Destination Weddings

Kalapaki Beach // Kauai, HI (please see Beautiful Days under main portfolio site)
Puerto Vallarta, MX
Pismo Beach, CA
Boulder, CO
Chicago, IL

Most Posts have slideshows so be sure to check 'em out!

My daughter's favorite flower

Bet you didn't know a weed could be a beautiful flower. My daughter thinks so because she can pick it and blow all the fuzzies away. My buddy Aaron Snow captured an amazing landscape yesterday and inspired me to go shoot for myself today with the beautiful clouds again. This was the last shot I took and it is almost straight out of the camera. Just a slight bit of curves brightness adjustments. Man I love my Nikon D3's colors.

Oh and this isn't just a regular ole dandelion. It was with out a doubt the biggest one I have ever seen. 4" diameter.

Click image to BIGGIE size it.

Thanks for the inspiration Aaron!

Stephanie & Lucas // 05.16.08 // Pre-Release

Stephanie and Lucas just got back from their Honeymoon in Riviera Maya. (man I am jealous!)
Here is a little preview of a couple images from the wedding.

Check back here this week for a link to all their photos and a full blog post about their Castle wedding. I loved it!

Lovin' the Maui Jim's Lucas! Good choice!

I held one of my favorites back for the full post. I can't wait to show it off! Ok, on to my 1.5 day holiday weekend :)

Heather & Matt // 05.02.09 //

I have absolutely loved working with Heather and Matt and their family. We did an amazing eng shoot in the streets of Tulsa, then one of my all time favorite bridal shoots with Heather.
Then on their wedding day, although I knew it was going to be an perfectly planned event, I was racking my brain for some ideas of what to shoot in the rain since it looked inevitable that it would not only rain but POUR and it was looking like about 50 degrees. Fortunately I didn't have to use my awesome idea I planned for the rain (it is ready should I need it this summer)

Anyway, Heather and Matt are such an inspiring fit! During all the 9000 photos I have of them (wow!) I have seen nothing but compatibility in them. I had such a great time at their wedding..It was an awesome kick off to wedding season.

Thanks so much Heather, Matt, Stacey and Steve. And many congratulations!

Below are my favorites:
Slideshow at the end of the post
View all photos (ordering)

A beautiful "First Look" Moment. I loved that they took their time and totally soaked in the moment. I won't show you the ones where Matt cried. Oops! Sorry Matt. It was really emotional

I dropped my camera and look what happened...:)

If you are this studly, you can get away with a couple tears. Whose going to say anything?

Above shot by my second shooter for the day, Kelly Kurt Brown

They had to move the ceremony from a plan of having it on the front lawn overlooking the lake to this covered veranda. They had such an awesome attitude and did amazingly well transforming this area into a cozy little place for the hundreds of guests to sit under roof and with heaters! Way to go Steve!!!

Another shot (above) by my second shooter for the day, Kelly Kurt Brown. I LOVE this photo!!

Yeah, there's not one single thing even close to in focus on this one. Cool isn't it?!?!

I always try to capture a night shot of the venue after all is said and done and eaten etc. I deserve extra credit for this one. I put my Nikon D3 to the test and shot this in the rain. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw the water drops on the lens in the photo. Perfect ending to a day that rained on and off all day.

SLIDESHOW:
WARNING: There are 305 images. I know, a ton. There is some sweet music though to keep you entertained. :)