Featured: California Wedding Wave

I am loving Ceremony magazine's NEW wedding blog, a great new site & inspiration for brides, check out one of my Puerto Vallarta weddings they put up!

Blog: California Wedding Wave 

Niko & Vanessa: Wedding Day in Puerto Vallarta!

A classic portrait of the grandparents...

A beautiful and unique ceremony set up by the creative Dazzling Details coordinators!

Grooms father keeping the groomsmen in line :)

A big thanks to Paulina, a local photographer, for shooting with me and getting some great shots, gracias amiga!!!

Niko & Vanessa's Wedding Day!

Mismaloya, Mexico

Check out their wedding day slideshow!

A few of my favorites from the Day After (Trash the Dress) Session!

Jill & Alex: Puerto Vallarta TEASER!

Volunteer in SoCal: Help out Newlyweds!

Please take a minute to read the emotional and tragic wedding day story of Kristen and Frank.

I felt that I need to spread the word to my fellow blog readers in the area...

If you are looking for a place to volunteer, have some extra time to spare, or would love to just help out a family in need - these newlyweds could use a helping hand!

IF YOU LIVE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA they really need hands...from demolition to basic wall painting, they need help!
Go to: www.teamtank2.com to sign up
(*also, they are accepting direct donations AND gift cards to Lowes/Home Depot )

You can follow Frank's progress on his blog at:
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/frankalioto

Please continue to pray for Kristen and Frank as they need all the support they can get through this difficult time.

Bucerias, Mexico!

The beautiful children... who can resist buying the homemade bracelets from these kids!?
Just an update from one of our favorite places in the world, Bucerias!!! Paul and I have been in Mexico this past week shooting Jill and Alex's Wedding! The wedding was beautiful! Pics will be up soon - As for now, we're heading out for one last shoot before we head home!


Thank you all so much for your patience on my response time to emails and I will return calls on Wednesday!

Steven & Gina: Wedding Day in Mexico!

Steven & Gina invited me out to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to share their special day with them! Paul and I had such a great time there - always do! It's becoming our 2nd home and we are becoming quite familiar with the area and locations to shoot. We are honored to work besides the amazing ladies, Kristin and Michelle of The Dazzling Details whom always make the scene absolutely breathtaking!




...we see such unique beauty all over Mexico, during the shot below the locals were yelling at us not to shoot there because they thought it was "no bonito" (not so pretty) - we thought just the opposite, and actually spent most of our time here doing the romantic shots... :)






Steven & Gina's Wedding Day Slideshow here!

We definitely try to take full advantage of the scenery with destination weddings, almost all our couples are up for the "Trash the Dress" or "Day After" session after their busy wedding week. This allows us to really get the creative & edgy shots we may not have been able to get on the wedding day.


First, we explored around downtown Puerto Vallarta and then headed to the beach!













To view more pics from the Day After Session: CLICK HERE!

Puerto Vallarta "Trash the Dress" VIDEO!!!

Take a peek at our "trash the dress" session...don't forget to disable the main page music and stay til the end to enjoy the miriachi band! :)



Paul and I put together this video of our wonderful destination wedding couple, Lori & Richard. They were such troopers through the heat (86 degrees and 80% humidity), we were strugglin! But kept on and wanted to capture a variety of shots, discovering old Mexico, that wasn't able to be a part of the beautiful wedding day. We started out at their hotel then traveled north of Puerto Vallarta to an old little town called Bucerias. It was one of my favorite places with all the colorful walls and unique culture.