Hello all!

Wow! What a few months! I am two weeks from being done with school until January of 2011 and I am in desperate need of a brake. It has been a crazy summer, but I am super blessed to be this busy in such a crappy economy.

I have to say that Wedding's are awesome! I love them, even with all the stress that comes with the day. There's nothing more rewarding then seeing the grooms watering eyes as he watches his beautiful and radiant bride walking down the isle. Knowing that his life will never be the same but better then it could have ever been alone. To see the bride so delicate and anxious, ready to get on with her new life and show this man she's chosen what he could never have without her. To capture these moments are an honor and a privilege. I am so lucky to be able to shoot so many different types of weddings, it never gets old.

Well I will be back soon to give you brides some awesome tips for your up and coming weddings! Until then for all of you out there don't forget to live, love, and never look back!

God Bless

I would first like to thank the following people for making this shoot possible. Julija Zukova, owner of Zukova Boutique, for giving us these awesome clothes. They were perfect and we couldn't of done it without your support. Molly Mcculloch for shoot styling, hair and make-up. She was absolutely amazing and adapted to all the changes that came at us that day, from rain to location. To our amazing model Jaynell Breshears. She was the best model ever! Not one complaint came from her mouth the whole day and we all were freezing our asses off. Actually I'm pretty sure I was complaining the most, lol! Plus Jaynell just rocked the shoot. She listened to every direction attentively and it showed in her shots. Last but not least, Emmie Alderton for assisting me with all the photography and taking action shots of the shoot. You are an amazing photographer and I am proud to have been able to work with you on this shoot. Thank You.

I actually got the idea for this shoot from Tim Burton's Edward Scissor Hands. I chose to approach the shots like old Polaroid film. So I created some old 1970's Polaroid filters in photoshop, and based everything else after that. Molly helped me develop the look on the shoot like the bike and umbrella. We also wanted the hair to not be so perfect. So she gave Jaynell some volume and texture, but still let some of the hair fall where it may. We really wanted to utilize Jaynell's textured hair. You see too much cookie cut perfection in fashion shots now days. So we went against the grain and kept it as natural as possible. At the end I got this really cool textured feel to the pictures. I was really happy with our

end result. We were able to get this really dark, eerie Gothic English countryside look, but still kept it fashionable in so many ways. It was so much fun working with the girls and I can't wait to do another shoot with them!

Equipment and Software used for this shoot: white sheet reflector, Canon 5D (with a 24-70 mm 2.8 lens), Mac Pro, and Photoshop CS3.

Location: It's a secret "he,he,he."

Any of the clothes seen here can be purchased at Zukova Boutique in downtown Vacaville, CA.

Thanks again, everyone. You were awesome!