Jessica and Paul, Dinuba CA

Jessica and Paul had a massive wedding in the middle of Dinuba, CA. After a week of very hot weather, it turned out to be a beautiful day, which was nice for the guys walking around in tuxes at 2pm. :)





The ushers.

Stephanie and Blake, Clovis CA

Stephanie and Blake's wedding was in my hometown, and was at a super cool venue that I never even knew existed. :) They opted to see each other before the ceremony, which gave us LOTS of time for photos beforehand. It was a great time for them to have a break by themselves before the craziness of the wedding day started.

The reception was under trees with string lightbulbs strung. SO cool.

Joe and Karen, Pismo Beach CA

Joe and Karen had an intimate wedding - a total of 11 people were there including them! I REALLY love these super small weddings, because they're so intimate. I feel like a guest because I can personally interact with every single guest, and the couple gets lots of time to hang out with every single person they invited. :)

We went down to Shelter Cove for some photos, and their reception dinner was at Pelican Point Restaurant. I drove away with a huge smile on my face - it's so cool to see couples in love sharing their wedding day with people they love. Weddings are rad.

out for a walk.

Josh and Sarah's Photobooth

Josh and Sarah's Photobooth rocked aaaaaallllllll niiiiiiiiiiiiiight loooooooooooong.

It's cool being a dad.

Really, really cool. :)

Grandparents

This image is one of my favorite photographs so far - it's of an older couple at John and Lexi's Sebastopol Wedding last year.

Grandparents are so cool to see at weddings - they speak of a deep, rich relationship that has grown since a wedding day long since gone. It's such a neat thing to see them in the presence of couples who are incredibly in love, but have yet to really dig into the meat and potatoes of what a loving marriage relationship really looks like.

Honestly, I got pretty lucky. I dated my wife for 11 months and was engaged for 7, and how in the world did I know that our marriage would work out? I was crazy-in-love, so was she, and we couldn't hardly help getting married, but really...how much does one really KNOW a person after 18 months of a relationship? 3 years of a relationship? 6 years of a relationship?

Which brings me back to grandparents. They're evidence that two people who have yet to know the deepest depths of their spouse and may hardly know what they're getting into can synchronously navigate an uncertain world and come out the other side with deep wrinkles etched by many smiles, twinkling eyes, youthful countenances, and a rich understanding of love that us young'n's don't even know exists yet.

I see that in this couple, though I don't know them.

Amy and David's Wedding, Santa Clara CA

Amy and David got married at the Santa Clara University Mission, and had their reception at the AMAZING Mountain Winery in Saratoga, California. The entire day was hawaiian in theme, complete with ukulele music during the ceremony and bright tropical flowers at the reception. It was a BEAUTIFUL day, and their party was super fun. Lots of laughing, dancing, smiles...just a super cool place to spend a Saturday. :)





































The reception was in this building:

the last dance

More to come.