Engagement - Yia & Sal

I spent yesterday afternoon in San Diego for Yia & Sal's Engagement session.

Yia and Sal have been dating for over 7 years. In my afternoon with them, I definitely can feel the love and devolution they have for each other.

Here are some of my favorite pictures.

Enjoy the Slideshow!

Meridian Vineyards - Paso Robles, CA

Erin and I wrapped up our last October wedding at the beautiful Meridian Vineyards up in Paso Robles. Our couple Kate and Tyronne live in NYC but both of them have lots of families and friends out in California. 

I think Tyronne had found us through the Wedding Photo Journalist Association website. Our first meeting was the day of the wedding. Prior to that, we mostly communicated via email and with a couple phone calls.  Kate and Tyronne are so sweet and cute. And, definitely they have a sophisticated culinary palette. The reception menu was unbelievable.  I want a list of their favorite NYC restaurants for my next visit to the Big Apple

Jolie at Accompli Event Design & Coordination did a wonderful job of put the day together. 

Here are a couple of my favorite photos:

Here is their slideshow : )

Marina & Mike - Malibu Beach, Ca

Surrounded by an friends and families from Spain, Texas and New York; the ceremony was held near sunset. Thank you Mike and Marina - for sharing your special day. You guys are beautiful, kind, earthy and sincere. The day was full of emotions and happiness.

Greeting of the guests:
The ceremony started with Mike greeting each guest and handing out steams of white flowers. Upon descending from the staircase to the cove, the guests returned the flowers to Marina. They became her bouquet.

Album - Queensberry

Many of our clients are extremely excited with our new Queensberry album. We,too, are in love with it.

Queensberry is a New Zealand based album company. I definitely think it is one of the best in the market. There are numerous cover options. All mats are laser-cut so we are not confined to pre-designed templates. The end result is a one-of-the-kind heirloom!

Courtney & Erin

Inspired by the aged brick wall of the wedding site, Courtney chose this plum leather with heavy grains for the album cover.

This spread showcases a fold-out flip page.

See below for an album slideshow with more images.

Annie and Matt's Slideshow

Finally finished Annie and Matt's slideshow. I'm really liking this new piece of software that we bought. It is so great that our clients will now be able to purchase DVDs of the slideshows! We really enjoyed the simplicity of our old software, but the publisher had no plans of upgrading it to a DVD output. What a shame. 

I hope you enjoy!

Best,

-Erin

The Knot Article

Here's a scan of our article on the Knot (SoCal Edition) Magazine. It is hard to believe that all of this happened over a year ago! Makes me wonder how it is going with our past clients. I always try to drop them an e-mail wishing them the best.

Enjoy,

-Erin

Testing of new slide show for blog

This is just a test..  

We have a new slide show software.  I'm pretty excited that now I can post slideshows directly to the blog.  I'm testing the program using a recent photo shoot.  We have not finished the editing nor included Erin's photographs. So this is just a quick test : )

Honor

I'm absolutely honored every time we are chosen as the photographers. The honor comes from people's trust in us to document and witness their entire spectrum of emotions. They trust that we will capture their memory of the day.

I still look back at some of the weddings that I'm fond of. They usually are not the most lavish or ostentatious events. But rather, I mostly remember weddings layered with meanings and traditions. Or someone whom I connect with.

I randomly came across Carolyn today. Check out her slideshow.

Casey & Randy - slide show & video

Click here for slide show. I'm not sure if I have any more words to say. The wedding was absolutely perfect and beautiful. I think the pictures are totally awesome :)

Enjoy!!

After note - this is something I received from Casey's friends @ Sky Wedding who gifted her this sweet piece of video.  You'll catch a glimpse me in the background  ; )