Hello! This is Rob and Natalie. Rob is an awesome graphic designer and Natalie is a lawyer. They like cool things like hiking, traveling and Star Wars. We had an rad time exploring the acclivities of san luis obispo and talking about random nonsensical yet totally awesome things. Like hawaiian vacations and building zip lines. I had a rad time and Look forward to their wedding this september at The Jack House and Gardens with Mark Padgett Event Design!

Amy loves ice cream and Zac loves Amy so by all logic Zac must love ice cream.

This is a super rad couple that Necia and I shot at the end of March. Their beautiful wedding was held at the Highlands Inn in Carmel. The whole day was full of love and joy as they were surrounded by their close friends and family. The next stop for these two, Kaua’i! Enjoy!

The month of march has treated me with a few things, green hills, hanging out with friends and the pleasure of photographing close friends who are getting married. This weeks installment of what seems like a 3 part series is one of my closets friends from college (and beyond), Steven Hasegawa and his best friend/fianceé/ partner in shenanigans, Katie Gilfoy. Steven and I met in the Cal Poly Art & Design Department and we grew to become close friends as we endured hours of cutting, gluing, drawing, mouse clicking and yelling at printers in order to make our 8 am critique. We  took numerous classes together in order to challenge and encourage one another and to this day, we still work on side projects together just for the fun of it. When He met Katie, I instantly knew that they were perfect for each other. Her creativity and quirkiness fit so well with steven’s, it easy to see that they are two peas. Even though I am sad to see him leave SLO, I am excited to see what married life has in store for them and I look forward to seeing what crazy awesome side projects we all can come up with together.

Steven is an awesomely talented designer at Level Studios and Katie is an architecture student just finishing up her masters at USC.

Congratulations to our friends Brittany & Ryan! Necia and I use to hang out (food, games & LOST) with Ryan and Brittany often when they lived down here in SLO, but sadly moved up to the Bay Area a couple years ago. We were super excited/honored when they asked us shoot their engagement pictures and their wedding!  It is always a blessing when we get to photograph friends weddings because we get to hangout with them all day. Their wedding was held at  Wedgewood Crystal Springs in Burlingame, the weather could not have been more perfect. The ceremony site was super beautiful and over looked the Crystal Springs Reservoir. We are excited for them and looking forward to our next settlers game. Ryan and Brittany, the glove has been thrown down!

I love it when my friends get engaged. I get extra excited when I get to be a sneaky photographer ninja and capture a ring unveiling.

Josh upped his game with this proposal. The whole day involved a road trip from the central coast to Hume Lake (where they met) and back with special stops in between. The grand finale was for them to stumble upon a chest, on a rocky reef next to the ocean, that is full of love notes in bottles. Once discovered and the main note read, Josh would ask her.  His brother, sister and I went an hour earlier to set it up and to wait in anticipation. The weather was perfect and Josh timed their arrival just right with the sun reaching its golden hour glory. When they reached the spot were we placed the chest, all went according to plan and She Said Yes.

Joshua Micah Coffey is one of my oldest friends. Him and I  go WAY back to the days of the mountain and all the adventure that it offered young teenage boys. It is such a rad experience to grow up with a friend and then to witness him fall in love with the girl of his dreams and start off on their new life together. I am so happy for Josh and Sawyer.

P.S. Kyle…your next

Narineh and I go way back to the days in the Cal Poly Art and Design Department.  She currently is an art director at Level Studios here in SLO. When she got engaged to Raffi, I was super stoked. Necia and I (and Steven Hasegawa!) are excited to shoot their big fat armenian wedding this coming september! For this shoot, she wanted something to contrast the Bay area, where they were getting married. We planned an epic road trip down to LA and poured over several different locations until we found the Viceroy. As soon as we saw the images, we knew it would be perfect for them. So one february morning, we loaded up their car and headed down South.

On a warm february afternoon, Necia and I traveled up to Cayucos to hang out with Matt and Katie! We walked through the shops, ate some ice cream and explored the beach. It was super epic. We are looking forward to working with Mark Padgett at their wedding at the Cliffs in August!

One crisp fall morning, I embarked up 101 and met justin and denise at stanford university for this epic fall engagement session. Denise is a stylist for photoshoots and she brought her A game for this shoot! I love her style and her work. It was fun exploring stanford and all the beautiful backdrops that it has to offer. Their wedding is in may and we are super stoked for getting to shoot at the Winchester Mystery house!

On a unusually warm fall day, Tim and Jessie were married at the beautiful Santa Margarita Ranch. The weather couldn’t be more perfect, the hills were starting to turn green and the trees were still sporting their brilliant fall hue. Their wedding was adorned by super awesome hand made goodies from pin wheels and flags to grandmas peach jelly! And the finishing touch were their close friends and family in attendance. It was truly an amazing day.

Special thanks to my  super awesome assistant Meagan Rameriz! Thanks for being a champ!

I don’t know where to start really. I was seriously blown away at Justin and Lauren’s, epic wedding day in Montecito, California. Necia and I had such a seriously rad time that words escape me. So I will keep this brief and let my images do the talking. Ariel of Ariel Yve Designs worked with Lauren to help plan and coordinated the whole day. My Lovely wife aka Umbrella Tree Design created the invites, menu, hand crafted escort cards and table numbers. The ceremony was at the beautiful Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Montecito and the reception was at the incredible Four Seasons Biltmore in Santa Barbara. Just so you know, we are SUPER stoked for this couple.  j+n