Chloe & Chris - Married

Chloe and Chris got married in a church that I used to ice skate in when I was a little kid. The church used to be an ice skating rink years ago and as you can image ice skating in San Diego wasn't all that popular so it closed down. Southern Californian's like to to be outdoors as much as possible and we hate being cold.

Anyway, the wedding was lovely and I could tell they put in a lot of time and effort to make it unique. I loved that the groom wore traditional Indian wedding attire even though he is not of Indian decent. The bridesmaids carried lanterns with lit candles as they walked down the aisle, and the bride and groom put together a funny home made movie about Adam and Eve, staring themselves. All these personal touches made for a fun and vibrant wedding that I was really excited to document.

Bernadette & Michael - New York, NY

I am almost done with the 2008 wedding season and I am so excited to post about this fantastic wedding I shot in New York. Bernadette asked me a long time ago to be her wedding photographer and I just couldn't wait because I knew it was going to be a great time at a very cool place, the Metropolitan Place in New York.
This was a marriage of two people who exude a fun, relaxed and down to earth attitude at all times, so it was no surprise that their wedding reflected the same spirit. I was in the company of extremely warm, funny and gracious people who knew how to have a good time. I had one of the funnest nights in a long time and while shooting the wedding!
Bernadette looked so New York chic. She put together her whole look for a fraction of what the normal bride spends on her attire and looked fabulous. Her head piece is from Fasinators in New York and they liked my pictures so much they decided to use a few for their website/blog header and wrote about me in their blog! I am so honored.
Please be sure to check out these amazing head pieces if you are searching for a traditional veil alternative. These will definitely complete your modern look.
Thanks Bernadette and Michael for letting me be a part of your fantastic NY wedding!

A little obsessed with San Diego Missions

I previously posted about my arrival here in SD and how I love being a native San Diegan, yadda yadda.... So I went to the other mission (yes there are two) and took more pictures. I'm not religious but I find old school mission style architecture so beautiful. The crisp white walls contrasted with warm Spanish tiles set against luscious gardens of palm trees and exotic flowers makes you feel a world away.
Here is the last of my series on the San Diego Missions. That's all for the history segment.






I took this picture of the cross on the top of the bell tower and my brother informed me an upside down cross is sacreligious. I tried to turn the photo upside down so as not to offend anyone but it didn't look right and then I realized that would be altering how I saw this picture go down in my mind, you know like art. So the upside down cross in the puddle stays as is.