Augusto & Sandra - 6/7/08

On Saturday night I had the pleasure of photographing Augusto and Sandra's wedding at the Los Angeles Natural History Museum. The ceremony and reception were beautiful. The ceremony took place in the North American Mammal Hall and the reception was in the African Mammal Hall. I am so glad I could be there to capture their special day. I rented a Canon 24mm F/1.4L lens for the night. After some of the images I got with this lens I was sad when I had to return it. It will definitely be the next lens I purchase.


Sandra right after getting her dress on. She made a stunning bride.

The Ceremony

Some portraits. I just loved the light on the next two shots. I can't decide which I like more the image with the 24mm or my 85mm f/1.2L.


With the Canon 24mm f/1.4L

With the Canon 85mm f/1.2L II

We had to get pictures with the dinosaurs.

Some Details

Once again I am stuck between which image I like better. The one with the 85mm f/1.2L or the one with the 24mm f/1.4L


With the 85mm f/1.2L

With the 24mm f/1.4L

One last wave goodbye before they head off and enjoy married life.

October is coming fast

We found out earlier today we that we only need to consider boy names for our first child. It's a boy!!!

Matt & Gretchen - 5/30/08

Last Friday I was in Bensalem, PA to shoot Matt & Gretchen's wedding. You may remember their engagement session that I posted about on my blog back in March. Matt and I used to work together at Lockheed Martin. A little after he took position in another office with Lockheed, he sent me an email telling me he was going to propose and wanted me to be their wedding photographer. It feels like it was so long ago when I got that email. Even after moving across the country this past fall they still wanted me as their photographer. I am so thankful that they brought me back east for a few days to be a part of their wedding day.


I wish Matt and Gretchen many happy years together and a safe trip to Las Vegas. I hope they win big! Other than a little heat and humidity it was a perfect day.


My day started by meeting up with Gretchen and the other women at a salon to get their hair done.

Next I headed back to the hotel to capture Gretchen finishing getting ready.

The ceremony

Off to the reception and some portraits.

Gretchen made a stunning bride!

Matt cleaned up pretty well.

At the reception.

Some details

Gretchen's engagement ring on the right and her grandmother's on the left.

Our 6th anniversary

Six years ago today, June 1 2002, Victoria and I were married. Both of us had no jobs so our budget was nonexistent. We had a small ceremony at Grace Fellowship Church in Mansfield, OH with a cake reception. Our families helped out as much as they could, which we are very grateful for. If I could do it all over again I would only change one thing, I would hire a professional photographer.


We do have pictures from our wedding day. They were mostly taken by family and friends. But none of them match the quality you could get from a professional. I know that it is ironic that I didn't have a professional photographer at my wedding and now I am one. We still have our memories from that day and a 4x6 album with photos taken by family and friends. I cannot stress enough how important it is to hire a professional photographer.


To celebrate our anniversary we went to one of our favorite restaurants, The Melting Pot in Pasadena, CA.

I always get the same salad every time I get dinner at The Melting Pot. I love the California Salad.

Cooking dinner

The dessert is amazing. All of these goodies you get to dip in chocolate. How can you go wrong with that?

Here is a self portrait of us at dinner taken with our Canon SD750.

After dinner we went for a little walk around Pasadena. The light was amazing so I stopped and grabbed this shot of Victoria at 20 weeks.

This is a shot of our wedding bands. I remember the day we got them at Zales. We got the least expensive ones we could get because of our budget. We got them engraved and put the bill on a Zales credit card. We had always planned to get new bands one day, but we never have. Since getting married we have been so blessed. We keep these bands because it help us remember how little we had but we were able to survive and be happy with just each other.