tracie and mike at the prado

it was a perfect evening in san diego (as always), the weather was nice, the sky was clear, and the stars were shining beautifully at the prado in balboa park where tracie and mike were married. they're a beautiful couple and you could see how in love they were, it was an honor to capture their day.

thanks so much miguel, i had a blast shooting with you!

lindsey and brent play at petco park

we'd been wishing on shooting stars, birthday candles, the snow white wishing well at disneyland, and dandelions, but until we met up with the gorgeous lindsey and handsome brent...bupkis. they were the perfect four leaf clover we needed to finally get to shoot an awesome couple on the field at petco park. fyi: it was AWESOME! the grass is so nice it looked fake. one more reason pro players are lucky. we used to play on uneven dirt fields with fire ants, shards of broken glass and gravel. sliding not fun, but i digress.
we had to work quickly at Petco. the Padres gave us our very own official escort that was not only on ot but was hungry and had dinner with his wife on his mind. he was still super nice and brought us all some water and let us have the run of the place. and we ran, we ran so far away. we just ran, we ran all night and day. we were like kids that had just been let out for recess. it was such a fun experience.

while april and i were shooting lindsey and brent, kim got some details of the park.

July...

18th is the magic number

the rocks

and he's...

SAFE at home!

the normally cold, empty park was filled with the light of lindsey and brent's love.

they brought a whole new level of hotness. it temporarily blinded me in my left eye.

on the track

our town. our team. (even when they stink.)

when did the mlb dude turn into pinocchio?

brent made the call from the dugout to bring in his ace, lindsey.

well brent, i'd watch the third base coach if i were you cause i think she's waving you in.

kim and april were all geeked out to be in the dugout, standing next to the box that houses the helmet that sits atop their favorite padres noggin.
oh khalil, how we love thee.

after shooting all we could, it was go time.
thank you so much lindsey and brent for setting up this amazing opportunity. we couldn't ask for a more awesome couple to shoot in one of our favorite places in san diego. we can't wait to spend a little more time with you at your san diego wedding. see you soon!

"how would i describe myself? three words: hard working, alpha male, jack hammer. merciless. insatiable"

i've been tagged quite a few times, but didn't have time to do it. today is no different. so kim is bloggin it. thanks for the tag josh solar!!!

and here we go.....

4 things I did today
1. shot a family session at the beach.
2. edited, edited, edited.
3. did i say edited? i did? ok, uh... fulfilled 3 mass orders of prints. wahoo!
4. wished i had more time with my family

4 things on my to do list
1. go to bora bora, scotland (mine and kim's heritage) new zealand, road trip with najbert fam to new york and hawaii next year.
2. have nate take our fam damily pictures again.
3. get the surround sound system set up downstairs too and get me vespa!!!
4. spend more time with family and hit disneyland as much as possible before my passes expire! let's go!! sing it with me, m-i-c-k-e-y.......

4 of my guiltiest pleasures
1. america's next top model. yah i just said that.
2. vanilla bean ice cream
3. alex
4. shoppin. dave be shop-in!

4 random facts about me
1. my whole family and my wife's are all san diego natives.
2. i met my wife in a club in hawaii on a school nite
3. i love eating hot dogs con queso in argentina
4. If I wasn't a photographer, i would be a male model or the lead singer for color me badd! ha!

4 people I'm tagging. red rover, red rover ,send .....
1. aaron from iheartas right over. why cuz he NEVER blogs.
2. nely right over. just cuz we straight up lurve her
3. tawny right over. cuz she's a bad mutha ... shut your mouth! and she leaves us the raddest comments
4. cathy she's our rockin friend from down unda...
5. YOU.