I had a great weekend of weddings. I shot 3 this weekend. I’m going to work backwords with my blogging. I finished off the weekend with Michele & Matt. This wedding started and finished at The beautiful Balboa Bay Club. The ceremony took place at Temple Bat Yahm in Newport Coast. Beth Slavin of Beth Slavin Productions was the wedding coordinator on this event. I’ve worked a lot with Beth over the last couple of years. Her weddings are always a great success.
Michele was so full of smiles all day.
I shot this wedding with Morgan. She started shooting with me this summer. She has improved so much over the last few months. She has been getting some amazing shots.

Great shot Morgan

Bride and her mother getting some last minute touch ups.

The bride and groom saw each other before the wedding. I always love these moments.

A couple of Morgan images. I thought I should give her couple plugs. Since she is going to be my new Hawaii rep. More about that later.

I loved the great sky.

Great ceremony shot Morgan

another one

So many great smiles during this ceremony. I loved when I capture these great smiles.

The bride and groom are so excited taking a sneak peak at the reception room.

I know Michele loved her cake

The reception was such a blast. They had the greatest band ever for their wedding. The James Gang. If any of my couples are looking for a great band. Be sure to call West Coast Music(310.880.9877) and try to get The James Gang. There is no way you’ll be disappointed.

Check out the slideshow. Just click play.

I’m still catching up on blogging my Sept. weddings. I love the fact that I can put these great slideshows on my blog. Guests love the fact they can see the highlights from the day.

I started off the mont of September with Laurel & Serjun. They were the first of the 16 weddings I shot in September. That is why I had very little time to blog. I was very busy taking care of all my great couples.
Check out their slideshow.

I shot Nikki and Chris just before I headed out to my Italy wedding.

They wanted to see each other before the ceremony. Her she comes.

Coming down the isle with dad

There are a bunch of weddings I never had the time to blog over the last few months. This is one of them. Natalie and Chris got married at The Turnip Rose. It was another amazing wedding at The Turnip Rose.

Here is Natalie with her twin sister Michelle. I’ll be shooting Michelle’s wedding next year. I can’t wait.

Natalie was so much fun to shoot.

The beautiful ceremony site.

For more of the day check out their slideshow.

Last Saturday I had a great day hanging out with Suzie & Chris. Great family, great friends.
While I started out with the beautiful bride getting ready. I sent my 2nd photographer Morgan down the street to where the guys were hanging out. Suzie did a “for his eyes only” shoot for Chris. It looks like he loved the gift.

Back to the bride!

The bride has a beautiful daughter. Here she is with mom as the wedding dress goes on.

The bride had a great surprise when her father walked into the room wearing a kilt.

They had some entertainment at the church.

A great moment beteween the groom and his mother.

After the ceremony we stopped by the Orange Circle for a few shoots.
I had a beautiful group of bridesmaids.

It was great to see one of my past brides. Kim was the reason I was part of this wedding. Thanks for the referral Kim.
I love the fact that at so many of my weddings I get to see my past brides and their families.

We headed over to the Nixon Library for the reception.

A great friend of the couple played them a great song during the cocktail hour.

I love the room at the Nixon Library

What an amazing week. I just returned home from photographing an amazing wedding in Italy. I’ve been so looking forward to this wedding. The wedding took place in Cernobbio Italy at the beautiful Villa De Este right on Lake Como.
I flew out for this wedding early Sunday morning. My wife Stephanie shot this wedding with me. We had a couple free days to sight see when we arrived. We stayed at a great hotel right on Lake Como. What a beautiful area. I wish we could of stayed a month. My coverage started on Wednesday with a cival ceremony that Italy requires you to do the day before the actual ceremony. Then we walked around the town of Cernobbio. I’ll be blogging those images down the road. I just had to get some of the images up from the day of the ceremony. Which took place yesterday. It was a very small intimate wedding. They had a total of 40 guests that made the trip all the way to Italy. The are such a gracious couple. They made this event special for all of their guest. Including myself and Stephanie. They treated us as friends every step of the way.
Now for a few images.
Every girl loves a pair of Manolo’s.

I loved her bouquet done by a local florist in town.

Kai taking in the view of Lake Como from her room.

The beautiful bride

Time to head down for the ceremony

Coming down the isle with her parents.

The ceremony site was so amazing.

Check out the love birdes in the back ground.

The wedding party.

This property which was built in the 1500′s has so many beautiful backdrops.

They had the reception dinner in this amazing room. I love the one large table set for 40.

I could go on and on with images. I will probably be blogging more from this wedding once I get a chance to go through all the images. i just wanted to show what a beautiful location and the beautiful couple I spent the last few days with.

Last week I had 4 weddings in a row. They all started on Thursday. Bridgette and Jaason’s weddding took place on Friday.
This wedding took place at the beautiful Estancia Resort in La Jolla. It was great for me to get to shoot at a new location. I also had the chance to work with a new wedding coordinator Alesha Ballon of Ever After Events. She was so great to work with. So easy going.

Hre is Bridgette’s father hanging out in the girls room. He had such a great smile on his face all day. He was such a proud father. Bridgette is from New Zealand. So her parents made the long flight from New Zealand to celebrate her special day.

Bridgette loved working it for me. As you will see.

I was referred this weddign by one of my past brides Samantha. Who was also a bridesmaid in the wedding. I love it when I get to see my past brides at weddings. Thanks Samantha.

The brides family. They are such a blast.

As I said she was great working the camera.

All the girls

Time to show the guys a little attention.

Just before the ceremony I love hanging back to catch the final moments between the bride and her father.

The proud father walking his daughter down the isle.

After the ceremony

One final shot of the bride before we head into the reception.