Kikki and Patrick's Wedding video

Kikki just emailed me this video montage of her wedding and I wanted to share it with you. Her pictures are posted earlier on my blog and it was a storytale wedding. If you watch the video you can tell Kikki was meant to be a bride...it's too bad she will only be one this one time!!!

Saturday was her one year anniversary. Congratulations again to the both of you!!!
Enjoy!~

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40741_eBRPU

Rachel and Lathen's fabulous wedding!

All of the details at Lathen and Rachels' wedding were highly detailed. This signing album was handmade and beautifully personal!

Her garter...
The amazing dress she wore
Something old...
Something new...(actually her something new were a gorgeous strand of pearls from Lathen. This little flower girl ran down the aisle once she got going. It was a funny moment.

After the ceremony some fun shots of the bridal party.

Rachel looking stunning after the ceremony on the golf course.
Flower girl number two rocking her basket. I don't think she could have posed any sweeter!
The M&M's say Rachel and Lathen and I have always loved solving word problems and so I thought my "Lathen heart Rachel" was a cute way to show the rings.

I have so many more images I want to share! Grandpa brought tears to my eyes more than once, the father of the bride did a strip tease, there are cool cigar shots of the groomsmen, the wedding was emotional and beautiful, each detail was so cool, and of course the bride looked radiant and the groom happy to start this part of their lives together.

I have had an extremely busy weekend and I want to try and get in bed before some ridiculous hour tonight (it's already 10:40!!) so I thought I'd quickly post and show some of the images from their wedding on Friday.

It was a perfect SoCal fall day weather wise and every detail of this wedding was well thought out. The people were amazing and Rachel and Lathen were the calmest wedding couple ever! I loved the pink and orange color scheme and they had a candy bar filled with about everyone of my favoritist candies! I will post some of those delectable images at a later date once I have gone through the daunting task of editing all the pictures from that day.

So for now...

Enjoy!

Do you think it was something I said??

Isn't Fantasia a hoot???

My daughter turned nine today. I can not believe there was a time in my life that my daughter didn't exist in my life. I know it sounds silly but I even classify my life as "B.C." Before Cassi!
She has changed me in ways I never thought possible. She has made me a better person (yes...a few more gray hairs too!!!) and makes me laugh more than I ever thought possible.

A nine year old girls world is filled with Webkinz, Hannah Montana, girlish fights, High School Musical, and Zach Ephron. These are a part of my world right now too.

She recently told her class that Zach Ephron was her cousin...too bad she also told them he was her boyfriend which took away all credibility on the first fib!!!

We celebrated her birthday on Sunday at my Mom's house. Cassi's Dad surprised her with two ponies for her and her friends to ride at the party. Cassi loved it!

The pics above are of one the horses. I can't believe how animated (no pun intended!!!) Fantasia is in these! These make me laugh!

I was going to post in vivid color but the teeth were looking a little nasty and the "chocolate syrup 2 action" from Kevin Kubota's actions was a quick fix.

I have plans to share more images from:

Darrin's awesome games (check out his "star of the game" interview on KUSI prep pigskin last Friday...it's hysterical!!!!)
Cassi's birthday party
More wedding images
Halloween images
and the wedding Geri and I are photographing this Friday...

and I will do so soon!

I am in the middle of photographing high school homecomings here in San Diego all of this month. One of my jobs at the studio is organizing, staffing, setting up, and photographing 8-9 local high school homecomings and proms each year. They overlap with more than one on the same night on some weekends and so it takes some strategizing on my part to keep it all organized. Most of my brain power goes to these events (along with many other events and jobs!) and I get behind on personal things. So I apologize in advance if I don't post as often as I
would like this month! October is my favorite month for pictures so I promise many more posts soon!

sooo...Happy Birthday Cassi and I cannot wait to see what is in store for us in the future!!!

Enjoy!

Lathen and Rachel Engagement

Geri and I photographed Lathen and Rachel this last Sunday afternoon. The Padres had just lost their game and were off to Colorado for the Wild Card Playoffs the next day and the Chargers were in the lead. Someone other than Lathen and I chose the date and time for this session and he was such a great sport letting us photograph him when he could have been home watching the Chargers...ummmm...give it up before the end of the game...

We started at Summer's Past Farm and walked through the grounds stopping at areas around the farm photographing the two of them. They were so much fun and up for anything! After an ice tea to cool us down we headed to their old stomping grounds.

They met when she was a freshman in high school and he was a sophomore at El Capitan High School in Lakeside. They brought his letterman jacket covered with his patches from playing baseball in high school. We walked the grounds of the high school (Geri is an alumni from there also...graduated 1999 I think!!!=} Did I score any brownie points there Geri????) while the 3 of them reminisced and talked about their memories of the school and the changes that had been made to the school since they graduated.

It was a neat experience being with them where they first met and realizing how far they have come up to this point. They are going to get married on Friday October 12th and the wedding sounds like it is going to be a blast!!

Thank you guys for the great experience and I can't wait to see you guys on your special day!!!

Enjoy!!

Joe and Liz's wedding

I love how radiant she looks with her father!

You could tell how much Joe liked kids and will be an incredible Dad some day!

I helped a friend, Christi Ransom photograph a wedding this past Saturday. It took place at the Temecula Creek Inn in this super cool area tucked away at the back of the golf course. The venue is romantic, intimate and a picturesque place to have a wedding.

Everyone in the wedding was absolutely gorgeous and super friendly. Liz and Joe were such a great couple to photograph and I feel truly honored to be a part of their special day.

Thanks to Christi who trusted me to help her shoot this wedding. We had a great time working together and I can't wait to see all the images she took at this wedding. She has such an incredible eye and makes a great wedding photographer. Thanks again!!!

Enjoy!!!

OK magazine...star struck!

Above is a picture of the magazine image and I reposted my picture so you wouldn't have to go searching!

I was just reading OK magazine (yes...I love to read those gossip magazines!) and came across their pictures of Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart from the day I saw them at Disneyland. I thought I would share it with you!!!

Friday night I photographed Darrin's awesome high school football game (they won 23-20).

Saturday I shot an amazing wedding at the Temecula Creek Inn with Christi Ransom for most of the day.

Today Geri and I photographed an engagement session for a couple who are getting married on October 12th and we get the pleasure of photographing their wedding. They have dated since high school so he donned his letterman jacket and we photographed them at their alma mater, El Capitan High School in Lakeside.

Tomorrow morning Angela and I will be photographing 250 kids at the exclusive Bayshore Prep Academy in Rancho Santa Fe for Visual Photography.

SO...I have been a wee bit busy!

I plan to share football pics, wedding pics, and images from today's engagement shoot sometime this week so check back!!!

Enjoy!

Disneyland for Cassi's Birthday

I take Cassi to Disneyland around her birthday every year. It has become a tradition for us. Disneyland decorates the entire place for Halloween and it gets us in the mood for fall! I took my Canon point and shoot and these are some of the pictures from the day. We had an amazingly beautiful fall day at Disneyland. There weren't many crowds and we were in great company with Cassi's friend Ashleigh and MacKenzie, Diane and Brendon along for the day.
Mickey's ears are actually a lot of mini pumpkins stacked together. I love that every time we come to Disneyland all of the landscaping is different. The colors and details are always great.

This is Cassi, Ashleigh and MacKenzie in front of the castle. I love the clouds in the sky!



If you look close...Mickey Mouse is leading the band coming out of the castle. This was Ashleigh's first time at Disneyland and it was neat for her to start the day seeing Mickey and all his friends entertaining in front of the castle.

Front gate of Disneyland.
The Pirates ride is always a must stop and I can really remember being scared on this ride as a kid growing up.
I had to share this picture that I took of the tv screen of us riding Space Mountain. This is the picture they take while you are on the ride and they try to sell it to you for lots of money. I am sure taking a picture of this is probably not the right thing to do but Ashleigh's expression was priceless. What I love about this picture is that she has never ridden the ride and had no clue what part of the ride this was taken. This was her true expression!!!

After a few rides at Disneyland, we went over to California Adventure for a few hours. The sky in the pic below is actually a facade but the actual sky looked a lot like this one!

I took the picture below because the Disney Cast member told me this attraction (seeing all of the princesses at one place for pictures and autographs.) was being closed down and renovated. There are so many areas of the Disneyland resort that get changed and closed that these posters become memorabilia.

Above the Hollywood sign is the real sky and below it is the fake facade.
California Adventure is actually decorated with a "Candy Corn Acres" theme. And as always tastefully decorated and colorful.

Another set of signs that are covering an area of the park being revamped.

My sister and the kids went on the Monsters Inc. ride and I was going to go to the bathroom and wait. Imagine my surprise when Harrison Ford (the real Indiana Jones) and Calista Flockheart (Ally McBeal fame) walked off the ride right where I was standing. I could never ever be a paparazzi because I felt guilty even taking this one picture of them!!!! It does look like one of those People magazine shots though!!!
How beautiful is this entrance to the Monster's Inc ride???? I love how colorful it is!!!

While we were still at CA adventure we came across Cruella De Ville. In all the years of going to Disneyland I have never seen a character who was so animated, funny, hysterical and entertaining. I could have watched her all day long! Ashleigh has very limited knowledge of Disneyland and innocently she asked....Who are you? And Cruella immediately replied...well Cinderella my dear and if you find my slipper...BRING IT TO ME!!! we spent about fifteen minutes enjoying her!

I have pictures of me and my sisters right here in front of the park and this spot has become absolute tradition for us!

Here is one of the amazing murals at CA adventure. If you look close you can see all kinds of objects. (Look for a spoon!!!)
Are these bats cool? They are in front of The Tower of Terror and I love how this turned out.
I had to share this one because I love how the lighting turned out on this shot. The girls went on the ride and Diane, Brendon and I watched all of the people getting soaked at this part of the ride.

We had an absolutely memorable time for Cassi's ninth birthday and I already cannot wait to go again! We ate our way through the park and came home (as always!) exhausted but with more memories of the Happiest Place on Earth.

On another subject...Darrin won his game last week and I will post more pictures after tomorrow nights game against Madison. I am also photographing a wedding at the Temecula Creek Inn with Christi and the setting is a 120 year old stone house that used to be used as a safe house for masons back in the day. I haven't met the bride and groom but can not wait to meet them and share in their special day! I will share those sometime next week!!!

Enjoy!!!