I’m really excited because one of my most recent wedding couples (Janie and Hamid) were featured today in La Jolla Light – a newspaper from the San Diego, California area. Nicole (the author) did a great job of capturing Janie and Hamid’s wonderful story. And their story is truly unique (and romantic, I might add). When I’d read about how Janie and Hamid met on their wedding planning site – and how Hamid proposed – I couldn’t wait to meet them in person after they hired me to be their wedding photographer!

The story even featured several of my photos from their beautiful wedding overlooking the California coastline at Mt. Soledad Park.

Check it out! Click on the image of the story below to see their story:

. . . and here are a few pictures from Lindsey and Ken’s destination wedding at the Cabo Surf Hotel in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico . . . thanks, Lindsey and Ken for letting me play a small part in this amazing event!

You guys are the best!

I’m actually proud of myself – this is my second journal entry within a week! Based on my recent performance, that’s pretty good. Ha ha!

I recently traveled down to Mexico to photograph the wedding of Lindsey and Ken in San Jose del Cabo. What a beautiful place! And I loved that everything was so convenient. The wedding and reception were all held at the Cabo Surf Hotel – I would highly recommend this place to anybody. Oh, and if you go whatever you do make sure you don’t forget your complimentary “welcome” margarita – it’s one of the best I’ve ever had!

Another cool surprise was when a lady came up to me and just started chatting me up at the hotel. I thought she looked really familiar. I was later informed that the lady was Cloris Leachman. I knew she had been on a few TV shows, but when I checked out her resume I realized why she was so etched in my memory – she appeared on practically every TV show I watched as a kid (enter Love Boat theme here).

So, here are a few pictures from Lindsey and Ken’s engagement session. Those two were awesome! They were great models – whatever I asked them to do, they did it – such as lying in chilly Pacific water for some great beach shots . . . enjoy . . .

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It’s been a while since my last post, I know.  Wedding season has left me without much time to breathe, much less stay on top of my BLOG entries.  Excuses, excuses, excuses . . .

However, I wanted to share a couple of candids from this past weekend’s wedding in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico.  We had a BLAST!  And I had the pleasure of photographing a wonderful couple from California, Lindsey and Ken.  I’m really looking forward to seeing them again soon – they were tons of fun to work with!

I’ll be sure to post some pictures from this gorgeous wedding, but in the meantime check out some pictures of me taken by my friend (and awesome wedding-day assistant), Juliet.  She captured these shots the day before the wedding – while I was photographing Lindsey and Ken at our pre-wedding photo session at Chilleno Bay.

Is this place gorgeous, or what?  And don’t even get me started on the food and margaritas!  Yummm . . .

This past weekend I photographed a beautiful wedding at the Don CeSar Resort in St. Petersburg, Florida. It was my first time to this famous Florida resort, although I’d driven by it several times in the past. It is a really beautiful hotel . . . my favorite part? It sits right on the beach! Niiice!

I photographed the wedding with a wonderful photographer from north Florida, Mary Beth Tyson.

Here are a few images from Saturday . . .

In a previous posting I mentioned that I was recently in New York City to photograph a wedding – an amazing wedding at what was undoubtedly one of the most stunning wedding venues I’ve seen in my life! The name of the venue is the Angel Orensanz Center. Built in 1849 it is the oldest standing synagogue in New York! It is also well known because it is the venue where Sarah Jessica Parker married Matthew Broderick.

The wedding was nothing short of stunning! The venue was obviously beautiful and everyone at the wedding was incredibly nice and welcoming. I was already friends with the mother of the bride because we had taken photography workshops together in Tuscany a couple of years ago.

I had a great time! Here are a few images from the wedding … enjoy …

Happy New Year!

Ok, yes I know I’m exactly 14 days late – but, it’s the thought that counts, right? Again, I must fall back on the popular excuse these days – been busy . . . yadda, yadda, yadda . . . blah, blah, blah . . .

However, I had the most amazing trip to New York City on January 3. I was there for nearly a week to shoot an absolutely amazing wedding in the heart of the city. I’ll be posting a few pictures from that wedding soon (along with many other recent sessions), but in the meantime please enjoy this horrific image of me skating in Bryant Park the day I left New York (thanks, An!). Would you believe I was literally flying around the rink at the moment this image was captured? If you said “no”, then you’ve obviously seen me skate. No fair! Ok, so three-year olds were skating by me and leaving me in their wake. Brian Boitano I am not but I am very proud to say that I stayed on my skates the entire time and my butt remained ice/moisture/pain-free the entire hour! I was quite proud of myself, needless to say.

When I arrived in the city it was 16 degrees. By the time I left the temperature had climbed to a “still very cold to Brian” 62 degrees! I was actually breaking a sweat skating around this tiny little rink. Ok, perhaps the lather was predominantly stress-induced but I was sweating, nonetheless.

I promise, more blog updates to come soon. So much has happened – several AMAZING photography sessions, a new car, some fantastic gift ideas from the holidays that I must share, etc.

Whew! It’s going to be a very busy 2008, I can already tell!

Well, after spending another week in Las Vegas I can say that I am officially BEAT! I’m not sure if it’s possible to acclimate yourself to a normal schedule in that city, but if it is would somebody please share the secret?

Vegas was a lot of fun, though! Saw a couple of pretty decent shows – Zumanity (by Cirque du Soleil) and Phantom – the Las Vegas Spectacular. I’ve seen the Broadway production of Phantom of the Opera quite a few times and when I was instructed to get Phantom tickets for this trip, I thought I was getting tickets for the Broadway production. Welllll . . . not so much.

The play was decent and it was essentially Phantom of the Opera, but slightly condensed. There were a few added “effects”, but fortunately there were no white lions in the show and at no point did the Phantom break into dance! Whew!

As for Zumanity, that was a whole different kind of show. I’ll leave it at that!

The food was amazing and all-in-all it was a good trip! I think I need a little break from Vegas, though.

Hmmm . . . where to go next?

I returned yesterday from a few nights in New York City. What a trip! It was actually a bit sad coming home. I had such a good time! Like I said before, I love that city!

Some of the highlights:

1. Watching the New York Yankees beat-up on the Boston Red Sox in Yankee Stadium. I was a little torn on this one ’cause I would typically root for the Red Sox . . . but, since I got the tickets from Johnny and he plays for the Yanks I had to root for the Yankees. J.D. played well and they won, so I was happy about that!

2. Seeing Kevin Spacey perform live on Broadway! Wow! That guy can really act!

3. Visiting MoMA (link)! Added bonus!: it was Target Free Fridays – everyone gets in FREE between 4:00 and 8:00!!! SCORE!!!

4. Eating at several incredible restaurants! My tummy has been disappointed ever since returning to Orlando.

(no pictures . . . I was too busy eating!)

5. Just walking around the city. New York City is an amazing place! I love the diversity, culture, energy . . . I could go on and on and on . . . . . . . I can’t wait to go back!

I’m in New York City for a photo shoot this coming Memorial Day weekend!

I love this city!

I had every intention of posting the pictures I’ve captured around town but I forgot to bring the wire to connect my little point-and-shoot camera to the computer. Brilliant!

In the time since arriving I’ve had the opportunity to catch up with several friends who live in the area, eat at some great restaurants, take in a wonderful photo exhibition at the International Center of Photography (link), and to top it off my buddy who plays for the NY Yankees (Johnny Damon) got me some tickets for the last game of the Boston Red Sox/Yankees series at Yankees Stadium! The Yankees won and Johnny’s playing really well . . . what a night!

Tonight I’m going out to see A Moon for the Misbegotten (link) – a Broadway play starring Kevin Spacey. Should be really good! I’m anxious to witness Kevin Spacey’s acting in a live/theater setting!

I’ll be sure to post some of my pictures once I get back to Florida!

Have a great holiday weekend!