October 8th, 2015:
There’s something magical about backyard weddings. They can be so personal, intimate and relaxed; and Stephanie + Jason’s backyard wedding in Chino was exactly that. Kenny helped me out on this one and we had a fantastic time in Stephanie’s family home, getting to know everyone and celebrating with these two.
I assume you had an amazing time in Costa Rica, now, have an amazing life together!
October 6th, 2015:
First look on a helipad overlooking L.A.? Hell yeah! That’s how Irene and Greg brought it for their wedding day at the Intercontinental in Century City. Cara helped me photograph this celebration and we had a great time documenting the entire day.
Irene + Greg, thanks for having us there with you and congrats once again! I hope you are having a wonderful time in Europe!
October 4th, 2015:
I’m back in the full press of my fall wedding season, but I wanted to finish up sharing pictures from my weeks of wandering London before posting a couple more weddings this week on the blog. This truly is a magical city with spectacular (and rapidly changing) light, and I am excited to head back in a couple of months to spend the holidays there for a second year in a row.
September 30th, 2015:
I’m continuing to catch up on my summer blogging of my travels through Europe. After shooting a Bavarian wedding, visiting Munich and hanging out in Vienna I headed over to London to spend a few weeks with Felicia (who is currently living there), and continue to wander around a photograph the continent. This London blog post will end up being two parts, because I spent a decent amount of time there and I feel it deserves two posts (and, hey, it’s my blog so I can do what I want). Part 2 coming in a couple days.
September 23rd, 2015:
I still have more posts coming from my summer in Europe, but as a quick interlude, I wanted to share Jill + Drake’s San Diego wedding. This was the first thing Cara and I shot a few days after I returned from London and it was absolutely spectacular to celebrate with these two and their families – 5 weeks of being away from weddings, and they were the perfect couple to start my busy fall season off with!
Congratulations again to you both!
September 21st, 2015:
After the seemingly rushed 4 days in Munich shooting a wedding and taking a few travel pictures, I jumped on the train to head over to Vienna (the capital of Austria) to see what there is to see and catch up with a few friends. The last time I was here was on my first solo trip around Europe in 2001, and I honestly don’t remember that much of the city, so my days were filled with photographing this stunning city during the grip of a record setting heatwave (and for added awesomeness to your Monday, click that link to see a picture of people watering a rhinoceros. Seriously).
As an added bonus to being a travel photographer in Vienna I was able to catch up with Tomek and Lena, who Felicia and I first met in Mongolia in 2007, then they attended our wedding in Singapore in 2009 and whose wedding I photographed in Poland in 2010. Now they have two little ones of their own, Roman and Daria, and I was able to spend a couple afternoons drinking beer and catching up with these two amazing people and getting to know their small people.
September 16th, 2015:
The month of August I spent in Europe – working, photographing, wandering and generally taking it all in. While not blogging, or keeping you all up to date about my whereabouts, I did manage to photograph in Germany, Austria, Wales and England. Now, after a solid week back in Southern California, I am finally catching up, going through all the travel images I captured and building a few blog posts to share some of my pictures. You can also check out my Instagram, if you ever want more immediate feedback about me.
I started the month off in Munich to photograph the wedding of Chris + Anne and needless to say I planned a couple extra days in Germany to primarily drink beer in various sunny platz’ and to see what there is to see. This is one of my favorite cities in Europe and I was amazingly lucky to get such epic weather while I was there. I overindulged in most ways, followed locals advice to visit the best beer gardens, and chilled out while trying to capture a bit of the vibe of this city. It wasn’t quite long enough here, but that always gives me a reason to come back.
August 15th, 2015:
Life is full of randomness. I first met Christian in Argentina in 2007 when we both arrived in the super crowded vacation town of Bariloche; I had staggered around to a few different hostels looking for a bed, but everything was full. When I finally found a place where the last room they had left had two beds, Christian walks into the lobby, also without a place to stay for the night. I invited him to split my room with me and we hit it off, sharing a few drinks, swapping travel tales and planning a cycling trip for the next day.
Later that same year, I took a trip to Munich for Oktoberfest with my brother. Christian showed me around his hometown, let me drink with his guys at Oktoberfest, I had a chance to meet his new girlfriend Anne, and drink until we ended up cycling around Munich slightly intoxicated. After that trip, we didn’t chat too much and we both got on with our lives; I got married to Felicia and Christian + Anne had their son, Jakob. We both just got busy, knowledgable that we had friends on the other side of the world.
Then one day earlier this year, after being out of touch for more than 7 years, Christian shot me a Facebook message and asked me to come to Munich to photograph his wedding celebration with Anne. The world really is a small place, and I’m honored to have had the chance to spend some time in Germany to photograph this families celebration. Congrats again to you both and thanks for making me feel so welcome!
Now, hopefully it’s less than 7 more years before we see each other again!
August 4th, 2015:
Just before I left for Europe last week I had the chance to photography Anne + Andrew‘s wedding in San Pedro. After most of July being an unseasonably cool and grey month, the L.A. summer of blue skies and sunshine finally made a proper appearance for these two fun loving individuals.
We started the day out with the ceremony at St. John Fisher Church (which, by the way, has the best light of any Catholic church I’ve had the chance to shoot in), before making our way over to Fort McArthur for the celebration. Anne + Andrew had everything scheduled so well that all their family and friends thought of nothing but partying with these two. Congrats again to you both!
Also, I’ll be sharing some images from my summer travels to Germany, Austria and the United Kingdom here on the blog, but if you want to keep more up to date, be sure to follow me on Instagram!
July 24th, 2015:
It may have rained on Marty + Rachel’s wedding at the Victorian in Santa Monica, but that gave us even more reason to do their photos with a giant fake golden rhino! (as if you would ever need extra reasons to take pictures with a golden rhino….) Anyways these two just rolled with the weather, laughing and having a spectacular time with all their family and friends. The rain even eventually cleared out for a few minutes and we were able to get outside and grab a few twilight images with with some ominous clouds.
I hope you are both having an amazing time in Hawaii and thanks for letting me celebrate with you!
