shelly + joe - montecito country club santa barbara wedding

Wow.

Loved everything about this wedding! Got to work with coordinator Jackie Blackwell for the first time and she was excellent to work with! She was on top of things yet flexible! Also worked with photographer Tara Rochelle for the first time and she was incredible!

Gorgeous bride had a real classy retro look going so I went with a desaturated filtering to match the style and feel of the day.

When they told me the song they wanted for their Cinema Reale, I got really giddy. That's because they wanted to use Bif Naked's cover of Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters". If you had never heard the song before, you may be tempted at first to think "A Metallica cover? For a wedding song?". While the lyrics may not be your typical wedding love song, it doesn't matter in this case and I think you'll agree when you watch the clip. It worked perfectly.

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nicole + phil - hummingbird nest ranch wedding

Busy weekend!

Right after finished Vito & Funni's wedding, I jetted over to Simi Valley to begin editing Nicole and Phil's Cinema Reale.

Nicole was another last minute bride who signed with me mere weeks before her wedding began. I am so glad she found me because it was such a unique and beautiful wedding.

B&G wanted Phil Vassar's "Last Day of My Life" for their Cinema Reale. Its always a challenge to use country songs because the lyrics are always so specific and almost like a short story so it is hard to match with footage of the day. I think I did pretty well with it and they loved it!

vito + funni - langham hotel almansor court wedding

Vito and Funni are good friends with Ian and SainVie who I did in June of this year and are the second couple in a trio of Indonesian weddings I signed at the same time. They are all friends from the same church and they all came to visit me at one time. All of them are such tremendous people and Vito and Funni are no exception. They are very special people who love God and each other very much.

I chose Mat Kearney's "Breathe in, Breathe Out" for their Cinema Reale.

annie + ron - trump golf course wedding

Another one of those Friday weddings! Annie called me just weeks prior to her wedding and didn't officially sign with me until 2 days before! I have to say that I am REALLY glad she did because it was an amazing day to say the least.

The beautiful bride is Korean but the handsome groom is Chinese so it started out with traditional Chinese tea ceremony before moving to the scenic ceremony lawn of the Trump for their American ceremony.

It was coordinated by the couple's good friend Nhu who really took care of us and made sure we had everything we needed. Photography was handled wonderfully by Annette and Andrew from Triple Cord . They were phenomenal to work along side.

We had a technical problem that prevented us from showing it at the time we wanted, but we sorted it out and showed it and received an incredible response.

Bride chose the song "When I See You Smile" by Uncle Sam.

wife's bday! linkin park irvine concert

My incredibly crazy fun weekend ended with a date with my wife on Sunday. She is a big Linkin Park fan so I surprised her with tickets for her birthday. I loved the look on her face when we kept walking down closer and closer until we were smack dab in the middle 5th row orchestra seats! You can see that even with my cheapo camera (that don't allow the good cams) how close we were.

One of the highlights was when Chris Cornell joined LP onstage to sing "Crawling".

kaley + chris- engagement shoot

Chris and Kaley are one of my 2009 couples who not only signed on with me for video but Kaley is the first bride to decide to book me for photo for their wedding! I could not be more excited as they are not only beautiful couple, they are so sweet and easy going. They totally put me at ease!

We did part one of their engagement session today in Pasadena primarily at my good friend Danielle Biel's studio. As you can see from the pics, they are an incredibly photogenic and the chemistry is amazing between them.