Lauren + Frank - Wedding - Saint Francis Chapel

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Lauren + Frank tied the knot on October 2nd, 2010. We started the day with some beautiful portraits of Lauren at the SDMA Sculpture Garden in Balboa Park. We then headed over to one of the sweetest little churches, Saint Francis Chapel, for the nuptials. After that, it was off to some fun locations around Balboa Park for some family portraits and some alone time with the lovebirds. 
The party ensued at one of my favorite rooms at the Prado. I was assisted by the very talented and sweet Lauren Nygard. We had so much fun capturing their day.
Here are a few of my favorites.

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Vendor Love:

Prado: Sally Raissi, sally@pradobalboa.com

Wedding Coordinator: Joan Whalen, info@joanwhalen.com

Florist: Wholesale Florists (Kendra), weddings@sdflowers.com

Hair/Make-up: Jet Rhys Salon, jetrhyshair@jetrhys.com

Chapel Contact: Keith Fitzgerald, kfitzgerald@museumofman.org

DJ:Lou Tamagni, tmagproductions@cox.net

Ceremony musician: Anthony Garcia, anthony@agarciaguitar.com

Officiant:  Pastor Mike Mitchske, pastormike@cox.net

Derby Inspiration

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I was cleaning out my hard drive and came across this catalog shoot I did last year and, was sad because Jordan (the very beautiful model in the photos) has moved to Alaska. Jordan grew up riding horses and could barely contain herself during the shoot. The afternoon consisted of over zealous ranchers and mini horses, which believe it or not are kind of frightening.  Jordan I miss you and hope that you are loving Alaska!!

Chuck & Becky - Palos Verdes - Wayfarers Chapel

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It is really cool when you get a glimpse of true love. 

Dorian and I got more than a glimpse at Chuck and Becky's 

wedding at Wayfarer's Chapel in Palos Verdes. The evidence 

was apparent on Chuck's face as soon as Becky made her way 

through the large wooden doors of the small "tree chapel." 

Chuck's expression was of true love and pure bliss; 

an amazing thing to bare witness to!

I was so excited to shoot the inside of the chapel designed 

by Lloyd Wright, Frank Lloyd Wright's son, especially after 

taking shots of the grounds for Chuck and Becky's engagement 

shoot. The chapel did not disappoint, the organic architecture 

and lighting provided an amazing backdrop.

Here are a few of my favorites.

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Trevor & Kristen - Engagement Photo's - Anza Borrego & Salton Sea

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I have the coolest clients!! Kristen and Trevor live in Vegas and are having their destination wedding in San Diego. Within 5 minutes of meeting them I knew that we were going to create some incredible art together. They came all the way from Vegas to shoot at the post apocalyptic landscape that is the Salton Sea. I have been wanting to shoot there for a while and was so excited when I met Kristen and Trevor because they definitely have the right look and feel for the spot. I love their glamour juxtaposed with the ruins of this ecological time bomb.

We shot at Anza Borrego on the way to Sea where I took a giant cactus to the foot. Kristen bravely grabbed the cactus's 3 large spurs that were lodged into my foot and with one swift painless motion removed them (flip flops + desert = bad idea).

Kristen and Trevor are adventurous and literally walked on shattered glass to get the shots. This day was also so awesome because I got to shoot and hang with my friends Cynthia and Henry Chaplin. It was so hard to narrow down the pic.s for this post and adding Henry's amazing shots to the mix made it even harder.

I am soo excited to shoot their upcoming wedding!!