For Brooke and Johnnie's engagement session, we spent a couple hours running around Johnnie's family's ranch. I truly love when we can work in a location that has a connection to my subjects. And if you know these guys, yes this was a year ago and their wedding will be posted up soon!
For Diane and Will's wedding I got to see and work at D&D Ranch in Madera for the first time. It was a great, quirky venue full of character and a fun place to hang out. The ceremony took place at St Anthony's, one of my favorite churches with it's extraordinarily unique architecture. Diane and Will were a fantastic couple to work with and their crazy friends made the party an absolute blast. Enjoy!
We couldn't have asked for a better venue for a wedding than Jack Stone's Barn. Although there aren't as many weddings out there as in years past, it's still a great venue. A cool, rustic old barn, a pond, a beautiful setting for any kind of celebration. Even though it was scorching hot, Kristel and Ryan had a blast with their family and friends and it was a great wedding all the way around. Take a minute and enjoy a few of my favorite moments from the day!
Taking full advantage of the amazing weather and spring bloom, we headed out to a blooming almond orchard east of Fresno for Sarah and Aaron's engagement session. Once again, I was blessed with such a great and enthusiastic couple. Had a great time with these two, I hope you enjoy the photographs!
I'm looking forward to photographing Robin and Steve's wedding at the Valhalla Grand Hall in South Lake Tahoe next year! Here are a few from their engagement session to help tide you over until then. We started out in downtown Fresno and then headed out to an old abandoned farm. Here are a few of my favorites.
Sheri and Kevin were married a few weeks ago at the "new" old venue The Grove. You may know it as Hobbs Grove, but they've revamped the place to cater more to weddings and it's looking great. This was my first chance to work at The Grove and I was fortunate to have such cool, laid back couple to spend the day with. In spite of the heat, everyone had a blast and I took a few photographs that I'm pretty proud of. See a few of them here!
Kaitlin is the sister of Kendall who's wedding I photographed a couple years ago (you can see Kendall and Ryan's wedding in the featured wedding gallery section of this site) so when Chas called and asked if I was willing to travel over to Carmel Valley to photograph their wedding, it was an easy "YES!" The view from Holman Ranch is absolutely stunning and the detailed, stone construction of the buildings was amazing. It's easily become one my favorite venues to work in - I can only hope someone else will invite me over in the future. Enjoy the gallery of my favorite images from the day...
Emilie's family owns a huge ranch up in the foothills outside of Fresno (or Clovis I guess) so when it came time to shoot their engagement session we headed for the hills. After a quick stop to catch some of the last orchard blossoms of the season, we made our way to the ranch. It was a very cool spot, complete with one of those cool old weathered barns. Check out a few of my favorites from the session.
Leah and Blair had a spectacular plan for their wedding day - and with more than a few nervous looks to the sky hoping the rain wouldn't come, it came off beautifully. Leah's family orchard was in full bloom and made for a perfect setting for photographs and the backdrop to their reception in the barn. Their ceremony took place at the Reedley Mennonite Brethren church. The highlight of the day is when Leah and Blair arrived to the reception in a fully restored Ford Model A, driving down the grassy lane planted down one of the orchard rows. I must also mention the talented Mr. Mariano Friginal accompanied me to shoot video - see the sweet trailer here. Here's (more than)
