Vineyard Engagement Shoot { Marcus & Liz }

Meet Marcus & Liz, Marcus is a rancher, and Liz a viticulture expert. What better location to shoot than in the Santa Inez/San Luis Obispo County wine country area. Fall colors out here are stunning and I wish I could have paused this light and shot forever! Thanks guys for an amazing shoot!

This is a secret vineyard that nobody knows about and there is a ominous looking chain guarding the road.

I love sitting on the job. Always a different perspective.

It was great to hear Liz teach Marcus what she did and what she was looking for as she inspects grape vines in her day to day work on the vineyard.

Meet Liz, a vine expert.

Meet Marcus, he is a hard working cattle rancher. Don't mess with him. But he's cool. We had fun shooting and I totally was digging his "what are you looking at", look.

They had fun, too much fun at times, and this was telling of their relationship, and how much fun they have together.

They love to fish, and we shared many fish stories, so it was fitting to see them with their poles and dreaming about the next fishing trip and the all famous fishing stories.

Piggy back rides are good for your health if your a married couple. Good for the relationship too.

Then there was their dog. He loved chasing balls and running around.

I loved this shoot and am looking forward to their wedding in a few months!

Edna Valley Wedding Shoot { Trevor & Ciera }

This is a cool couple. First off, Trevor was the coolest guy, I wish i grew up with him, my entire process of working with him, as well as during our shoots, he was so much fun to shoot, and chat with. You can see all the guys on his side were real and mellow. The coolest thing about the casual portrait sessions is that we spend hours shooting, talking and growing the friendship. Not only does this build comfort on both sides, but I think I'm more excited to be there when I know how genuinely cool my couples are. Now, Ciera has the best smile and is such a glowing person to be around. She was totally cool to jump fences and go into fields on our shoot to get some insane shots. I think our casual portrait session had some dangerous shots to get into. It was totally worth it because the shots came out sweet. The wedding day was nothing short of amazing as well. We started shooting at 10am and finished 12 hours later. What a day!

When we arrived at Edna Valley, The Photobooth Experience was all set up and we grabbed some shots inside, such perfect light! One has to be creative with shots that are not the traditional standing shots.

Surrounded by her loving girls

Panacea Event Floral Design did the flowers and I especially loved the guys boutonnieres.

Now enter Trevor and his crew. Get ready for fun.

I love it, this toss never gets old and everyone gets a kick out of it. Funny that it was almost 3 years ago that I started this toss over the same vineyard! This time you can see the hills and horizon in the background perfectly!

The traditional fig leaf pose (version 2.0) What a groomsman set!

How amazing is this backdrop. I usually always get better angles while hiding in bushes. I can crop out anything I want and

There was no doubt how seriously in love they were and how proud they were to dedicate themselves this day.

Not to mention how happy they were!

The Photobooth Experience was up for 5 hours and was rockin! Its cool to see couples of ALL ages having a blast inside it.

Ok so check it out, the dad had such a great speech. Its on my top 10 list for SURE. I was stoked at being able to capture her face with her dad sharing his heart.

I LOVE my 85 1.2mm, and even with low light, I was able to sneak in and grab this shot.

Before the end of the night we snagged this last shot of them at sunset.

What an awesome day....

Robert Hall, Paso Robles CA, Wedding Shoot { Nick and Richelle }

Nick and Richelle's big day was huge success and I was greatful to get to work with them and some of our favorite vendors! Its always a pleasure to shoot at Robert Hall Winery with our good friend Brenda, and to party it up with Melissa from Kramer Entertainment.