Josh & Lillian April 18, 2009

Estancia La Jolla, La Jolla, CA
Josh & Lillian had a unique wedding, at the Estanicia- with it's beautiful Spanish style. Afterwards the wedding moved to Point Loma to an intimate dinner at a
great restaurant, the Roseville. The ceremony was beautiful and
offered great places for photos. The reception was an intimate setting
in a small quaint restaurant with their family and friends. It was a nice change to have the reception in such a setting that allowed the bride & groom and their guests to have this venue all to themselves. I truly enjoyed being apart of this great day!

Amy & Logan April 17th, 2009

La Jolla Women's Club, La Jolla, CA
Amy and Logan got married at the La Jolla Women's Club- which I loved
shooting at! I love the colors inside the building and the gardens on
the outside. Another bonus was that we could walk to the Museum of Art
& a few other spots to take the portraits. I love that it was a small
intimate wedding filled with their family and closest friends. Oh-
and one of the photos I included is of Amy bursting with laughter! She
was beaming all day!!!!

Amanda & Travis April 5, 2009

Rancho Palo Verde Lake, Alpine, CA

It was fun to shoot this wedding! Amanda & Travis were so silly and happily in love with each other -- and EXCITED. I could see Amanda's excitement through her emails!! That's one of the elements I love about shooting weddings is not only the logistics of the wedding but the difference in relationships that I sometimes form before the big day.

I really looked forward to shooting their wedding and see it all come together. It was at a location that I had never been to, and a beautiful one at that. I remember a nice breeze off the lake that kept us cool all day. I loved their colors and the energy between not only Amanda & Travis but also with their friends and family. I tried my best to capture their emotions and go un-noticed among the guests. I think I accomplished just that!

Wendy & Chris

April 4, 2009
La Jolla Shores, La Jolla, CA

Wendy & Chris's wedding sticks out to me this year as the most excited truly blissful union. No offense to any of my other weddings- but from the moment I first met Wendy she oozed love and excitement like nothing I had ever witnessed before. I had never met someone so excited to get married- so happy! That happiness and joy was bursting out of her during their engagement shoot and of course at their wedding. It was a beautiful April day right on the beach. My second shooter knew about this cool map that was painted on the ground near the hotel and she couldn't have picked a cooler spot for photos! The black and white shot of Wendy I included in this blog, really shows what I saw through this whole process, I was lucky enough to capture her expression of happiness, peace, and satisfaction!!

Mary & Jessie Wedding

March 21, 2009 Sorrento Valley, CA

Mary & Jesse were married at Karl Strauss in Sorrento Valley. If you have never been there, it is a little hide-away with lush landscape hidden in an industrial-type area. It is beautiful! Their wedding was so cute and they couldn't keep their hands off each other! I also remember their friends and family said very touching words about them. They truly were a great couple to take photos of... the energy that is between them really came through! I'm posting some of the romantic moments that I saw rather than the wild antics that came out here and there!! There were plenty of both!!!!

Jennifer & Phill Wedding

March 14, 2009 Pacific Beach, CA

Jenn & Phill are from Boston, MA. and I'm from Connecticut so I was excited to be working with some East Coasters! We met months before the wedding (of course) and had decided to try and take their engagement photos when I was home in the winter for the holidays. Sadly, the weather back East did not cooperate and we did not get a chance to take them.. it was freezing and REALLY gray!!!!

Their wedding was a Catholic ceremony at St. Bridgid's in Pacific Beach and then the reception followed at the Catamaran. What I love about the Catamaran location are a few things. One there's a nice lawn area to take the family photos at... you can take family photos on the Bayside and then switch up the bridal party and bride & groom shots over on the ocean side. Love it! Now this day started off hazy and cloudy... not gray and dense clouds though.. so the light was nice. While we were in the church the clouds cleared and it got SUPER sunny out!!! The family photos at the Catamaran were fine - we found some shade! But when we hit the beach it was BRIGHT!!! I felt bad because eyes were watering and major squinting was going on! But with all that this crew was up for some photos!!! Jenn and Phill really wanted to do some fun shots with their bridal party.. and I was more than happy to do what was requested!!! Then we snapped a few of just Jenn and Phill and agreed to take some more photos on the Bayside during the reception, right before sunset. Of course on the walk back to the Bay I spotted a rusty garage door and made them stop to take photos... They were like, "ok... rusty gross garage in alley- sure!!" Thanks for trusting me, cause I really like the look of those photos and the light was nice. And the plan to leave dinner for a few more photos worked out perfectly..In 10 mins or so we got the shots I wanted! It was worth it!!

Amy & Logan Engagement
March 8, 2009 La Jolla, CA

Amy & Logan were so easy to take photos of that I just let them make each other laugh... and as usual, the best smiles come out! They let me take them to my new fun-spot in La Jolla and then we went down to the beach before sunset. It was another perfect sky with a super sweet couple! As I'm so late in my blogging...(still working on it) I've already shot their wedding and they were a great couple to photograph then too.... that will be up in a couple of weeks!