Monthly Archives: August 2010

Katie and Tim – Wedding

Seacrest Wedding Photography Shooting weddings close to my house reminds me of why I love living where I live and love doing what I do. Katie and Tim’s Seacrest Resort wedding in Pismo beach last Saturday was remarkable. Many of the guests traveled from Southern California and were delighted by the pleasant Central Coast weather...

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Ring Photography

I’ve received a few emails this summer regarding my wedding ring photography. So, I thought I would pull a few of my favorite ring shots from recent weddings and talk a little about how I shot them. *Warning* If you aren’t a photographer, you might want to skip to the pictures as “photographer geek talk”...

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Quincy - Your ring photos are STUNNING.. I think they are my favorite to look at :) Can you teach me how to take pretty pictures??? :)

Teresa K - Thanks for sharing! I’m going to go for it on the 60mm micro lens.

Joseph Olesh - Very nice work! Glad to hear you’re working out of SLO, too

Erika and Mike – Wedding

Dana Powers Barn wedding site is truly unique. The Dana Powers House is surrounded by lush gardens and the Victorian home serves as a gorgeous backdrop for a summertime garden wedding. Just up the hill, is Dana Powers Barn….the perfect wedding reception location. The Dana Powers Barn sits between rows of sweet smelling orange trees...

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Nessa K - What a beautiful venue! I’m jealous you got to be a part of this wedding; you did such a beautiful job!!

nadine - The shot of the cake is pretty fabulous!

Thomas Lester - Fantastic! Love the video, too. Erika is gorgeous! Great images, great details in the wedding. Well done all around.

Eric Kotara - Great work all around. That location is really nice and you captured it all well. Nice work on the portraits and details.

geneoh - love the ring shot. great job.

A Story in Time - I love the group shot on the haystack. Your video is awesome!

Shella - OMG I heart this wedding – gorgeous details, gorgeous couple!

Avelaine Scyrup - Wow, lighting that barn must have been a real challenge, but you did wonderfully well! These are beautiful images you created.

Amber Hughes - Loving the details from this wedding! What fun!

ayesha - what an elegant bride! the couple portraits are sooo classy… really gorgeous couple. i love the way you captured the light at different times on this evening… and your wide shots are way cool :)

Heather - Barn weddings are the best! You did a wonderful job with that gorgeous streaming light. <3

Joey Chandler - Wow – that cake shot is money. Such a beautiful spot and you did great capturing it. Nice work.

This just made my day!

I just received this little video thank you note from Brittni and Nick who’s Madonna Inn wedding I photographed earlier this year. I love my job and the video below will show you why. Thanks you two for being so much fun! Be sure to check out all of their Madonna Inn wedding photography: HERE....

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Lisa and Jeremy – Wedding

Lisa and Jeremy (engagement pictures HERE) had their intimate Santa Margarita Ranch wedding last week. This time of year the weather in Santa Margarita is often over 100 degrees but, on this Monday, the cool breeze kicked up and the evening was calm and comfortable (even in a suit!). Santa Margarita Barn is one of...

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Avelaine Scyrup - Lots of great shots here! Nice use of the fisheye!

Laurie Peacock - Beautiful, stunning detail shots. What a great wedding.

Jason Burns - Fantastic images! What a cool spot for a wedding and that room she got ready in was amazing!

Gina - Beautiful work all around! Fantastic group photos and amazing light!

A Story in Time - You are amazing. What an incredible venue. You did a great job.

David Pascolla - Fantastic work Jonothan! Love those little video clips you do as well – so fun and creative.

matt shumate - Great shots of a super rad location! Barn are my fav. Consider the idea for that ring shot stolen. ;)

Stefano Choi - Great job on the detail shots, the venue looked amazing!

Dean Govier - What an amazing bridal suite a the beginning – also, i love Barn venues. Great work

Teresa K - how fun was this wedding? I love some of the creative shots you got of the bridal party…too cool!

Jessica Schilling - So much amazing lighting in one post! You did a great job of showing off such a cool location.

Jodie Farbotnik - What a fantastic collection!!! Love the getting ready pics with the natural light!

samantha @ shutterspeedster.com - Great work! I ♥ the colors in these.

Phill - I couldn’t help but utter out loud, “Awww man!” when I looked at these images. I *never* say “Awww man!” You can shoot a video *that* good whilst taking photographs this good too?! Beautiful setting, couple, image making, everything. Love that barn!

admin - Thank you all for the wonderful comments! Phill, a special thanks to you. I appreciate what you said very much!

Nessa K - Beautiful venue and killer lighting. These are lovely. =)

Heather - I love that shot of the barn from outside. Amazing stuff!