I love having a close family, well most of the time anyway. Especially times like these. Cheryl’s sister, Crystal, has been carrying the bump around for around 9 months now and right on her exact due date, little Averie decided it was time to make her entrance known. I’m so stoked for Danny, Crystal and Ashlyn. They have a beautiful family and I couldn’t ask for better. I’m pretty sure I’m still the keeping my game tight and holding the crown for favorite uncle but we’ll have to wait a year or so until she can let everyone know that (or maybe we can bargain a little). Anyhow, here are a few of baby Averie’s first photo session. I think she enjoyed the sound of the shutter. Enjoy.

Her big cousin Eden.

Big sister helping with feeding time.

I got a chance to hold Averie for a little bit, just enough to let the “baby bug” bite me a little bit.

I think Huntley is just stoked that he’s not the little cousin any longer.

The first day I met Kindra and her mom, I knew that I wanted to photograph her wedding.  There is something about a bride who appreciates the artistic side of photography that melts my heart and Kindra did just that.  Then when I met Paul, I was stoked that I had another groom who I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt was totally in love with his fiancee and a great dude.  I could really see myself hanging out with someone like Paul in school, he’s just a cool, laid back guy that is genuine and down to earth.  These two are getting married next summer and I’m absolutely stoked to photograph their wedding in Stockton at Annunciation Cathedral.

We cruised around to some of the “less desireable” areas around town and then headed to an awesome field that was freshly cut just for us.  Kindra and Paul’s daughter came along for a few photos and I had a hard time not having her in every photo, cuteness overload.  So here are a few frames from our session.  Enjoy.

I absolutely loved this wedding and I can’t believe that they almost didn’t have a wedding photographer. I received a call on the Wednesday before the wedding and was informed that their photographer wasn’t going to be able to shoot their wedding. When I first spoke with Jaime I could tell the concern in her voice and was so stoked to be able to help them out. When I came out, I was treated like a hero.
The wedding was held at Aric’s parents ranch style home in the foothills of Oakdale, CA and we were blessed with a stunning sunset. I’m posting a ton of detail photos because I love the feel that the details of this wedding give the viewer. I hope Jaime and Aric have an awesome time in Fiji and I can’t wait for them to see the rest of their photographs. I’ll come save the day any time, if it turns out like this. As soon as I have the details on the vendors involved I will make sure to list them here. Enjoy.

So Kindra was giving me a hard time about posting teasers on the blog and how she didn’t want to wait, well, the rest are almost done but not quite so here is a teaser! I love the connection that Kindra and Paul have and to me that is totally what this image is all about. We had an awesome time and found some sweet locations around Stockton so I can’t wait to show the rest of my favorites from this session. I’m also really looking forward to their wedding coming up next July! Enjoy.

Ashley and Isai came up from the Los Angeles area (where their wedding will be next April) for their engagement session. They are the sweetest couple and it was nice to finally meet them in person as we’ve handled all of the booking via phone and email. Isai proposed to Ashley on a trip to New York with some friends right on the Brooklyn Bridge! How cool is that?
We started off with some photos in the industrial area around the San Francisco Design Center (which is actually a pretty cool wedding venue) and then headed over to Chrissy Field for some sunset photographs in front of the illustrious Golden Gate Bridge. I can’t wait to photograph their wedding and be with them on their special day.
On another note there are two very special things that happened while photographing this session. In one frame you’ll see some kind of bird who decided to fly overhead while we were at the beach and made a great frame even more awesome! In another one, you’ll see how the flare (created by the sunlight hitting the glass elements of the lens) that I captured came out looking like an angel. Now I don’t want to get a bunch of people wanting to pay $1 million for my “Angelic Flare Lens” but I thought this was super cool and I might be calling the National Enquirer. So here are a few frames from the day. Enjoy.

Angel Flare!