Brittany & Jean Paul

Brittany & Jean Paul held their ceremony and reception at the Sterling Hills Golf Club in Camarillo. We always love working with clients who love our work and Brittany and Jean Paul were no exception. Their exuberance emanated from each shot and you could tell this was the best day of their lives.

Their ceremony included the Southern tradition of jumping the broom - whoever jumps highest is the head of the household. We also had the pleasure of hearing the most beautiful toasts from the friends and family of the couple, which made for great photos. And we shot some of the most touching father-daughter, mother-son photos yet!

The venue space was quite nice. We found some great spots for photos and the reception hall has large windows (good light!!) and a pretty entryway. 

This was a great way to end our short trip to California in the fall. We were so happy to be a part of this celebration. Happy wedding bliss to Brittany and Jean Paul!

Alyssa & Alejandro - Wedding

After having a blast hanging out with this couple for their engagement photos, this was one of the weddings I had been looking forward to this season. Alyssa and Alejandro are amongst the nicest people we have met and we immediately felt connected with them even after our short engagement session. Since we had already moved up to Alaska, we flew back down on a mini work vacation to shoot their wedding at the Santa Barbara Courthouse and the Cabrillo Pavilion Arts Center. For this couple, it was totally worth traveling all those miles!

Alyssa and Alejandro carefully crafted a beautiful Santa Barbara wedding. Loved having the couple arrive at the reception hall via bike carriage with everyone outside with colorful streamers and a mariachi band. The mariachi band continued on through the night playing for their first dance and serenading each of the tables individually. The Cabrillo Pavilion Arts Center is a great venue - it's got a high ceiling with exposed beams with plenty of windows to let in light; additionally, there's the beach right outside to run out and get really quick sunset photos on the beach.

Thank you Alyssa and Alejandro for including us on your wonderful day. Had such a hard time choosing amongst the photos for this blog. We had such a blast working with you and wish you the very best!

Jen & Chase

We met Jen & Chase at Kincaid Park for an engagement shoot on a fall afternoon. As the sun set, we got some beautiful light and clouds (definitely something you don't get in coastal California!). We had tons of fun getting to know Jen & Chase and picking their brains about good places to eat in Anchorage! Congrats Jen & Chase on your upcoming wedding!

Sam

This was our first venture into senior portraits. Apparently in Anchorage it's typical to do these types of senior portraits rather than everyone going to the same studio. We took these at a local high school - we found some great spots with vivid colors (the track was awesomely red!)

Liz & Reuben

We recently had the pleasure of hanging out with Liz and Reuben at the beautiful Eagle River Nature Preserve. One of the wonderful things about Alaska is that it doesn't take very much traveling to get stunning backgrounds such as these.  

August is the rainy month and it had rained pretty hard two days straight prior. However, a few hours before their session the sky opened up and the sun came streaming out. 

Liz and Reuben are one of those couples who aren't afraid to be themselves in front of the camera and make shooting a breeze. We're excited for their wedding this fall and hoping for some beautiful, fresh snow because there's bound to be a snowball fight with these two. 

Vanessa & Adam

Yet another wonderful Santa Barbara beach wedding! Vanessa & Adam got married on the sand outside of the Santa Barbara Yacht Club and held their reception inside. This is another favorite reception venue of mine - food is great, lots of natural light coming from the windows, tall ceilings with exposed beams and a great deck overlooking the water. 

This wedding was filled with such intricate details - I had a really hard time choosing out photos to share. Vanessa's hairstylist (still looking for her business card so I can share her details) was adorable - loved her outfit and she was so nice and helpful to everyone. Vanessa's bridal party kept her relaxed and laughing the entire time. As always, Scott manages to get fun shots of the guys getting ready/goofing off. 

We also had a good fight for the bouquet and garter, which is actually not as common as it might seem given all those romantic comedy movie scenes. Vanessa and Adam were such a happy couple to work with as you can see in the photos. Congrats to the two of you!

I loved the hair train especially with the YouTube tutorial going on at the same time! The stylist (isn't she the cutest?) totally did not mind at all and shared bobby pins and ties when the girls needed them. 

The above picture is of a mailbox where the cards went. Awesome idea! Also this wedding was very well signed - very cute.

Vanessa's bridal party were given the instructions to buy a coral dress - colors were totally spot on.