Brian and I were honored to have been invited to Grace Ormonde’s World Book Tour. We drove up to Vancouver BC on Wednesday to celebrate with Grace, other friends and amazing wedding vendors in the area. The book’s title is…“being in love never goes out of style”. Don’t you love that title?! Not only is [...]
Cheers to Grace Ormonde’s New Book!
Top 10 Reasons Why Anniversary Trips are better than Honeymoons!
10. When your husband excuses himself to go use the restroom and doesn’t come back for twenty minutes, you don’t sweat it. You relax and order another drink. 9. A kayak trip invites great arguments, but instead of spending the rest of the night crying from how rude his critique of your kayak stroke was, [...]
Amazing Weekend! Check It Out!
We arrived home yesterday from the most amazing weekend! It started Thursday. Brittany and Greer had their wedding festivities start on Thursday night and invited Brian and I to come early and celebrate with their friends and family at a special prelude dinner. The whole restaurant was reserved for them with a live country band [...]
Martini Garden Party lasts till 2am!
Last night we had our monthly photography meeting (PUG-Pictage User Group), and we decided to celebrate the season being more than half over with yummy martinis; Green Apple Martinis, Lemon Drop Martinis, Dirty Martinis…you name it, Brian mixed it up. (Just like Tom Cruise in Cocktail! ) It was our first and is for sure [...]
Pacific Weddings!
It’s finally out on stands! Check it out! Shannon and Rob’s wedding feature turned out AWESOME!! Yeah Shannon!
Where to Look, Watch and Read!
It’s crazy at how you can spend months, even a year, on certain projects and then they all end up happening in the same month…July 2007! Here’s where to look this month! On TV: We just got word that our wedding, VH1 filmed last July, is finally going to air! The title of the show [...]
Fireworks Inspire Kissing, Tips for Brides on Invitations and Exercises for Parents to Try Tonight and more Kissing!
Two part post today both having to do with things fireworks inspire, like kissing. Brian knows this well since he kissed me for the first time eleven years ago today. (and the fireworks are still going off) It seems they went off when John and Lauren kissed too! Part 2 is three different exercises to [...]
Love is a Choice!
Some of our friends are putting together a new non-profit website for couples. The website is called Love is a Choice. I love it already! Check it out and see what’s in the works. From what I understand, they’re going to have lots of interviews with married couples sharing tips to how they’ve stayed married [...]
Off Camera Lighting Demistified!
We are finally back home! A pot of homemade soup never tasted so good! Our flight came in Sunday night from an amazing four days in Dallas. We shot Stephen and Erica Hayes wedding in Carrollton, TX and the next day turned around and did a photography workshop. Sunday morning we went to Pastor Mike [...]
Top Music Tip from 2006!
Since I did a Top Limo Tip from 2006, I thought I’d share a Top Music Tip from 2006. This summer we shot a wedding in Sonoma, CA at a small vineyard tucked in the hillside. You can check out Shannon and Rob’s slideshow here. They were such a great couple, and on a side [...]





















