girls:

Flower Girls:

I love the kids' expressions!

Matt & Sara had a fun wedding party!

Not a bad place to get married!

The reception and details!

The kids and I came up with a plan to surprise the happy couple (who thought I was pulling them aside for a few more portraits). As you can see, it worked perfectly :)

Priceless expression!

The first dance...

Dinner and the reception went into the night of what had been a near perfect day!

Ryan + Rachel Engagement

Ryan and Rachel are a great couple I know from high school. They were both in my graduating class and have been together since our high school days! It is always fun to see old friends and I am very excited for their wedding this Summer up in Northern California. For the engagement pictures, we started down on Balboa Island and finished in Newport Beach by the pier. We got "The Original" Balboa bars, walked around town, then took the ferry over to the Peninsula. It was a beautiful afternoon and definitely a fun session!


Enjoy!

Andrew: Senior Portraits

I recently had the chance to take some senior portraits of Andrew down in Laguna Beach. Andrew is graduating this year and is planning to study art in college. We picked a beautiful day for an outdoor shoot, found some cool backgrounds around the town and ended down at the beach around sunset. It was a nice change of pace for me to have an individual subject as I am so often shooting couples and families. I was happy with how the pictures came out...here are some of my favorites!