One of my favorite parts of shooting a wedding is watching the bride and groom open those special gifts they give to each other on their wedding day… usually the bride will receive a beautiful piece of jewelry, or a special family heirloom. The groom typically opens cufflinks, or I have even seen personalized cigars which were actually kinda cool. But how much more would he love images of his bride like this presented in a little black book? Hmmmm, cufflinks, little black book of his hot wife…. not really a hard decision is it? Bridal Boudoir… It’s Perfect!

This portrait is from a wedding that I second shot with Cean of Cean one Photography at Ponte Winery in the beautiful wine country of Temecula. I thought I’d go just a little over the top with the editing….and me likey!

Every once in a while its nice to get together with other photographers to learn, practice, and just hang out. This week I did just that at aScott Robert Lim workshop. The event was held at the Santa Anita Race Track
We studied natural light, what to look for, and its patterns, and off camera lighting using numerous strobes. So here are a just a few of my favorites using both natural light and off camera lighting.

A ver special thanks to Vivian Tran of “All Made Up” the make up was fantastic! I love to focus on the eyes and these girls had the most amazing eyes and lashes! You rock Vivian!