On Sunday, October 24th, I was back at one of my favorite wedding venues, Pala Mesa Resort in Fallbook, to photograph the wedding of Dana Wilson and Lt. Col. Rob “Waldo” Waldman. Rob is a professional leadership speaker and author of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller Never Fly Solo. As a former combat fighter pilot, Rob’s book and lectures have a [...]

On Saturday, October 23rd, we were at Thornton Winery in Temecula for the wedding of Aimee Jones and Jeff Gutman. Aimee was truly one of the most relaxed brides I have ever met and her dry wit was always there all throughout the day.

Theirs was a traditional Jewish wedding. And, as is the Jewish tradition, Saturday weddings cannot begin until after sunset. Their rabbi informed [...]

Although Saturdays are still the overwhelming winner as most popular day of the week to get married, we have seen more and more non-Saturday weddings in the past year. (In fact, our own wedding was held on a Friday — last December 4th!) Another trend that continued this year for us, is that October was our busiest month for wedding bookings. We photographed six [...]