when i started interviewing potential senior reps for this year, jaimee’s aunt contacted me. when i found out what all jaimee in involved with in school, it made me feel a little self-conscious of what i didn’t do during my high school years. when i got to meet jaimee, it became clear how she does it. talk about energy! jaimee is one of those people you just know, after only being with them for even a little while, is going to do some pretty fantastic things with their life. jaimee is currently the varsity cheer captain, member of all stars cheer and she coaches tumbling. after she graduates, she will be studying cosmetology.
now for some fun stuff. before heading to our second location, jaimee showed off some of her cheer moves:
when we first met up and i started getting my gear out of my car, i jokingly listed off some of the spare props in my trunk: a bunny and zebra mask, a sledgehammer (yes… a sledgehammer) and a native american headdress. jaimee said that would actually work out great because of her school mascot, so we brought it out for the end of her photos:
jaimee: congratulations on your upcoming graduation. i have no doubts you are going to continue to have a major impact on those you encounter in your life. thanks for the fun day of hanging out and taking photos!
rachel is my first senior rep for the class of 2013. i probably couldn’t have asked for a better start (what is the other side of a grand finale? a grand startale?) to 2013′s senior portrait season. rachel’s mom, traci, reminded me during the shoot that i actually was one of the people who visited the hospital when rachel was born. wow… does that make me old, or what? (say you answered “or what” to that for an additional 5% discount on a shoot. :)
i saw rachel just a couple of weeks prior to our shoot at a wedding and the way her personality was only describable by those cartoonish words from a superhero comic BOOM, POW, KABLAMMO during the reception, i knew i had to talk to her about being one of my senior reps.
rachel does so much with her time during her senior year right now: student leader at her church’s hs youth group, leads a bible study for sophomores, works as a receptionist at a salon, and spends her free time surfing and snowboarding. her future plans include traveling the world and doing ministry. with no further ado:
after the sun went down behind a nearby hill. we got in our cars and raced down to the beach for the second half of rachel’s shoot.
this next shot completely speaks to me. and, in my eyes, it kind of embodies rachel a little bit. when rachel’s uncle Jason and i were in high school, we played basketball together. one of our coaches talked a lot about “reckless abandon”. i will always remember that term. rachel lives her life that way. and loves her God that way, with a reckless abandon and an unparalleled faith.
i know great things await rachel in her life after high school and she will continue to lead by example. i wish you the very best, rachel… and i am glad to know that you are in the ever-loving hands of such an amazing family along the way.
i’m not even sure where to start with this wedding. this wedding of a dear, old friend of mine since high school. i won’t bore y’all with too many details, so i will just say that it was really a gorgeous day for a wedding. a good day of spending time with some old friends. laughs were laughed, tears were cried and stephanie and ryan became two very happy people (or happier, i should say).
venue: Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort in Dana Point, CA
officiant: The OC Wedding Guy, Todd Rodarmel
stephanie’s son and daughter walked her down the aisle.
yes… maybe breaking some of the rules of a blog post by a photographer. but this is me with four of my high school friends. the one on my left (your right) i have known since 1st grade!
they proved a “smash cake” isn’t something just for a 1 year old’s birthday anymore…
rodarmel men. a proud and unending heritage. it made my heart full to see them all and spend time with them that day.
stephanie and ryan, thanks so much for including me as part of your big day. it was an honor to be the one to document it for you both and an extreme pleasure to spend so much time with you and your families. i wish you both nothing but the best that love and life have to offer down your road together.
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welcome to my last wedding of 2012. the year got pretty extended by this one, since it took place on december 30th. this was another special wedding day to me since karissa is my niece. i was really looking forward to spending some time with all of my family on this momentous occasion as well as getting to know erich a little better. karissa is one of the most passionate people you could ever meet, as you’ll see from some of the photos of her. her joy for life and love is so contagious and i think erich is just the guy to keep up with her.
venue: glen tavern inn, santa paula, ca
dj: dj rocketeer
bridal gown: david’s bridal
musicians: steve marsh and seed 805 worship
floral design, cupcakes: all DIY by the bride and others
the wedding’s theme was classic hollywood, which was perfect for the glen tavern inn in santa paula.
such a fun and love-filled day. it was a delight to see how many people are so deeply involved with karissa and erich. they are completely filled with love for one another, and clearly loved immensely by their friends and families as well.
i wish you both the very best in your lives together! there will never be a want for love within the bond of your marriage, nor within your circle of friends and loved ones. i’m so glad i was able to be a part of your wedding day.
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February 27, 2013 Posted in wedding
this perfect and love-filled wedding day was kind of a whirlwind for me. i literally left the reception of coree and cole’s wedding the night before, drove to LAX airport, hopped a red-eye flight to baltimore, got picked up at the airport and was driven directly to rachael’s parents’ home. i went into the restroom, freshened up a bit, changed my clothes and started taking photos. brandon is the brother of one of my best friends jessica stoker. so when jessica and i worked out the details for the weekend, i was okay with how the timing of everything was going to have to work. i thought it might be a little tough to handle it all, but this was the perfect wedding for such a weekend trip. a young couple so completely in love with each other that everything around them just kind of falls into its perfect place naturally. and that’s what happened.
it had been a little while since my last multiple exposure image… this just kind of beckoned for it:
the couple entered this photo into a contest shortly after their wedding… photos of people “tebowing” was what the contest called for. i sure hope they won for this effort.
like i said before, a beautiful couple that just perfectly displayed love for one another all day long.
thanks and congratulations to the newlyweds. and thanks to jessica for hiring me and trusting me with something as personal and important as your brother’s wedding day!
tara is one of those six degrees of separation people. this and that friend know her, etc etc and i met her at one of greg lutzka’s summer parties. we bounced around the idea a couple of times about doing a photo shoot and finally agreed. i was truly shocked when she told me she had never done any modeling of any type before. but, if you know me, you know that didn’t make me hesitate at all to become the first person to take photos of her. we sorted out all of the necessary details and away we went.
tara’s good friend iaysha came along to handle make-up artist duties. they both work at the toni & guy academy here in orange county.
make-up: iaysha samad-perfetto (562) 706-0155 or email iayshaperfetto@ymail.com
hair / model: tara stotts (562) 484-4838 or email taralynn02@yahoo.com
thanks again, tara, for a super fun day.
like i said, i never stray from the opportunity to be the first photographer to work with people. it becomes kind of a fun challenge for me, especially to show these people after all is sad and done, their final images and see how amazed they are by themselves. i hope that i accomplished this again with you and these images, tara. enjoy!
kathleen is extremely popular with my family. i feel more familiar saying “miss kathleen”, actually, as she used to work with my child in school. we all love miss kathleen, so when she told me one day that she found my work online and wanted to discuss hiring me to photograph her wedding i was thrilled.
ceremony venue: serra’s church in mission san juan capistrano
reception venue: el adobe de capistrano restaurant
floral: wholesale flower place in fountain valley
dj: jonathan torres
bridal gown: kenneth winston
make-up: diana lendzion
hair stylist: joy manley
cake: french’s bakery
having the wedding at the mission san juan capistrano was very special. jonathan’s family are members of the Acjacheman Nation of the Juaneno Band of Mission Indians. these are some of the people that helped to build the san juan capistrano mission. additionally, his ancestor clarence lobo was the chief and another ancestor was the bell ringer. so photos taken on the grounds meant a little more that day. but let’s start with kathleen and her family, that morning:
kathleen’s family is from just outside belfast. her mother graciously helped me move this giant map from their walls for this shot with the rings and her “something blue”, a broach handed down from her departed grandma.
a couple of imperative photos with the bells to honor jonathan’s family…
then off to the el adobe de capistrano we went for the reception.
while kathleen’s sister did her toast, she brought down the house with laughter as well as bringing tears to everyone’s eyes.
total sneak attack…
and counter attack…
the sing-along that took place after the wedding was such a perfect ending to the night. a few songs the average joe would know and some traditional irish tunes.
much heartfelt congratulations to the happy couple. i felt so welcomed by the families (and friends) the entire day. thank you so much for everything and i can’t wait to see where your new road leads you both in life!
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after meeting with coree and cole to go over their initial wedding plans, i knew i was going to be excited they had hired me to photograph their wedding. they didn’t let me down. pulling their various ideas from a number of inspirations, everything about their wedding and reception was so pretty to look at! here are the list of others who helped make that possible:
venue: franciscan gardens
wedding coordination: kendall rodriguez of the yes girls
floral design: marisa perring with empora flora
dj: fly by night dj
bridal gown: justin alexander purchased at mon amie bridal salon
make-up: scotty dalton of beauty by the hour
hair stylist: mishel kubelka of legends ladera salon
cigar bar: the cigar guys
yet another wedding with rain on the radar for the day, but we escaped unscathed… a beautiful day in so cal.
i love that at least one gossip mag always has something about a wedding as a cover story. makes for a perfect wedding day prop when the bridesmaids have one in the room.
when there are extra extensions around, what better use than your friendly photographer to issue you a mazel tov?
okay… believe it or not, this was not my idea. kudos to the bride on this one.
with cole being as big of a film fanatic as i am, i couldn’t let them not take a photo here.
so, i present to you a little public service announcement on why not to try and catch the garter with a drink in your hand. please note the bottom two photos for the poor guy who gets a good wine bath here:
and i will use one of their photos in response to them for hiring me and for how wonderful their wedding day was. so, thank you, coree and cole! and i wish you both a world-changing and inspiring marriage full of love and laughter together.
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i love my local friend/models who make themselves available to me so my camera doesn’t get too dusty during my downtimes, who let me try out new lighting or gear with them. as photography is an artform, i find it extremely imperative to keep shooting, to keep trying new things or even just tweaking things i feel good about to try and perfect them a little more. instead of immersing myself in other people’s work, i generally try to immerse myself in my own, whether it be behind the camera or in my editing chair.
so, i’ve shot with alexa a number of times now. the last time we shot was at the same location as the time before that, though the shoots were empirically different. well, this time we kept it outdoors but i finally brought her to a different favorite set of locations. we worked together to get a wardrobe together for the shoot and away we went.
thanks for another fun couple hours of shooting, alexa! i’m excited for our next shoot (yes… we actually already have a next shoot in the works… with some surprises!). and happy new year to you and your loved ones!
January 8, 2013 Posted in concert, engagement, events, family, fashion, maternity, model, portraits, seniors, trash the dress
2012 was a rollercoaster of a year, personally and professionally. this year was full of bunches; little bunches of shoots right after another. there was the week that i had a wedding on a friday evening, drove straight to LAX to fly to maryland, got in a car and went straight to that day’s bride’s house to start taking her prep photos and then her wedding. i was pretty tired after that, and still had a wedding the next weekend. whew! but i don’t know if that tops the week i had a church wedding in LA booked on a wednesday, their rehearsal dinner that friday and then a large wedding on saturday. not too crazy, right? well, when your wife is already a week overdue with her baby that week, it adds a little to that. our son was born that friday and thank goodness my amazing friend and fellow photographer kelly mendoza was able to fill in for the rehearsal dinner (thanks kelly!!!).
i worked with a handful of familiar people (you may recognize some of them if you follow my work at all). went back to the salton sea for the annual trip to my special photographic happy place. got to shoot another dave matthews band show. went to colorado for a fantastic wedding. took some senior portraits. snuck in some families late in the year. finally worked with the girl who is known in many circles as THE ariel. made a few people into light saber-wielding jedis… you know, the usual.
much like last year’s year in review post, this is on complete random mode to keep things moving quickly.
and then this is the best sum up of the year 2012 that i could muster for my ‘grand finale’… because after this, what else really matters? the arrival of my son was what the year will always be remembered for:
to those of you who lasted the entire post, congrats and thank you for looking through my huge review! i hope you enjoyed it and that your boss didn’t catch you even once ;)
looking forward to what 2013 holds as i make a bigger push in the worlds of fashion photography and doing a lot more senior portraits as well. keep an eye out for some news on a couple New Year Deals and tell some friends who you think might want to get in while the gettin’s good too. thank you!
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