Shooting under the Weather and the Power of Friends

Yes, under the weather in more ways than one!

This weekend started off a little scary, Friday night and Saturday I found myself in bed with a 101 fever and pretty much no strength (except to whine to Katie my wife!) I got pretty nervous about my wedding for Sunday and really called the two guys I trust the most, David Jay and my photo teacher, mentor, and still great friend from my Westmont days Brad Elliott. These are the two guys I completely trust would do an amazing job covering for me if I were ever too sick to shoot. When I called Brad was in the middle of shooting his own wedding, but luckily DJ was available and super gracious to step in.

Luckily I woke up Sunday morning the day of the wedding and was feeling quite a bit better so I called DJ and he agreed to come by and hang out anyways just in case I wasn't feeling great later in the day. Being the genius he is, he had the great idea to bring a video camera and grab some footage of me shooting. Luckily, we were further covered cause I had another buddy of mine Mark Kuroda along with me shooting, so I was feeling extremely covered in case anything went wrong.

And really, nothing did go wrong the whole day! Despite the rain, it was one of the smoothest weddings I've probably ever shot! Kate and Chris had such AMAZING attitudes about the rain! They totally made the most of it and brought along these black umbrellas that worked out SO well! So well in fact, I kept wishing it would rain harder so we could see the drops bouncing more off the top of the umbrellas!

It was such a beautiful wedding, and I can't wait to go through the shots! It was such a great wedding in fact when I came home, I was so excited from the day that I could barely sleep and despite shooting a 13.5 hour day only got about 4 or so hours of sleep that night and the next day..........

woke up sick again. :( Fever, headache, and general "sick" feeling a little worse than it had been before! Luckily now, I'm just about all better, the only bad news is Katie has it now! Hopefully by the end of today we'll have both completely recovered and be ready for our next wedding....tomorrow!! :)

Here are a few killer shots from DJ on Sunday.....





I love this shot Mark got of them coming down the isle after the ceremony!



Here are a few of my favorites....

Katie and Hani!

Wow! It's so cool watching friends get married! Months ago when I first met Katie and Hani, I really didn't know them besides the fact that they went to our church, but over the last few months I've gotten to know them a bit better and Katie and I have started getting together with them (along with another couple from the church) every once in a while as newly married couples to discuss life. So it now puts a whole new perspective on watching them get married and being able to be a part of the day by shooting the wedding!! :)

Congrats Katie and Hani and I can't wait to see you guys when you get back! :)










I'm REALLY in love with this last image from the Father/Daughter dance. It was right at the end of the dance and Katie's dad gave her a big hug.... So cool!!

Albert and Alyssa

I had a blast with Albert and Alyssa on Saturday night! They are such a cool couple and have been engaged for just about a year and a half. I don't think their June wedding could come soon enough for them! :)

We lucked out with some unreal lighting. It was totally gorgeous! I love it when everything works out so well! :)

Here are just a few of the over 900 images we shot! :)

Season Kickoff!! :)

Wow! This first wedding for the year was AMAZING! It was in such a beautiful location up in Felton, CA (near Santa Cruz). Absolutely beautiful! For those of you who have been to the roaring camp site, it is an awesome place for an outdoor wedding. Ginger and Brian had such a gorgeous wedding, the weather and the lighting seriously couldn't have been better! :)