Our E-session with Cameron Ingalls

So my good buddy and amazing photographer Cameron Ingalls, Inc and his sweet wife Anna, took their afternoon to bless us by shooting some sweet images of my wife and I. I am so inspired by Cam. He has been such a great friend over the last 4 years, and I feel his photography business inspires me. Its that mutual encouragement that brings us closer as friends and pushes us to become better servants to our clients. Rachel had been desiring for Cameron to take these shots for a while, and I asked C-dog earlier this year before the wedding if he was game. So I waited till the perfect day. I surprised Rachel and we had a sweet Anniversary day. Starting with a walk downtown for breakfast, followed by a beach/surf day, then we got ready for the e-session. After that, we headed out to dinner at a cool place called Naples, and had some good Italian Food. Rachel gave me an Apple Bluetooth headset, which stoked me out, its one of those few toys that help me work that I have not bought myself. We finished off the night by surprising Rachel with a night in a cool B&B spot. I had her close her eyes, and I drove around town in circles to disorient her. Then I carried her up the stairs as I gently laid her down on the couch, I asked her to open her eyes. For a second she didn’t recall where she was. Then it hit her, I could tell cause her eyes lit up and she made that high pitch excited noise. I love it when she does that. She just realized this was our honeymoon suite after our wedding night! So we had a nice romantic evening. I LOVE this place, and you have to check it out. So much more style and fun than a regular hotel in town. The Sanitarium Spa. That night it was 80 degrees and we slept with the windows open. It felt so amazing to have a warm breeze blow through the room on a quite money night. There was nobody else in the house. I love my wife more after that night and I love to surprise her. Then when we woke in the morning, they had OJ, Fresh omelets and croissants for us. Mmmm, does it get better than that! I have learned to keep dating your wife or husband. Its easy to get into a routine. That gets hard to do the longer your married, so you have to keep it a habit, I am thankful to say, that we do. I feel like it keeps our marriage young. With God’s help, I hope to forever have the youngest marriage, sweet, innocent, pure, fun, exciting and growing deeper every day. Thanks Cam, thanks to everyone who was so sweet to us and to all the props. So whenever we see the number 22, we pray for our marriage, and if your wedding is on the 22nd, say hi and we will pray for your marriage too!

Here are a few of our favs from his site!

Coolest Friends - Birthday surprise

Yesterday, my friends surprised me with a camping trip to the beach this weekend for my birthday. I have been traveling SO much lately and its SO nice to spend some time around the Central Coast of California. It was warm, with offshore winds and the sweet smell of fall was in the air. We hung out and (unfortunately no surf!) but we did play a huge game of Frisbee golf which lasted a few hours, then bbq’d some great food and had a campfire. Later, Bryan broke out the guitars and he and I played till late. It is such a blessing to have such great friends who can get away. Life is so busy and I get so caught up myself in the 'business' and daily task list. It is so refreshing to get away, I ALWAYS forget how simple life is when there are no computers, cell phones and chores waiting around the house. Camping is so organic and for me at least, it brings me back to nature, and cleanses me from any stress.

Meals with Friends...

I feel fortunate enough to travel, and lately, we have been traveling SO much, it seems almost 1000 miles a week, and that doesn’t count where we fly to. But its “all good” when you get to sit down with friends or family and eat and catch up.

My cousin Caitlyn who just turned 20 and is at UCLA came up to Morro bay to eat at windows on the water, which has been made famous thanks to Rachael Ray.

Next is our second hometown, in Newport Beach with my little brother Matt.


A few weeks ago we were at the CCWP dinner meeting and we were hanging out with these guys, from left to right, Kenny Morgan and his new fiancé!, Then in the center Cameron Ingalls and his wife Anna. They are so sweet to chill with! And finally me and my beautiful bride.


The last shot here is of Shaun Austin and his wife Jaime holding their daughter, my wife and I on the right. Shaun owns an amazing new album company Kiss wedding books. Thanks guys for making my travel more personal and fun as we travel around the country!



Now i just got to remember to take my iphone out and snap some shots of everyone we catch up with, i am so bad at taking photos of everyone when i dont have my big camera!

San Francisco...

I met up with my buddy Garrett Burdick who owns GB photographers and has an amazingly cool location scout companyBirdman with over 500,000 locations logged digitally. Pottery Barn and Williams Sonoma are just some of his clients. The image was shot thanks to Laura who owns a great album design company. We all had breakfast and talked about the wedding photography industry, where its going, the trends and how much of a blessing it is to be a photographer. Thanks for breakfast Garrett!

Friends...

Here are some shots of friends that didnt make it on to our blog posting from the last week,
My Romantic Dinner with my wife on the Canals in Venice, SOO amazing and the food was great!


Here is Rachel sharing our Crepe, I had the Gelato, and we traded, it was a PERFECT desert to finish off out stay in Italy.

Here is my buddies coffee shop, Uptown Espresso. He loves it when we photograph his cups all over the world, inside the coffee shop, they showcase photos from around the world with his cups. Its pretty cool.


I was caught red HANDED eating a wonderful deep dish Chicago style, pizza talking to David Jay when Kenny Kim swung by and we got a mug shot of us, during Pictage's Partner con.


Kenny was sooo good to treat us to dinner for Rachels Birthday at his fav Sushi Restaurant in Chicago, downtown. Later on our way home passing miracle mile (shopping heaven) its a good thing it was late and the stores were closed! Here is the dinner photo with Priscilla and Blake. Meiji's has amazingly good sushi!

ok, well sushi may not be a friend Personally, its a friendly food to eat with friends, and darn good too!

My friend got Engaged in MAIU!

Dane Streeter, my buddy who has an amazing business helping people with their finances over at
So congrats to dane, and here is a photo of Dane and his new fiance Krisin in Maui.