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Recently I went up to San Luis Obispo County to meet with Katie and Bert and shoot their engagement session.  We met at Creekside Brew in downtown San Luis Obispo.  Creekside was the site of their first meeting, and I believe eventually their first of many dates together.  We started off their engagement session in the basement of Creekside and downtown SLO.  Afterwards we headed to Pirate’s Cove beach which is a beautiful secluded beach about halfway between Pismo Beach and Morro Bay.  It’s a beautiful quiet beach including an incredible natural cave and a VERY intense hiking trail.  Apparently Katie and Bert had been hiking up the trail the day before, and while I would say I was ill prepared with all my camera gear to hike up that trail with them, Katie was wearing flip flops, so … I guess we’ll call it even.  The views from the trail and the beautiful yellow flowers covering both sides were well worth the short hike (We didn’t go to the top, it was a short hike, but the top would have certainly been a challenge!)  As the sun started setting we made our way down to the beach for a few final shots.

To see a few of my favorite shots from Katie and Bert’s engagement shoot, click on the large image above, or any of the thumbnails below.  Family and friends can click here to register to view all the images from their engagement session as soon as they’re available. 

Just recently I met up with Connie and James on Coronado Island for their engagement photos.  Starting by the ferry landing, we then wandered around the east side of the island, by the beautiful shops of the ferry landing, through Centennial Park overlooking the skyline of downtown San Diego.  We then drove to the far west side of the island where the historic Hotel Del Coronado stands over the Pacific Ocean.  The beach in front of the Hotel Del is one of the most incredible in San Diego, and I always love photographing engagements and weddings here.  Connie and James are such a cute couple and I had an absolute blast photographing them, and wondering what they were whispering to each other the whole time.  Whatever it was they each had the easy ability to make the other smile and laugh, which of course made my job that much easier.  After spending some time by the ocean and as the sun was setting, we went back to the bayside of Coronado Island to grab a few images of the twilight sky and the San Diego skyline all lit up for the night.

To see a handful of my favorite images from our engagement shoot together, click on the image above or scroll down through all the images below.

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I met Rob and Janai in Pacific Beach for their engagement session, right by the entrance to the historic Crystal Pier.  They brought their bikes and flip flops all ready to make not just their engagement photos, but the engagement photos that they would use for their ‘Save the Date’ cards.  Hooked to the back seats of their bikes the hand made signs reading ‘getting hitched’ and attached to the soles of their flip flops ’6 22 2013′ they were not only prepared, but had a total idea of the images they wanted for their Save the Date cards.

In addition to their save the date cards, we wandered around Crystal Pier, underneath it and on the beach as well as along the boardwalk and all around Pacific Beach during their engagement shoot.  They were a super fun couple to photograph and as you can see from the images, totally comfortable in front of the camera.  Rob and Janai definitely were able to turn it on for the camera!  Thanks for including me in your wedding plans guys! I’m super excited for your wedding in June!!!

Veronica and Ramon are such a fun couple … Kristy and I fell in love with them when we met and heard all about Ramon’s proposal including going shopping with her mother to pick out a new outfit including of course shoes! They planned their beautiful San Diego wedding which started with Veronica and her girls getting ready at the Lowes Hotel on Coronado Island.  After hair and makeup was done at Lowes, we headed back towards San Diego to the North Chapel at Liberty Station where they would have their ceremony.  Veronica chose to get ready at the church, so we were able to get into the bridal suite before the ceremony and after getting dressed we kicked out everyone other than Veronica and snuck Ramon into the bridal suite so that they could see each other before the ceremony and have a few quiet moments alone together.

As you can see from the details, Veronica and Ramon brought in a touch of vintage inspired details to their wedding including the flowers, printing for both the ceremony program as well as escort cards and details on the table as well.  They had beautiful centerpieces including bottles of wine for each table and even a wooden popcorn station during cocktail hour.  In addition to all the details put out for their guests one detail which Kristy and I talked to Veronica about at our first meeting and which Kristy created a pinterest board for was the cowboy boots hiding under her dress.

Veronica and Ramon’s reception at Marina Village in Mission Bay was fun and fantastic! They had purple uplights around the perimeter of their reception hall and the natural wood panels really tied in with a lot of their details.

Selecting images for the blog post was difficult to say the least, but to see just a handful of my favorite images from their fun day, click on the large image above, or any of the smaller thumbnails below. (OH! I had a blast making a composite of the Ramon and his guys.  They each had super hero t-shirts on under their tuxes so I photographed them at the reception and composited that image with a really dramatic sky shot … enjoy!)

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I recently traveled back to Baltimore for Susan and Sascha’s wedding at the beautiful and unique location of the Louisiana Restaurant in historic Fells Point.  It was a beautiful day in Baltimore as Sascha and her girls as well as Sascha and his guys got ready in the East Harbor area.  We had time before their ceremony to do portraits of the bridal party, then hopped in the shuttle for the short ride across town through Fells Point and to the beautiful Louisiana Restaurant for their ceremony and reception.  The Louisiana Restaurant is just off of Broadway taking up the former façade of two baltimore row homes.

Susan and Sascha’s friends and family sat in the main dining room at the back of the restaurant and watched as Sascha and Susan exchanged vows and rings in front of a beautiful staircase.  After the ceremony we all rode the shuttle down to the historic Fells Point Pier for family portraits as well as photos with Sascha and Susan and their bridal party.  After the families and bridal party were shuttled back to the Louisiana Restaurant for the final half of the cocktail hour, Susan and Sascha and I went on to the Red Star … the site of their first date.  We photographed not only out front of the restaurant, but also beneath the tree just down the street which was where they actually first met.

As the clouds gathered and threatened to pour down rain, we finished a few final portraits before returning back to the Louisiana Restaurant for their reception.  It was a beautiful and unique wedding.

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To see a few of my favorite images from their wedding day click on the large image above or any of the smaller thumbnails below.