So You Think You Can Dance!

...is my FAVE show right now!! It's almost ridiculous how much I love it. I have a little bit of a dance background, not much, but enough to be hopelessly in love with dance and dreaming of the day I can get back into it. The last time I was on a stage it was at Cal Poly in 2005... Yikes time flies!! My favorite is usually contemporary (or modern) but this week on the show there was this hip-hop dance that was so brilliant it left me almost in tears by the end, and then watching it 10 times over! It's not very often that a piece can move you in such a way but this one really did. Mark and Chelsie just rocked it...



And then from the week before I LOVED this one by Courtney G and Gev. I watched it like 10 times over too. It's just so beautiful...




They are worth watching, PROMISE!

Today I am off to shoot a wedding for Amy and Travis in San Juan Capistrano so I hope you enjoy a wonderful weekend :)

Jen and Aaron

This was the wedding where I was privileged to shoot alongside the fabulously amazing Dane Sanders a couple weeks ago, the Fast Track Photographer Extraordinaire who has written a book that's almost hot off the press! Check out the Fast Track and make sure to sign up for his newsletter to find out when you can get your hands on one. It's going to be ridiculously good and something to drastically impact our photography industry in the best way possible.

Shooting in Santa Barbara with Dane was probably one of those pivotal markers for me that I will be able to look back on for its impact on my photography as well as in me personally. I don't know anyway to explain it other than, HUGE. And getting to work with a couple like Jen and Aaron was just the icing on the cake... they just have this breeziness about them when they are together. They are so warm, joyful, and have this deep and calm strength together.

Here are some faves from their day where we started at El Capitan Canyon Resort, and then made our way to a gorgeous ranch for the ceremony and reception overlooking the ocean...

(there's enough for a slideshow here! beware :)


The gorgeous dress...




Jen's girls getting her all ready... she never even needed to look in the mirror they were that good!













The first look!! This is seriously such a great idea so that you can just go straight to your reception and enjoy your cocktail hour.. all the pictures can be done beforehand and you get tons of time with just the two of you together :) It gives plenty of time so there's waaaaayyyy less stress, and time to get creative and have the best photos possible. If it sounds like I am selling you something, yup, I am ;)












Then there's time for photos like this!! Which is totally a big fave :)
















Here's the table setup...


















As a surprise Aaron sang to Jen as she walked down the aisle towards him...




















And then there's time after the ceremony for a couple more pictures too...







So this is rad. Jen and her helpers hand-made each and every one of these paper cranes. Impressive and gorgeous! This was where all of the guests walked down from the ceremony down to the reception area.



And then the party started...




With one of the best cover bands EVER! Senior Year.




The lead singer knew how to rock it. He had everyone dancing the night away from song number 1.




There was a call to the crowd for a harmonica player, and one of Jen and Aaron's friends stepped it up and brought the house down! They thoroughly enjoyed it!





The whole day was simply amazing. A million thank you's to Dane for including me :)

Amy and Eric

This wedding was such a favorite. I had help from my UBER talented friend, the one and only Eric Turner who is just always a blast to hang out and shoot with! Thank you Eric for being AMAZING!

One of the coolest things about the day was during the ceremony when a whole flock of Pelicans swooned over us all. It was like they just sent a little love from the heavens and sealed the deal on an absolutely PERFECT day.

Here are (A LOT of!) faves from Amy and Eric's incredible wedding in Santa Cruz...





This is the way to go. Rainbows are the best!



Eric (the Groom) had made his ring himself. Impressive!!


































































That last one is totally a fave. Look closely for a funny. Or maybe you just had to be there...

Thank you Amy and Eric for welcoming us so warmly, I can't wait for Sarah's wedding in August!!

Here is the slideshow in case you would like to check it out... (once again it's set to load completely so just be patient) :)