Thursday, July 31st, 2008 -

Another great day in laguna. We started off walking around the town. Then headed to beach. It was a blast as always.

Look at all the fun we are having

Where did they go?

Monday, July 28th, 2008 -

Well I’m starting to fall behind on blogging. I’ve been shooting so many amazing weddings it’s hard to keep up. I just finished another 3 wedding weekend and still haven’t finished blogging my weddings from last weekend.
I had such a blast hanging out with these 2 and all their crazy friends and family. And I do mean CRAZY!!!! In a good way. They were so much fun. This is going to be a long post. Just too many fun pics. They had some of my favorite vendors making sure they had a great day. Sharon Gall of Once Upon a Time weddings made sure the day went off without a hitch. I always love working with Sharon. They also had Bruce Battleson as DJ. Bruce is so much fun. He is always a hit among the guests. Flowers were done by www.cmarmstrongdesigns.com.I see Corinne many times through out the year. She always does an amazing job.
I knew it was going to be a party when I arrived and shots were being past around between the bridesmaids and Kimmy’s family.

Kimmy and her 2 moms

I loved this gandma,she was all smiles all day

Check out this little stud

Mike was lookign sharp

Anybody say Budlight

I just love this hat

The famous Don Johnson has arrived to do the ceremony

Another very excited couple. I love it when I see the couples so fired up.

Here is that fun Grandma again

This wedding party was so much fun. They loved having a good time

How cute is this bridesmaid. My wife Stephanie shot her wedding last year. She is already starting her new family.

The girls wanted to throw Mike around a little.

Time to get the party started

The guys went into this great air guitar set

We had some great toasts

The highlight of the reception was Mike singing Kim a song. It was the best thing I’ve ever heard at a wedding. It was a song that Mike wrote all about the two of them. It was incredible. Everybody at the party was blown away!

The reception really turned into one of the craziest parties ever. i loved it.

Saturday, July 26th, 2008 -

Well another great wedding from last weekend. Gina was so excited to be getting married. She had the biggest smile all day long. All her girls were so full of energy. They really started the day off with a great amount of energy.
We had another great team at the wedding. My good friend Dan from Plug Video,also my friend Bruce from Battleson Entertainment. Also the amazing staff of the Turnip Rose.

The final touches before the dress goes on.

The girls needed a drink

The staff had a lot of fun seving the main course

Gins and her father did the greatest father daughter dance ever. Her dad had some great moves.

Everybody loved it

Saturday, July 26th, 2008 -

It’s hard to go wrong having your wedding at The beautiful Surf & Sand Resort.

Time to get dressed

Who is that guy with the camera

Sara has such a glow

There having a good time

Don Johnson cracking up the bride just before the ceremony

Check out Joes brothers

He doesn’t look amused

Joe’s little brother had some great dance moves

Joe ws trying to show off he moves also

Another great day at The Surf & Sand

Friday, July 25th, 2008 -

Off to the beach again!

Thursday, July 24th, 2008 -

One of the JKP Team and a great friend of Stephanie and I is a new mommy. We are so excited for Amanda. She went into labor on Monday at noon. 24 hours later she became a mommy. It was the longest 24 jours of her life. Everything went great. The baby is doing fine.
Addison James Parker born 11:47 a.m. 7lbs 5oz’s.

The beautiful girl,she was all eyes. She is about an hour old here.

Her little feet in daddies hands

The proud parents

We were so happy to be there to celebrate with Amanda

Congratulations Amanda! Now it’s time for you to get back to shooting weddings.

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 -

Well I just finished up a crazy 4 days. I had 4 weddings in row. Friday,Saturday,Sunday and yes one on Monday. I’m blogging these weddings a little out of order. I finished up the 4 days with Katelyn and Jason at The beautiful Montage Resort in Laguna Beach. I do get weekday weddings from time to time. I think more couples should consider doing a weekday wedding. You have so many great options on weekdays.
I had a blast hanging with these two and their great friends and family. I also got to work with one of my favorite videographers and friends, Alex and Julie with Elysium productions.
They also had some amazing flowers done by the always amazing Square Root.
To keep the wedding running smoothly they hired Kathy Jo Peterson.

I’m so lucky to get to hangout with all these beautiful brides every weekend.

Her father was so happy for his daughter.

The girls were so much fun.

The lucky groom!

See how much fun these girls are

Katelyn was having so much fun

The Montage has such a beautiful ceremony site

What a beautiful view

We had such amazing light

They really worked it on the dance floor

They met at USC. So they had a surprise visit from the USC band. The band really rocked the place.

Saturday, July 19th, 2008 -

Another one of my favorite places to shoot is The Surf & Sand Hotel in Laguna Beach. It has such a beautiful backdrop for the ceremony. It also has such an amazing staff who I always love to work with.

I knew at our first meeting that I wanted to be a part of Rachel and Harvings wedding. They are so great together.

How cool are these shoes. I love it when the brides wear some funky shoes. These shoes are Betsy Johnson.

Doesn’t she look amazing!

Grandma was so excited to see Rachel

How cute is the flower girl

Harving looking sharp

Harving has a great bunch of friends

It almost ceremony time,Rachel was getting very excited

Time to get married

I love hanging back and catching the bride and their fathers just before they walk down the isle.

I also love all the great ceremony moments

I love this backdrop

What a rockstar

We had such amazing light on the beach

Time to party

Friday, July 18th, 2008 -

I first met Lauren doing her sisters wedding in Las Vegas. She was such a blast at her sisters wedding. I knew I wanted to be a part of her wedding when the time came. So you know I was excited when I got the call that she was engaged. Her wedding is only a few months away. She now lives in Huntington Beach. So we thought Huntington would be a great place to do the engagement session.

Friday, July 18th, 2008 -

Suzy and Nelson live in Washington D.C. SO they wanted to do a fun beach session.