Monday, February 25, 2008

Wedding At The Abbey, San Diego

On Saturday I had the opportunity to shoot a beautiful wedding in San Diego with Mark Bassam of Bassam Design. The weather was perfect, and provided incredible views for my early morning drive to San Diego. It truly was a perfect day for a wedding.

We began shooting early at Jet Rhys Hair Salon, a super cool salon with an awesome atomosphere, and very cool wall murals. The salon is in a small courtyard between buildings, and it was like a little oasis away from the noisy cars on the street.

The details were simple, yet beautiful.

...Getting ready at the Hyatt.

...these girls have been busy with weddings!
...the stained glass windows of The Abbey provided perfect light for a lovely bride;
...and the handsome groom too!

I love this shot of the flower girls coming down the isle.

The groom's sense of humor kept the guests laughing through the ceremony.
The beautiful, and very tastey cake.

The old Abbey church has very cool architectural details and stained glass windows.

The brides father had some really fancy moves for the videographer. At one point, he was break-dancing on the floor, ...doing "the worm," and various other moves that would put me in the hospital.The bride knew a few moves as well. ...Guess she got them from her father.

...the first dance, of course, was more reserved.

Sunday, February 17, 2008

Wedding At The Portofino Yacht Club, Redondo Beach

Yesterday I shot a wedding in Redondo beach. The setting was the beautiful Portofino Yacht club. We were blessed with beautiful weather that was perfect for a wedding, and made the day all the more enjoyable.



The handsome groom.
The flowers were provided by Ava's Garden.
...and the beautiful bride.
The Portofino's facilities were really lovely.



Monday, February 11, 2008

Party Of 5 Engagement Session

It was really fun to get to shoot a few shots of one of Becker's engagement couples. And they were the best of subjects; ...the makings of another beautiful [b] wedding. I can't wait to see the images on [b]ecker's blog.

The weather on Sunday was as perfect as it could be, but the light... the light was more than perfect. As promised, here are a few more images from the session. And thanks, again, to Becker for this opportunity.





This shot was taken right before the shot in the previous post. I think I like this one better. What do you think?

Sunday, February 10, 2008

Becker's Party Of 5 Was Awesome

I just had the most incredible opportunity to meet The Becker. Becker is one of the best (and most successful) wedding photographers in the world. Five of us spent the day at the [b] pad, [b]ecker's [b]eautiful home in the OC. Becker is so open and generous with info about how he has generated his success! There was lots of priceless info, and it was fun too.

We also had opportunity to shoot a real engagement session with a couple who's wedding he'll be shooting later in the year. Becker kicked out hundreds of awesome images in no time, and each of the 5 got to shoot too. I've posted one of my shots here. Check out [b]ecker's blog for more. I'll post a few more tomorrow, but for now, I'm [b]eat. Thanks [b].


And here's a pic of [b] in action...