Featured! - Style Unveiled

What a fun way to start my morning! 

Style Unveiled featured the couple that is getting married TODAY!

I guess I should get my bum off the computer and get ready for Bowen and Tonya's beautiful afternoon wedding in San Luis Obispo :)

Stay tuned for their wedding photos to be blogged in the next couple weeks!

Check out the feature!!!

Matt + Kiersten

I am so stoked beyond words about these photos right now. 

There are few better combinations in this world than a cute, goofy couple in love in beautiful light. 

Matt and Kiersten are one of the most adorable, goofiest couples I've had the honor of shooting. They light up when they look at each other, and most often times also burst out laughing (so you can imagine the amount of laughter that occurred during our session). A little taste of their personalities can be taken from this next photo: their classic "Blowfish Kiss". 

One of my favorite moments from their session was towards the end, when Kiersten looked at me and said "This makes it feel real! Even more than getting my dress!" 

I love that they were able to really leave the world behind and just focus on each other for those couple hours. Every single captured photo from that day screams how head over heels they are for each other, so I'm glad that the fact they are getting married became a little more alive to them :)

Enjoy!

Ray + Monica [Arroyo Grande, CA]

It was the most perfectest of days at The Cypress Ridge Pavilion last weekend, and has made a lasting impression in my memory and life. 

Not only did Ray's expression when he first caught sight of Monica walking down the aisle make top 3 in my personal collection of moments... but I have a brand new tragic memory/circumstance to add to the record: On our golf cart drive down the road, Monica's dress caught in the tire.... and tore a painful foot long rip down her train. 1st - panic. 2nd - the McGyver mindset kicked in. 3rd - Emily (my assistant) takes off on a mission for safety pins. 4th - dress is as good as new... with some pretty metal accents :) In such a moment, you can only imagine the terror that was wrecking Monica's heart and mind... but she was a trooper, brushed it off, looked at Ray, and from the expressions shared between them, you wouldn't never know it had happened.

Enjoy :)

(Check out their engagement photos!)

Check out their video trailer put together by their videographer, Jack Hutchinson:

Espinoza Sneak Preview from Jack Hutchinson on Vimeo.

Bowen + Tonya

Cuties. Plain and simple :)

Alex + Emeline [Fort Bragg, CA]

Oh. My. Gosh. 

Where to begin with these two. 

My mind is filled with words like sweet, darling, precious, beautiful, adorable, HEAD OVER HEELS in love.... and things of the like. 

Alex and Emeline got married overlooking the cliffs of Fort Bragg, and you couldn't have asked for a better day, a more spectacular view, or happier people. 

Emeline has taken the cake (or "Pie", rather) for the most care-free of brides. Not only was she traipsing through the hills and sand like a forrest maiden, or riding a bike in her wedding dress.... but when Alex smashed the very RED and stainable pie in her face and down her gown, she made a silly face, laughed it off and said "This pie is DELICIOUS!" 

These two were a photographer's dream. They were excited about their photos, and didn't want to stop until I wanted to stop (which I warned them, would be never). So we were able to capture the most precious moments in some of the beautiful light I have ever beheld. 

Ok. Enough said. 

Enjoy :)

Check out their lovely engagement photos :)

It's always a pleasure working with Joel with VanZ Films, one of my favorite videographers :)

Here is the trailer that came out of the amazing day:

E + A from Joel VanZeventer on Vimeo.