ariella and brad: engaged!

without a doubt, this was one of the most fun engagement shoots we have done. we love it when couples are up for anything, and especially when the girls are looking oh-s0-hot like ariella was. we met up at balboa park, and we started out with something simple, to get brad comfy for all the sexiness that would be coming later...



ariella has that natural ability to look sexy doing just about anything, so it was very easy for me and james to capture some incredibly hot pictures of her and brad...



and a few without brad...




and brad, although claiming not to like the way he looked in pictures, complemented ariella very nicely, looking quite gq in our various poses...




we love the scenery at balboa, so we let it take center stage on a couple...




sweet and sexy, this engagement shoot was full of intimate moments and lots of passion. we can't wait for the wedding, congratulations ariella and brad!!

wedding: kim and jesse

kim and jesse got married on a warm spring day in san diego, at the beautiful bali hai restaurant on shelter island. as the girls were getting all glammed up, james spent some time with jesse and his groomsmen around the harbor--they wanted to channel the beatles abbey road.



kim looked absolutely gorgeous, and was a little nervous as the moment got closer and closer.



the ceremony was perfect, very tropically inspired, and they jumped over this broom to represent crossing the threshold into marriage



kim and jesse have the most adorable little girl, bella...



all the girls were looking very hot, and loved to vamp it up for the camera




kim and jesse looked so happy after the ceremony, just thrilled to be married...




they had a beautiful cake at the reception, where everyone had a great time dancing and enjoying the party

we took kim and jesse outside for a few more pictures before we ended the evening, and got some fun and sexy ones--here's one of our faves...

congrats kim and jesse on a very happy and loving marriage, and thank you for letting us be part of your special day.

wedding: amy and sam

amy and sam got married on a beautiful san diego saturday afternoon, on their own private dining cruise. before boarding the ship, we headed to balboa park for some pre-wedding pictures. amy looked amazing, and her dress was perfect.


we fought the crowds on a busy afternoon to find some secluded spots to capture amy and sam looking incredibly happy and excited to be getting married...



we headed over to one of our favorite spots in the park, in front of the botanical garden for a few more shots...



and then over to the fountain for one last shot before we headed over to coronado


we headed over the bridge to ferry landing park, where amy and sam spent some time on the beach, with the beautiful san diego skyline in the background...




we boarded the dinner cruise and sailed san diego harbor, enjoying a wonderful dinner, great music and fantastic dancing. amy and sam ended the night with a memorable kiss in front of the downtown lights, a fabulous ending to a wonderful wedding.
congratulations amy and sam, we thank you for letting us be part of your special day.

heather and randall: engaged!

we met heather and randall last year at heather's sister's wedding - i don't think randall left the dance floor all night, and both heather and randall loved the camera. so we were incredibly excited when they asked us to be their photographers for their wedding, this july at the marine corps recruit depot (mcrd) in san diego.


heather and randall met us at the hotel del on a very gray day, quite uncharacteristic in san diego. randall had just returned from 7 months overseas with the marine corps, so they were very excited when we asked them to make out for us.




we went for a little walk down the beach, to a deserted life guard station where things got a little steamier...

and then headed back to the del for some fun and playful shots...

heather and randall, we are so excited for your wedding, and are looking forward to a lot of amazingly beautiful and fun pictures.

alison and dave: engaged!

we got a great opportunity to meet alison and dave on a saturday afternoon, 2 days before dave was deploying for 6 months. they had driven down from lemoore for the weekend, to spend time with the family and deploy out of san diego.

dave and alison are getting married in january, in beautiful julian, ca. and we wanted to give alison some nice memories of dave while he was away. here are some of our favorite shots of the day...


dave, we wish you a safe return from your deployment and say thank you for serving our country. we can't wait for you to get home!