I’ve been the lucky beneficiary of many a DJ Platurn mix and now so are you! Click on the image below for a free download to the stellar mix that each of their guests received at their tables. FYI Luke is Icelandic and his real name is Illugi which is pronounced completely different than it looks. When he moved to California as a kid, he chose Luke (Skywalker, of course) to make things a little easier on himself and everyone else to get his name right.

Yes, Luke is very tall, and Michele’s aunt is very short!

A few shots of Michele’s awesome style and details.

She made these gorgeous bouquets herself.

Here is the slideshow I made for them.

Congratulations my friends!!

Click on the image below to see the feature:

On a beautiful summer day in New York, Nicole and Tom married their best friends. And I got to document it! With the help of the wonderful Kiersten Rowland of Prema Photographic.

Congratulations Tom and Nicole!

The wedding was held at Vanessa’s family’s property in the gorgeous Redwood country of Garberville, California, an area with so much meaning to them. Her father spent the most part of the year lovingly preparing their land and garden for the festivities. They had to wait to lock in a date until her brother knew he would be able to get leave from the army. He also officiated their wedding. A toast given by Vanessa’s mom in the Pig Latin type language that Vanessa used to speak with her friends was a hilarious highlight.

Lempe’s father was the only family member that was able to make the long trip from Senegal. He is a police officer back home and speaks Senegalese and French. In the slideshow below there is a shot of Vanessa translating his speech for him, and Lempe’s reaction to follow. Since he is Muslim, Lempe’s father doesn’t drink alcohol. I love the shot of Scott (Caitlin’s husband) secretly handing Lempe a flask so he could sneak some wedding day booze without his father noticing.

One more great tidbit, their dress requirement was to add an element of flair!

Vanessa was so sweet to send me a great Zouk song to go with the slideshow and the love poem read at their ceremony which follows.

It’s best to let the slideshow load before watching it.

Love by Roy Croft


I love you


Not only for what you are,


But for what I am

When I am with you.


I love you,


Not only for what

You have made of yourself,


But for what

You are making of me.


I love you

For the part of me

That you bring out;


I love you

For putting your hand

Into my heaped-up heart


And passing over

All the foolish, weak things

That you can’t help
Dimly seeing there,


And for drawing out

Into the light

All the beautiful belongings


That no one else had looked

Quite far enough to find


I love you because you

Are helping me to make

Of the lumber of my life

Not a tavern

But a temple.


Out of the works

Of my every day

Not a reproach

But a song.


I love you

Because you have done

More than any creed

Could have done

To make me good.


And more than any fate

Could have done

To make me happy.


You have done it

Without a touch,


Without a word,


Without a sign.


You have done it

By being yourself.

Felicitations Vanessa and Lempe!

I entered the wedding photography world as a music/editorial/documentary photographer. At first I was a little skeptical. I kept to myself and didn’t pay a whole lot of attention to what other wedding photographers were doing. Until I realized that there are AMAZING wedding photographers out there. Photographers that inspire me to be a better photographer no matter what my subject is. One of the first things I noticed was that there was a photographers’ association that kept coming up when I looked at the work of those who I thought were the best in the industry. This was ISPWP -The International Society of Professional Wedding Photographers. I’m proud to have reached a personal goal of mine to be approved as a member of ISPWP and to be among the best wedding photographers in the world!

They say it best….

Click on the image below to be directed to ISPWP and see what they’re all about:

I thought this might be interesting to read for brides looking for a photographer:

Thank you to ISPWP!

I had to take a pause during some West Coast wedding travels to announce this amazing post of Tami and Dan’s Playa Mujeres wedding on the Lovely blog today. Click on the image below to be directed to the Lovely blog and take a peak at the beauty of this wedding.

Click on the image below to view the post on SMP!!

To view my original blog post on their wedding click here.
To see their killer wedding album click here.

Justin and Katy live just up the road from me in San Pancho and run an outstanding wedding design and coordination company called Playa Bliss Weddings. When they asked me to photograph their wedding I was truly honored. I love that they adore the area and chose to get married in the town church and have some mariachi dancing and hang out time in the plaza with the locals. I had to do a whole slideshow to tell this story.

Here is the slideshow of their day. It’s best to let it load before pressing play.

Congratulations Justin and Katy!!