this is halloween, this is halloween, everybody make a scene

to get everyone ready for halloween tonight i thought i'd post up some of our shots from last year. if you want the full halloween effect press play on this video and listen while you scroll.

*cue scariest movie theme song ever*

does this qualify as an awkward family photo?

as you can see i was dressed as the michael myers, april was batgirl, rain was the best joker ever, and noah was a skeleton scarecrow

rain really got into her role. she kinda creeped us out :)

ka-boooom!!
no actual park was blown up in the making of this photo.

kim was my favorite martian.

jake kept complaining that there were a bunch of other kids wearing costumes like his.
ummm... hello, you're a clone!

have a safe and fun halloween everyone. hopefully you don't end up with a bag full of rocks.
we'll post up some shots from this year's madness soon, sans april. sadly, she will not be trick or treating with us this year. boo. BOOOOO APRIL!! this will be our first halloween without her :(
she'll be dressing as a blockhead and staying in her cal arts great-pumpkin patch. :)

hurrryyy baaaaack. hurrryyyyy baaaaaack.

OOGIE BOOGIE!!

april's first solo destination wedding in san francisco

we always get mixed reactions when we tell people that our daughter is our associate photographer. some people think she's too young, some people think she's inexperienced. some people think her hair smells like cinnamon :)
we like to let april's photos speak for her.
ALL the images in this slideshow were shot by april on her very first solo destination wedding. that's right, she shot the whole wedding by herself in the beautiful city of san francisco. april also designed all the layouts in this slideshow.
most of these images tell the story of gerlie and joe's san francisco wedding as april saw it. of course, she also got some shots that were requested by the beautiful couple. for those of you who have seen our previous posts you'll now be able to recognize all the shots that april took. ok, that was a lie. we sometimes shoot a lot alike, but you will be able to tell some of her shots. if in doubt, the best ones are always mine :)
all kidding aside, april is a great visual storyteller. she almost always comes back from a session with shots that blow us away and inspire us.
unfortunately, april is currently off at the California Institute of the Arts refining her "arty side" so we don't get to work with her as much as we used to :( it's only a matter of time before disney or pixar or some other big studio sees her talent and snaps her up. until then, we'll keep begging her to come home on the weekends to work with us :)

on a side note for all you photographers out there, here is the capper. kim and i had all of our best gear with us because we were shooting kamran and leila's persian wedding at the Fairbanks Ranch Clubhouse in Rancho Santa Fe on the same day. april shot this entire wedding with our old canon 10d and rain's digital rebel with the following lenses, tamron 17-35mm 2.8-4.0, tamron 28-300mm 3.5-6.3, canon 50mm 1.8, and a canon 24-70mm 2.8. i think april did an amazing job composing and capturing these frames considering the gear she had, the unfamiliar location, and the fact that she was by herself! i guess it really is more about the artist than the equipment :)
great job april! we will never get sick of saying, WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!
now come home :)

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a pint of cardiff, a swig of swami's, a pitcher of encinitas, and one drunk guy

kimberly and cory's engagement session was going to be ALL business, so we planned to meet at the office in cardiff.
following are the minutes from our meeting.

first item on the agenda... sexy business.

next, we opened it up to a round table discussion.

things became heated when kimberly and cory began biting at each other.

common ground was reached and we got down to a little fun business...

which led back to some more sexy business. seeing a pattern here? :)

in the middle of our meeting cory pulled kimberly aside for a private conference. whatever he said was met with great enthusiasm and...

a binding arrangement between the two was made.

as with nearly every business meeting there is always someone that feels left out. someone who just wants their voice to be heard. in this attendee's case, he just wanted us to see the wet spot on his shirt that came from an undisclosed liquidy source of wetness. don't ask, don't tell bro :)

sidebar, i wish this blog had smell-o-vision. i hope this dude made it home safely. his walking skills at the time looked questionable at best.

but, uh, back to the session at hand. perfection is perfected, so i'm 'a let 'em understand.

our minutes come to a close
with a shot of kimberly and cory's toes,
the sun setting in the west
our time spent, the best.

thank you kimberly and cory for sharing some of your favorite san diego spots with us. one of our favorite things about going to places that mean something to our couples is the chance to see where our couples met, fell in love, and spent so many fun days together. the local flavor is always a sweet added bonus too :) we love that stuff! seriously.
can't wait for your wedding at the inn at rancho santa fe in san diego!

cop cars make the best backdrops

mad love.
two words in a long list of english expressions that could have multiple meanings, yet in this context has but one. it is a description of colleen and john's love for each other. in their eyes and through their acts it is visible to all. every moment shared between them that we witnessed was filled with happiness, smiles, lover's glances, and long embraces. colleen and john are madly in love with each other...
and we love them for it!
we had perma-grins on our faces the entire time we were doing colleen and john's engagement session in balboa park. we see people in-love all the time, but colleen and john took it to a whole new level.
we got mad love fo ya colleen and john!

Gangstaaaaaaaaaaas... chicka chicka yah. what's up guys?

thank you colleen and john for not being afraid of a little pda. you two are smokin hot all on your own, but when you're together you're like lava. we can't wait for your wedding at orfila vineyard!

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