Tammy and Kenneth Wedding

Warning: Due to the excessive happiness and good looks of the following subjects, this blog post has been lengthened extensively. 

Wow, what a day! Tammy and Kenneth tied the knot on June 27, 2009.  I have officially decided that due to the success of this shoot, I will only be working with good-looking and friendly people from this point forward.  The whole day ran so smoothly, from start to finish, and everyone was relaxed and happy to be there.  Tammy and Kenneth are perfect for each other, and I truly enjoyed working with them and all their friends.  It was a blessing to be around fellow believers and to get to capture this Christ-centered wedding day.  I was encouraged by how selflessly everyone interacted and built one another up.  Thanks Tammy and Kenneth for allowing me to capture the day!

Here are some "getting ready" shots:

my competition for the day

Bling

Tammy's sister did her makeup, and did a fantastic job.

The dress was killer. Absolutely Stunning.

Though, not so much on Mr. Dugan.

The ceremony was simple and beautiful:

Tammy's cousin from Ooooooooklahoma

The backlighting coming in the yellow windows

in the back was fantastic, although the whitebalance

did go a little haywire with the different temps of light.

"I've been waiting for this..."

Forged in the fires of.....

Nice shootin, Steve! This picture was taken by StevenJae

WooHoo!

This next section is a few of my favorites from the portraits.

Totally fun bridesmaids, but Tammy had them all beat.

Don't mess...

This one's for you, Brenda.  Nice Mini!

Tammy and Kenneth found this terrific spot to take pictures 

after the ceremony.  We had a blast at the beautiful location,

even after we received a stern verbal rebuke for trespassing on

to someone's property that we though was public. 

The Brandon Brothers

Can you tell?

This way they didn't get their socks mixed up.

The reception was a blast, and included live Mariachi music,

fresh-grilled carne asada, chips and salsa, and line dancing!

A very classy cake

Canta!

Splish-splash I was makin' a toast, all 

upon a Saturday night....

Party in Pasadena

This past weekend I had the great pleasure of shooting with Bree from Brienne Michelle Photography in the beautiful wedding of Lisa and Dali.  They were married in the beautiful city of Pasadena and held their reception at the Athanaeum on the campus of Cal Tech.  Most of the wedding party met at harvard, so I was around very smart people all day, but they let me take their pictures anyway.  They had a very interesting and engaging "east-coast-ness" to them which I liked a lot.  I haven't had a lot to blog lately, so I'm putting up a few more images to make up for it.  Here are some of the images.  

Arghrrrrrrrrrr....

Loved this dress shot

Love in an elevator, livin' it up as I'm goin' dooowowown

Who doesn't like an elevator?

Mod Squad

thanks Becker!

Dali, the groom is in the middle of the seven.  

She and my camera had a staring contest.  She won.

Brother and sister

The handsome groom.  Bree sent me over to get the guys

while she worked with the girls.

They had a fabulous candle lighting part of the ceremony 

where the dad's lit their candles from the big church candle

and then walked to the back of the church, where they sent

the flame up through the congregation sitting in the pews.  

Then the mothers lit their flames from their sides, and 

placed their candles next to the unity candle, which the 

bride and groom lit together. Kind of cool imagery.

I thought this balcony of the church looked straight out

of Indiana Jones, complete with spider webs and a silhouette 

shadow of a statue through the window.  I started to look for

numbers on the floor, or a secret passageway, but then Bree

told me I had to take pictures. Oh well.

A Grandpa.

This picture was taken in 1952, thanks to Kevin Kubota.

What a happy couple

I caught these two in the act just after the ceremony.

The getaway car was incredible.  

I'll let the picture speak for itself.

It is common in Pasadena culture to give high-5's to brides

passing you in the hallway of really nice hotels.

We wanted City Hall, but another group got the permit before us.

So, we walked in the street in front of city hall, technically not on

the sidewalk so we were safe, and still got some fun pictures there.

Cal Tech had a gorgeous campus...truly beautiful!

On the way to the reception...

The father's speech was hilarious!

Here's to you, kid.

The details were quite exquisite.

The band was really good, and tons of fun.

Father Paul was the officiating clergy for the day.

He was so laid back and relaxed it was wonderful.