September 14th, 2022:
Last week I headed up to Seattle to spend a glorious day with Britnee + Andres for their wedding at the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church and their reception at Rays Boathouse. As with many of the weddings of the last year, it was an intimate affair with family, but the emotions and impact were as strong and true as any wedding I’ve ever been too!
Congrats you both and have a good time in Canada!
August 20th, 2018:
Out in the woods and out on an island, is there anything more amazing in the Pacific Northwest? Ashley and Shawn were married a few weeks back at the Four Springs House on Camano island and the day was absolutely flawless. Beautiful sun, huge trees, bald eagle sightings and these two being enamored with each other. Thanks so much for letting me join you on the big day!
October 31st, 2014:
I was talking with Felicia today about Erick + Karla’s engagement session and told her it was super sweet that they decided to do part of their engagement session outside the Adamson House in Malibu where Erick proposed…
Felicia looked at me and said… “I sure as fuck hope you don’t take me back to where we got engaged!”
For the record, I asked Felicia to get married while she was fighting a horrid case of salmonella in super dodgy hotel room La Paz, Bolivia where the view from our window looked like this and the people in the next room had a fetish for uber loud techno music. Romance it wasn’t, but it was the moment I knew I wanted to spend my life with Felicia and the question just popped out. After confirming with me 3 times that her fever wasn’t making her hear things and that I knew what I was doing, she said “Yes”.
Anyhow, back to Erick + Karla. I had a fantastic time photographing with them at Malibu Creek State Park, the Adamson House and the Malibu beaches. It was great to get to know you both and am excited to be part of your celebration in July!
September 23rd, 2014:
A couple weeks back, Felicia and I headed down to Orange County to spend the day with Brian and Lindsay for their wedding at the Summit House in Fullerton. The drinks flowed like the celebration it was and Brian + Lindsay were both totally chill while we took pictures before and after their ceremony.
Congrats to you both! I hope the honeymoon was epic!
December 12th, 2013:
Once upon a time, my buddy Iain and I used to lead our annual Santa Claus pub crawl every December. As it turns out, Kira, the sister of Iain’s special lady friend, was getting married, which… led to us photographing Kira & Adam’s wedding day last month at the Japanese Gardens of Brand Park, and Maxwell House.
We lucked out with excellent November weather: overcast but no rain, which made for amazing light all day. Nice.
Congrats Kira & Adam!
August 10th, 2013:
Blog post by Felicia:
We last saw M&M at their Vasquez Rocks engagement session, and now on their wedding day at the lovely Carondelet House (where we all agreed we wanted to live in), they were dizzy with excitement.
It was a beautiful wedding, with a ceremony incorporating her Filipino and his Polish heritage and cultures, and afterwards they had a great time “Vadering” their bridal party and each other.
What made M&M’s day completely different was that our Prius was their getaway car, so after M snatched his bride in a traditional Polish circle dance, they jumped into our car, and… we were off for some post-reception wedding photos!
That’s certainly a first for us, heading off for pictures after a reception, but M&M wanted to capture the scenes of downtown Los Angeles, and so we did! It actually made us really happy that they made the time and effort (after many hours of dancing!) for more pictures on their wedding day.
Congrats M&M!
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Beautiful flowers by Michelle Brue of Flora by Fauna. I am very impressed not only by Michelle’s work (evidently gorgeous), but her amazing attitude, generosity, and foresight in preparing extra boutonnieres for the groom (lots of hugs = squished flowers) and the flower children, and she also took time to put them on very nicely for the bridal party instead of merely dropping them off.
November 6th, 2012:
Karen and Clark had a beautiful wedding day at the Maxwell house in Pasadena, complete with a celebrity appearance by Bill Nye the Science Guy! Bill was a truly charming human being and having him arrive at their wedding made Karen and Clark ecstatic. He certainly caused quite a buzz, and we were impressed as he taught the floral company how to tie knots to help them better transport what was an arbor. Karen & Clark’s wedding ceremony was also noteworthy: it was quite possibly the most humorous one we’ve witnessed yet, a perfect balance of heartfelt emotion and tears of joy. A few days after their fun-filled celebration, we met up for a day-after session in Monrovia Canyon Park and downtown Los Angeles: the pictures in this post are a mixture of both the wedding day and the day-after session.
Congrats again to both you you and thanks for having Felicia and I as part of your big day!
November 1st, 2012:
Katie and Steven were two of the chillest people we have had the chance to work with. The approached their well planned wedding day at the Carondelet House with ease, grace and plenty of champagne – they knew this day was about them and they made sure to enjoy it! Simply awesome.
Congrats to you both! Thanks for having Felicia and I there as part of your beautiful day!
June 4, 2012:
About a month ago, I received an email from Pradeep, who is based in Seattle. He would be heading down to Southern California soon for a weekend trip, and wanted pictures with his girlfriend, Gayatri. They haven’t had nice photos taken together (I’m sure all of you are familiar with the outstretched-arm self-portraits), so it would be fun to just dress up for a photoshoot, especially since it would be Gayatri’s birthday that day.
Well, that’s the story he told her. In reality, Pradeep was ready to propose, and wanted us to be there to capture this special moment. So Felicia and I, prepared with 4 cameras and our assortment of lenses, met up with the happy couple in Malibu, and attempted to find a quiet spot on the beach on this particularly beautiful Saturday. Gayatri wasn’t aware of the ploy, of course, as we coaxed them into posing for the camera. For being purportedly nervous with the ring in his pocket and so much on his mind, Pradeep did really good right off the bat!
About 15 minutes into the session, I walked ahead with Pradeep to scope out a good spot while Felicia chatted with Gayatri to distract her. It was time!
Clearly, Gayatri said yes, and everyone was thrilled.
Pradeep picked out the ring because the band reminded him of an infinity symbol. Cool!
Congratulations Pradeep & Gayatri! Have a beautiful life together!
