My Trip to New Orleans Part 2

New Orleans Graveyards and the Garden District I took the Grey Line trolley to the Garden District, home of Commanders Palace and multimillion dollar homes flanked by poorer neighborhoods. Nice change of scenery from the down town area. I walked the good and bad parts making photographs along the way. In Part 1 I wrote […]

My Trip to New Orleans Part 1

My Trip to New Orleans | Louisiana (A billboard in a parking lot of Canal Street) In a recent post I mentioned that I’d start posting my personal art and travel photography on this wedding and family portrait blog. This is Part 1 of reportage in New Orleans from a recent visit for Pictage’s Partner […]

The Resort at Pelican Hill | Newport Beach Wedding Photographer

The Resort at Pelican Hill | Newport Beach Wedding Photographer A fairytale wedding at the Resort at Pelican Hill When Donald Bren and the Irvine Company put together The Resort at Pelican Hill, they set in motion one of the finest luxury wedding resorts in North America with unparalleled views and world class service. The […]

A Winter Wedding | The Nixon Library | Alison & David

A Spectacular Winter Celebration | Nixon Library Wedding Nixon Library Wedding | Yorba Linda Alison & David’s wedding at the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda was nothing short of spectacular. You can see their engagement images by right here. I love photographing weddings at the Nixon Library and Birth Place in Yorba Linda. Their wedding […]

A Non-Traditional Sunday Brunch Wedding | Lisa & Earl

Lisa & Earl Wanted to Throw a Big Party for their Close Friends & Family Lisa & Earl are a bit avante guard. They modernized the idea of a traditional wedding. No grand entrance, not first or father daughter, mother son dances, not garter toss, not even a wedding cake. Earl danced down the isle […]

Introducing 19 Day Newborn Xavier

Newport Beach | Newborn & Family Portrait Photographer It was so cool running into Erin at my son’s school where she is Vice Principal. The world truly is a small place. I photographed Erin & Travis’s wedding on 04.14.07 at Dana Point’s Ocean Institute. She was a gorgeous bride then and a beautiful wife and […]

Cow Girl Blues

Orange County | Equestrian Photography On a fairly warm Southern California Monday, I headed down Newport Boulevard to Orange. Orange has a bad rep. Really I think it is only know for downtown Orange which is undergoing a revitalization. New restaurants and high end shops are popping up around the Orange Circle. If you haven’t […]

Mindy and Greg's Bay Area Wedding | Part 1

San Francisco Bay Area | Destination Wedding Photography Some times life is just unpredictable. How I came to photograph Mindy and Greg’s wedding is an interesting story. Mindy + Greg are so IN LOVE and so adorable! I met them while photographing my friend Carlos’s wedding at the Five Crowns in Corona Del Mar. During […]

Mindy and Greg's Bay Area Wedding | Part 2

Destination Wedding | San Francisco Bay Area Wedding Photographer Part 2 of Mindy and Greg’s stylish Bay Area wedding. Let’s hit the tented reception and show some details, and some fabulous portraits. To see Part 1 hit the link.   For the photograph on the right, I asked Greg and Mindy how they felt about […]

A Rolls Royce and a 3 Carat Diamond

Balboa Bay Club | Newport Beach Wedding Photography As an Orange County wedding photographer, I love photographing cultural weddings! Vida and Z had an intimate and private Nikah with their immediate family and close friends. In keeping with their Islamic faith, certain traditions are performed during their Islamic wedding ceremony. For instance, the rubbing together […]