I had previously posted a blog entry with photos and info on the engagement portrait session that I shot for Joe Emery and Cherina Hardiman on August 29th (HERE). Well… during that session, on the spur of the moment, we decided to also film some video snippets and see what we’d get.

I didn’t have my good off-camera mic with me, so I ended up just [...]

On Sunday, October 10th (10/10/10), we were in Santa Monica, CA at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel to photograph the wedding of Yoko Tsuchihashi and Sammy Shakerchi. Their wedding had a unique blend of Yoko and Sam’s respective Japanese and Jewish traditions, combining a Japanese Sake ceremony with certain Jewish traditions such as signing the ketubah and the breaking of the glass.

This was a beautiful location [...]

On Saturday, October 2nd we started our day at the awe-inspiring Mission Inn in Riverside, where Renee Schiavone and her bridesmaids were getting ready for her wedding to Edward Fernandez.

Renee is a producer for CBS television. And, this wedding was extra special because Renee and her girls all had their hair and makeup done for them for an episode of a new TLC television show [...]

On Monday, September 6th, we were in Laguna Beach at the beautiful Pacific Edge Villa for the wedding of Natasha and Steve (last names withheld by request).

The villa had just been completely remodeled and looked amazing! And, by “villa”, I mean, this was really a gorgeous three-story house right there on the beach. The ceremony and reception dinner were held on the beach-facing deck and [...]