jesse.jessie.san diego
chris.priscilla.san diego
graham.libby.nashville
Tennessee provides the best backdrops for love. Graham and Libby showed off their love in Franklin, TN last week with abandoned barns and fabulous bridges as their audience. mmmmhm! Beautiful!
steve.ashley.san diego
troy.lauren.san diego
travis.vanesa.san diego
kyle.courtney.san diego
This has to be my favorite engagement session of the year. Not just because of the soft sun rays, twinkling fall leaves and crimson flow of Courtney's dress, but most importantly because Courtney is one of my closest friends whom stood by my side while I said my vows and will ever be in my life. Courtney's steadfast truth captures my heart and will forever keep us close. I am so thankful of God's precise choosing of friends and their understandings of our heart's ways. Kyle and Courtney were nothing short of charming and giddy during their beautiful session to celebrate their engagement. Drive until the roads lessen; to where the hills begin to rise to the falling sky; where barbwire meets the bramble and the horses taunt and stomp in their Jurassic closet of grass and long forgotten fencing.
This would have been the poetic map left to any who dare to follow to where Kyle and Courtney held their tryst. Stunning... dipping behind a cowboy's kiss and a Notebook dip; only Moments later fully brazened in a Scarlett dress against all the rugged colors the land. This was a shoot that rode out to where secrets begin and, like a brilliant wind, arrived, had it's way with all it touched, and disappeared over the splendorous hills.
Kyle and Courtney are a standing testament to a resilient affection that truly made the heart grow fonder until they could in fact be together. Congratulations to my friends, a beautiful couple and people that are most certainly and simply Love in my humble opinion.
I look forward to May 2012 when I have the privilege of being by her side for the most incredible wedding of the year!
taylor.lara.san diego
stephen.salena.san diego
Hermosa boda! This wedding brought together a quiet golf course, an off-the road resort and a bride and groom who added some romantic fire to already toasty day in the desert. A slapdash of midnight and greens, the Nieto's added some zest to a stubborn climate climate of red and sand. From the moment they shared their first look in a secluded alley way lining the rolling fairways, to the moment the DJ announced them husband and wife with a traditional Mexico City futbol announcer's brogue, this couple lit up the desert with a charm that won't soon be forgotten. This shoot featured lens play with skipping light through palm trees and a timeless cat and mouse between bride and and windswept Lilly-wheat. Congratulations Stephen and Salena Nieto!
mack.veronica.san diego
There are times when the word "vintage" is so loosely used to describe an event, that it ceases to capture its cardinal meaning. Mack and Veronica put their backs to the ocean and and their hearts before all in a romantic endeavor that was as much a slapdash of soft pinks and mint green as it was a moxy saunter through another time. This wedding had the sort of imagery that fills a little girl's heart and eyes as they dream of their wedding day far off in the distance. Vintage vendors placed one of a kind personalities on every single place setting leaving no two alike. Veronica had a dress daring that "enchanting foreign lace" be its decided-upon origin. Wafting the afternoon breeze you found endless streams of homemade varietal pie tagging along, and circling above and below were the sights and sounds of floor-stomping Arabic music that testified loud and proud that these two already huge families just became that much larger. Congratulations Mack and Veronica!
anthony.nikki.san diego
Anthony and Nikki gifted all in attendance of their special day by fashioning picturesque ocean-side and San Diego chic. The crashing waves and seascape for all its grandeur played but a backdrop to this wedding, which wasted no time setting the tone for a swank, serene and playfully sexy sojourn into what happens when you mingle newlyweds and nuance. This shoot captured a wonderful balance of bright and sleek glimpses into two worlds; Halcyon piers, tantalizing fudge-plates, bronze-hearted shoes, subtle pinstripes and fish tacos all woven together like the burlap-strung mason jars that dotted the venue. The James are a beautiful couple and I believe they will do, for many, many years, what their special day managed to accomplish: Blend two unique worlds and hearts in joyful harmony.
john.charity.santa rosa
Location: Wikiup Ranch, Santa Rosa, Ca John and Charity spent a week amongst family and friends in what can only be described as a historically, romantic tryst among trysts. Wikiup Ranch is a half Villa half barn and altogether seeped in antiquity, having now been converted into a modern day estate, complete with hardwood floors and horse stables. Around quiet corners you find dilapidated wratchets and perfectly neglected hallways. Further still you'd stumble across bouquets in Boots, making this shoot as whimsical as it was Western. a chivalrously tipped Navy cap and some shoulder-mounted dance moves were only matched the resplendent wildflowers and homemade pies.
Throughout the day John and Charity were full of Joy and excited to ring in their new life together beneath the stars and affectionately strung lights. Congratulations to a beautiful couple who will, without doubt, Love one another with all their hearts.
james.faye.san diego
clif.allicia.san diego
Classic Beauty! My cousin Allicia and my new cousin Clif were wed on Saturday at the elegant Paradise Point in San Diego, California. There is no better celebration than when its with family. The Shirleys and Landstedts didn't disappoint when it came to dancing and looking smooth! Congrats Clif & Allicia on a beautiful August Wedding filled with moments that will never be forgotten. I love you both!
The amazing Shirley family!
The Landstedt Family!
Cousins!
Uncles and Aunts!
And this is why I am marrying this man!!!!
scott.brady.san diego
jared.alicia.san diego
A beautiful day at the La Valencia in La Jolla, California. Jared and Alicia were blessed by family and friends who traveled from New York and beyond for one of the most memorable day of their lives. Elegant centerpieces, an Incredible Band and a wedding party that danced the night away! Congrats to Mr and Mrs. Pearlman.
john.shannan.san diego
david.courtney.married
Armed with the cool of summer, David and Courtney pledged their love to one another. This wedding saw burlap accents, classy boots, accents of mustard yellow, chimney trysts, vintage bridgework and vine-kissed canopies. When all was said and done, David and Courtney showed us what falling in Love should always endeavor to resemble.
james.faye.san diego
