Weddings
J & A Kane Wedding
Justin and Anita were married in Pismo Beach, California, as close to the Pacific Ocean as you can possibly get without being in the sand with a wedding dress. In fact we did take them down to the beach to get some photographs of the both of them. Walking down the long staircase at the Sea Crest Ocean Front Hotel to the beach below can be quite a task for anyone especially anyone in a wedding gown however Anita was very willing to take on the task for the images that would be captured after the decent to the sandy beach below.
The reception for Justin and Anita was held at Steamers of Pismo Beach just down the street from Sea Creast in their banquet room, wonderful food and atmosphere both.
Their exit was no less spectacular than their wedding location with sparklers ablaze the bride and groom left the reception to start their lives together.
If a bride and groom elect to see each other before their wedding it really can make the day much more relaxing for everyone, including the guests who look forward to the grand entrance of the couple to the reception.
Ellis Wedding
A “Vegas Wedding”, though it wasn’t really like that, please let me tell a bit of the story. Dominique and Bryan were married and Victoria’s Family, a beautiful, small, everything in one place wedding chapel about 10 minutes from what Vegas people call the “Strip”. Dominique and Bryan live in Vegas and are madly in love and wanted to get married. In this instance what happened in Vega’s though the memories do stay there the decision was made through a long courtship. It was a quick trip to Vegas but a wonderful opportunity to support family. Enjoy the wedding photo samples below.
Kane Wedding, Paso Robles, California
Bird and Davis were married on Friday, July 09, 2010 in a ceremony starting at just the right time, the mid-day heat had just broken in Paso Robles, California as their wedding started. Everything came together beautifully with the help of Vina Robles Winery and their beautiful grounds and the correctly chosen accents. The view from facility and their grounds is nothing but the golden rolling hills of California topped with the green patterns of rolling vineyards, a beautiful location for celebrating the start of a life together for Bird and Davis both.
Bird had a hard time allowing me to photograph her wedding as I am her brother and she really wanted me to enjoy their wedding, but realized that I would enjoy the wedding best through the viewfinder of my camera and every photo captured of their big day.
Location: Vina Robles Winery, Paso Robles, California http://www.vinarobles.com/
Florist: Bloom and Grow http://www.bloomngrow.com
Wedding Cake: Two Little Birds Bakery http://www.twolittlebirdsbakery.com
Photography: Kevin Ford http://kjfphoto.com
Bird and Davis Engagement Photos
Blessed to have beautiful people in my family I am asked a couple times per year to take photographs, this time it was an engagement session for my sister. Newly engaged, it was fun to be the photographer and fun to use some of the new backdrops that I have available to me at my new home here in Visalia.
Congratulations Bird and Davis, I can’t wait to photograph your wedding.
Wedding of Michael and Candace – Preview
Couldn’t wait to publish at least a preview of Michael and Candace on their wedding day. Candace and Michael were married Saturday January 16, 2010 at the Heritage Complex at the International Ag Center, Tulare, California. From the reception hall you would have never know that it wasn’t a ski lodge someplace in the alpines with all of the pine trees around the facility.
The wedding was completely an expression of themselves and the love that they share, wonderful to be apart of.
A quick trip to Illinois
A long trip away from our home in Visalia my wife and I took a quick trip out to Illinois this past weekend to see one of my friends married off, what a beautiful state. I think that it happened that Katherine and I went to Illinois at just the right time as the corn fields were dry, ready for harvest and the weather wasn’t a suffocating kind of hot that I am told can often settle over the region. Instead of the oppressive heat that Illinois can experience I was greeted by the weather of fall, just weeks away from fall colors and days away from settling frost I could have spent 3 weeks instead of the 3 days that I was in Illinois.
Town after town was full of old structures, old and well cared for barns were scattered across the countryside as thick as the tree’s gracing the rolling hills. There was a since of something different in Illinois that reminds me of no where else I had ever been. I hope that I can return some day and take in the sites and many photographs that can be taken.
Asked to be a part of the wedding party my role as a photographer was to be severely hampered, I did however manage to take a couple of photographs that I thought could be shared. The bride and groom will be the only ones besides myself to see any additional images, I think that the few that I can share should speak for themselves.
Our New Wedding Album
In an effort to create the best wedding album for my clients I’m pleased to announce that I have upgraded to a new product. A wedding album leather bound with full page spreads and no gutter. This allows the photographs to be show nice and large across two pages, a real treat to all who receive the opportunity to look through it.
If you live in the Visalia area please contact me concerning your wedding and be sure to let us know that you would like to see the new wedding album.
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The Wedding of Allie and Josh
It’s a beautiful thing to see two people who have been so much in love for so many year finally get married, such is the story of Allie and Josh two very good friends of mine who have been dating for almost as long as I have known them. You can read their individual stories at http://allieandjosh.org/ so I won’t dive into that myself. I would simply like to congratulate them on their recent marriage and share a couple of photographs that I snapped of them from the sidelines on their wedding day. It’s nice to, at times, be able to just enjoy a wedding and what an enjoyable wedding it was.
PLEASE NOTE I WAS NOT THE PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THIS EVENT JUST A FRIEND WITH A CAMERA
Photography was provided by: Jessica Hill http://www.jessicahillphotography.com/
Dustin and Rachel Engagement Photographs
Dustin, Rachel and I had a great time trapsing through the countryside during their engagment shoot, we went to many different fields and a park to capture the images shown here. Rachel was particularly excited about the blossom trail as she had never seen so many tree’s in bloom and wanted to make sure that she could have engagement photographs amongst them. Many thanks to Rachel and Dustin for their attentiveness to getting that perfect photograph for their engagement.
I look forward to helping them get the information necessary to find a good photographer for their wedding which will be held in the Mississippi/Tennessee area.
Candace and Michael (take 2)
Candace and Michael were gracious enough to allow me a second opportunity to take engagement photographs for them, the last time that we got together we were all very hot and very rushed for time. We had a lot of fun running around the countryside near Reedley, Dinuba and Kingsburg.
Please Click Here to view photographs taken of Michael and Candace.
