Alissa and Ryan were married at the stunning San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito, CA. My favorite location ever! Alissa is a photographer and went to Brooks Institute, we met at WPPI a few years back when her and Ryan dropped in one of my platform speaking deals. They live in Philadelphia and own an amazing online boutique named Horne. These guys are so creative I love it!!

The details are stunning! Lisa Vorce of Oh How Charming was their event planner, and Mindy Rice was the amazing florist.. need I say more?!  :)

In celebration of Spring and in refreshing your album collection for 2010 , My Sponsor Cypress and I are giving away a Free Iris Book assembly with 20 sides (10 pages) 12×12, a box to protect your beautiful album, and your choice of Swatch.. a $700 value to 1 lucky photographer.

All you have to do is add your e-mail in the slot below, then write a comment on what your dream photo assignment would be.  Dena Roberts (owner of Cypress) and I will select a winner on Monday May 11, 2009. Both Email and comment must be submitted to WIN. Winner will be selected at random. Good Luck! I swear I want to win this!!

Cypress is my album of choice for all of my portrait sessions and weddings. These albums are individually handcrafted by artisans. Every album is made from rich, smooth, heavyweight fine art paper and fabrics. My favorite album they offer is the Iris Book, a flush mounted album. Who wouldn’t love them?!

Ben is a photographer and went to Brooks Institute of Photography, the same college I went to a million years ago ;) .. they’re getting married in beautiful Ohio.

Robyn and Rob are getting married in Santa Barbara this summer, Jill La Fleur is their amazing planner.. cant wait!

Kim of Toast Santa Barbara put this bright, fun party together for Georgia’s B-Day, love those over grown flowers..

Crazy I know.. but on the realase date of Wedding Photography Unveiled Book It hit #1 on Amazon’s Best seller in Portrait catergory ( it changes every hour) ..

And of course I can’t leave out this really fun Super 8 Film Joel of Joel Serrato Films captured for Janet and Adrian. Im even in there here and there.. lol!

I don’t get very personal here on my blog.. but I couldn’t resist sharing these images of my little sister’s wedding. Janet and Adrian decided on a very small intimate wedding on a local farm where they live. Even though they are young, they found love early in life and Im very proud and excited on their new life together.

Charmaine and Kon invited me to capture their stunning wedding in Singapore. Joel Serrato of Joel Serrato Films filmed their Super 8.. Film coming tomorrow ;)

Italy is a dream .. A perfect place to conduct a workshop, the lighting is so warm, the surroundings are stunning and the people are so genuine.

Gene Higa and I are excited to bring to you this awesome opportunity to join us in a 3 day Wedding Photography Workshop in the Chanti Hills of Tuscany on October 27-29, 2009.

We blocked out 1 whole week at the Chanti Farm Villa, which was built more than 300 years ago. Stay as long as you’d like for only $85 a night. A personal chef, models, make-up, floral, and much more.

Visit the A Villa Workshop to see what is included and what we will be covering through out our 3 full days of classes.

Click HERE for more info.