Julie and James
Santa Rosa, California engagement

06.25.2010 | Engagements | 5 Comments
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Dave

Julie and James both work in the entertainment industry in Los Angeles, which may explain why they manage to look so cool, so effortlessly. We met for a portrait session at James’ family home in Santa Rosa, where they will be married later this year. The property boasts stunning golden hillsides dotted with oaks and a spectacular view of the valley below.

If Julie looks familiar, you may have seen Ben’s coverage of her sister Carrie’s wedding in 2008.

- Dave

I was privileged to have the lovely Lonnie volunteer as photo assistant for me.

  • vladimir Chaloupka: wow, love the photos dave, and love the blog too--really great stuff!! (08.17.2010 03:24pm)
  • Steve: great shots and use of light, that second shot is incredible (08.17.2010 10:06pm)
  • Eugene: wow! great composition! beautiful! (09.08.2010 06:50am)
  • JULIAN ABRAM WAINWRIGHT: LOVING THE IMAGES, LOVING THE NEW BLOG. ALL OF YOU ARE DOING GREAT WORK. TOTALLY ROCKIN' THE NATURAL LIGHT! (09.08.2010 11:31am)
  • Chris Jordan: Nice work on this shoot and congrats on the blog launch. It looks great. cj (09.09.2010 01:06am)

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Tina and Jeff
Woodside, California Wedding

06.24.2010 | Weddings | 4 Comments
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Aaron

Tina and Jeff’s wedding took place at the Thomas Fogarty Winery in the scenic mountains of Woodside California.

Thank you to Mauricio, who took many of the photos you see here.

-Aaron

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  • Steve: such high level images guys with the infuence of ben, very impressive and inspiring. (08.17.2010 10:08pm)
  • Beena Menon: These images are just simply stunning! Every single frame is so eye catching! (09.08.2010 08:12am)
  • christian: I love how well-thought out your compositions are in all that pace of a wedding (09.08.2010 12:10pm)
  • Matthias: The dock shot and the one right above it are fantastic. Great work guys. (10.19.2010 05:49pm)

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Alena and Geoff
Santa Barbara, California Wedding

06.23.2010 | Weddings | 6 Comments
post by
Aaron

Alena and Geoff’s carnival/circus themed wedding at the beautiful and newly renovated Granada Theater in downtown Santa Barbara was certainly the most unique wedding I have witnessed yet. Considering how Alena and Geoff found each-other while attending Burning Man, nothing could have better suited their love for dressing up other than a wedding that consists of everything from guests participating in their favorite carnival themed attire, to performers who juggled on stilts and performed puppet shows.

Thanks to Mauricio for coming down to Santa Barbara with me.

- Aaron

photo below by Mauricio.

photo below by Mauricio.

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  • Steve: Such a unique and fun wedding, classy and elegant images and still showed the fun. (08.17.2010 10:11pm)
  • Lounge Fotografia: nice pics, unusual wedding! (09.07.2010 11:09pm)
  • Hugo Hernandez: Always inspiring. (09.08.2010 05:17am)
  • Cathy and David: Craziest, coolest and awesomest wedding evers. :) (09.08.2010 03:28pm)
  • Allison: Love, love, love seeing these photos again! And I especially like seeing the ones you chose for this post. aaron and mauricio, You were both such fun additions to wedding! (09.09.2010 01:12am)
  • Jerzy Modrak: Brilliant! It fills my heart with hope and joy to see how you guys are developing. you, your maestro and maestra can be proud of yourselves. (12.02.2010 11:31am)

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Buu and Brian
Berkeley, California engagement

06.23.2010 | Engagements | 4 Comments
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Mauricio

Buu and Brian live in downtown Sacramento, but came into Berkeley for their engagement session. They said they didn’t want any “cookie cutter engagement photos,” so we tried really hard to be creative as possible. Thanks Buu and Brian for spending the day exploring the campus with me!

- Mauricio

  • Steve: I would believe ben shot this and that is my ultimate compliment - your creative ablilities are so high level MAuricio. (08.17.2010 10:13pm)
  • James: WOW Mauricio, these are amazing. I spend hours looking at BEN and Erin and the 3 of you guys. You guys are some of my favorite photographers. I've been going to Cal for 2 years, going on my 3rd, and i have never seen shots like these. I hope i can be as creative as you guys. Great work! (09.07.2010 11:00pm)
  • davina: mauricio, you are amazing. you really have a unique way of seeing. i can't wait to see what the future holds for you! (09.08.2010 04:16pm)
  • mike: just stopping by for a preview--So excited to have you and aaron photographing my wedding! these are great. I would have been tempted to clone out the last couple of words on that red marquee to make it read "check us out" (09.22.2010 08:15am)

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