Obsessed! Can’t wait to open Eclipse the minute the plane takes off to Hawaii. 6 hours of uninterrupted Edward Cullen reading. Can’t wait for the movie… love these photos- particularly the rain one. Perhaps a future bride and groom would like to have masochistic romantic vampire themed engagement session? It’s a long shot I know…

Off to shoot a wedding at Wayfarers this evening!

Hope those waited in line for that dumb new phone are enjoying it.. cough cough…

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When I met Ileana at the Starbucks on Third St. months and months ago I knew she was going to be one of those brides. No- I don’t mean one of those, I mean the kind who are super relaxed, who are bent on enjoying their wedding day in the happiest most stress free way possible- And working at Zara, I KNEW she had style. I was right. Ileana and Carlos have a beauty about their love that I hope you can catch in these photos. With Heather Kincaid as my right hand (as always) the day went by without a hitch!

We started out at Ileana’s hotel room across the street from The Victorian. Ileana had her full wedding night garb on and I got some great shots of her… but I’m a bit afraid to post them in fear her Dad might see ‘em. Woo-ee!

Ileana sent me a picture of these bad boys the day she bought them, I think she said something like, “I know you are going to love these more than I do!” Sigh… am I that predictable?

Then we headed over to the church, St. Monica’s. It was such a gorgeous day out..

Ileana’s veil was the same veil her mother wore when she walked down the aisle. I wonder if Ileana’s sister will wear it too? She just got engaged!!

Love that first expression… “Good god, I’m gorgeous..”

After the ceremony we high tailed it back to The Victorian for a marathon of formal portraits. Once we were done with those it was time to have some fun.

Spooky wedding party…

After we finished outside Heather and I stole Ileana for some bridal portraits upstairs. A long time ago, when I first first started shooting I assisted an amazing photographer, Cherie Steinberg Cote, I had the opportunity to shoot at The Victorian. I remembered how she used this upstairs room and couldn’t wait to try my hands on it.

Time to party… This was their cake! Done by Rosebuds in Beverly Hills it was absolutely gorgeous. I’m sad to say the photos don’t really do it justice! It literally sparkled…

Drunk with love…

I hope you guys are having a wonderful time in Bali!! Can’t wait to show you everything when you get back. Thanks to Miss Heather for spending the day with me… check out her blog for more highlights from this wedding! Ciao!

This morning I slept in (well for me, 9AM felt great) .. I plan to head to the Coffee Bean, relax, take a nice long trip to the gym, then eat some BBQ with Echo Park/Los Feliz/ Silverlake kids.

This isn’t our normal 4th of July and Timmy is punishing me for it. His sad little face this morning prompted me to make this statement, “From here on out, 4th of July weekend will be my one weekend of the summer I am unavailable for weddings!” Even though I am so excited for Ileana and Carlos’s beautiful event tomorrow at The Victorian in Santa Monica, I’m pretty bummed we’re missing the block party that has taken place on the street I grew up since I was, perhaps, 5 or so. Anyone who knows me, knows how much my family means to me and missing this particular event for some reason feels painful! It was our families tradition and now, 5 1/2 years into Tim and I’s relationship it’s become our tradition and we’re missing it this year. Never fear though, as Tim said minutes ago from over his computer screen, “We’ll make it through this year, learn our lesson, and be there next year.”

So Ileana and Carlos this year, Arbor Dr. next year! All is well, HAPPY 4th OF JULY!

(Some Arbor Dr. pics from last year.)

Wayfarer’s wedding- deja vu? Same location as last time, different time of day, same time.. only for portraits and ceremony…. This was another shooting with Miss Laura Grier treat! She is so good to me. I’m tired and need a holiday weekend- or maybe just some ice cream? Looking forward to Ileana and Carlos’s wedding on Saturday at The Victorian, though with my very best girl, H-Dawg as my assistant! Heather and I lived in the awesome “L-Suite” during our freshmen year in college and somehow we all ended up calling each other Dawg-this, Dawg-that! I think it was Kenneth Alexander Smith’s fault… either way, I love her.

Gina’s family wore traditional Korean dress. I want a Korean grandmother. The colors were unbelievable- Laura and I kept telling each other we’d gotten enough! We tend to have the same eye

Gina’s gown was so cool! Laura, what is that website again? Isn’t it so different??

Ahh.. first looks We all know how much I love first looks- how else would you get an expression like this one?

Grooms are people too

Gina and her father… check out that light coming through the dress. Perfect time of day.. perfect…

Another guest Laura and I couldn’t stop taking photos of… what a ham!

Woo hoo, a lotus!

First off, if there are any more Twilight fans out there reading this- comment or email me asap. I just can not get enough of Stephenie Meyer’s books. I already read number two in the series and am trying to save number three for the plane ride to Hawaii. However, on recommendation of my mom and brother I went out and bought some other famous vampire literature to keep me occupied, Interview with the Vampire and The Vampire Lestat. I know? Such a dork, right? You should have seen me pursuing the “Teen Lit” section today at Barnes and Noble.

On to photography- Spent last Saturday evening down in Rancho Palos Verdes shooting two weddings back to back with Laura Grier. The first wedding will be posted sometime later this week but the second wedding I did on my own while Laura covered the reception of the 1st. Got that? Right. So, they were both at the lovely Wayfarer’s Chapel. Lloyd Wright, Frank’s son, designed it and it really is absolutely gorgeous. The second wedding, Joy and Randy’s was a short one for me, only portrait and ceremony coverage and unfortunately as soon as Laura left after the first one the sun disappeared behind dark clouds and we absolutely LOST that warm beautiful sunset light that usually shines through the trees- but we made do! Wayfarer’s really strict photo rules- no getting anywhere near the altar during the ceremony, no flash… which is usually fine, but the ceremony started at 8pm so light was quite tricky w/out flash… wide open and with a tripod for most of them as you can imagine.

Let’s show some images, shall we?