If you’ve been following our blog, you know that we’ve recently updated our main website. In preparation of upgrading our blog to match, I’ve had to upgrade our WordPress installation. You may notice some odd behavior if you subscribe to the RSS feed, or you may need to re-subscribe. Anyway, keep an eye out for the update early next week, we’re very excited about it.

We had so much fun with Emily & Seth this past weekend! First, we shot their rehearsal dinner at Tengu in Santa Monica, then they were married at the beautiful Delfina. After getting some last minute “getting ready” shots, Emily & Seth saw each other for the first time, down in the bar of the Delfina. It’s so much fun to see emotions overwhelm a couple at first sight. We then spent an hour with them doing portraits all around the hotel. When we were done, their family was ready up in the beautiful lobby outside the ballroom to shoot all the family portraits. To all you planning couples, it makes your day SOOOO much smoother to get all your “posed” portraits done before the ceremony - just think, with all photos taken care of before hand you get to actually enjoy your cocktail hour!!! Emily’s beauty team of Kate Couture and Jose Pablo Manzan made her look stunning, Blossom Floral created beautiful bouquets, centerpieces and hoopa, Pete Goslow played beautiful classical guitar for the ceremony & cocktail hour, the 5th Avenue Orchestra had everyone on the dance floor. We could have shot these two all day non-stop if we had the chance. Look at how beautiful they are!

Some details

Fun with Emily & Seth!

The ceremony

Getting bustled by her MOH/sister-in-law

The grand finale of their first dance

The hora! EVERYONE was on the dance floor!!

Seth and his boys smokin’ some celebratory stogies.

Last night was KCRW’s Angel Party at the beautiful Hammer Museum. We’ve been Angel subscribers for 2 years now and love everything about this station. Morning Becomes Eclectic is playing in our office all morning everyday, we love This American Life and Le Show on the weekends… honestly, we pretty much listen to just about all of KCRW’s programming. If you’re a listener, do the right thing and subscribe at any level!

I’ve been inspired by others to post some of my non-wedding work. Earlier this month, I photographed Dr. Alex Parsi at his office building in downtown Los Angeles. The good doctor wanted a shot with the skyline, so I suggested we shoot at sunset for the best light. It was nice to have some time to set up lighting for the shot (unlike weddings, which can be very rushed). After shooting off several dozen frames, I thought I had the shot. Then Jen pointed out the fading sunset on the 777 Tower. We quickly reset the lights and reframed the shot, and here’s the result.

Of course, it can help to goof around a bit, too.

Last march, we photographed Vicki & Nick’s amazing wedding in Sayulita Mexico. This weekend we were invited to their Los Angeles reception at the beautiful Twin Palms in Pasadena. Mama Shen strictly told us we were guests and we were not allowed to work… but who are we kidding? We had to bring a camera! Shooting never really feels like work to us and we had such a great time being able to enjoy a party! Thank guys, you really make us feel like part of the family.

Me and Dot.

Vicki & Nick taking center stage.

Nick’s mom working the room.

Nick & Dot on the dance floor.

SOO many cute kids in the family!

Me & Nate with Vicki & Nick. Thanks Dot for shooting this for us! OK Nick, weren’t we all supposed to be Tigers in that last one??

When you’ve been to a few weddings, you pick up some party tricks… Here’s Nate showing everyone how to do the Electric Slide.

Me and Nate with our adopted moms.

The launch of our new site happened last night and we couldn’t be more excited!!! All new Galleries, info about Nate & I and our services. Find vendors we love on the resources page, get in touch with us through the contact page. Poke around and let us know what you think. The matching blog is on the way…

Thank you to Nicole and Jocelyn for helping us put this site together. We couldn’t have done it without you!!

Last night, Nate & I hosted a photographers night. A group to share ideas, learn from each other and hang out! Such a great crowd showed up, including Cat & Adi, Kim Fox, Christine Haws, Laura Kleger, Giselle Macfarlane, Carrie Phillips, April Rocha, Laurie Bailey, Leanna Creel, Veronica Puleo, Tiffany Stern, Dina Douglass and Jules Bianchi.

Thanks to all who came, we had a great time and learned lots!

Yvonne & Scott were married May 17th in New York and had their west coast reception yesterday at The Castaways restaurant in San Bernardino. It was so great to finally meet them in person, as they live in New York and we’ve only been chatting over email! Here’s a look at the day:

Scott was a little uncomfortable at first being in front of the camera, but we managed to ease him up a bit!

Their first dance.

Doing the Hora.

Just a little cake smashing…