Silver Creek Class of 1989 Reunion

In 1989 Paula Abdul was a sweet kid way before American Idol, Milli Vanilli could sing (or so we thought) , Guns N Roses had a little bit of Patience & Bobby Brown didn't have a chance with Whitney Houston but he sure did have His Perogative.
Fast Forward......
20 years later.....

All that is a sweet sweet memory and the class of 1989 is all grown up!

The Silver Creek Raiders celebrated at the San Jose Fairmont. The night was filled with lots stories and catching up. Two of the attendees traveled across the ocean all the way from Europe , one from London one from Spain, just to see everyone! It was a really fun night.

Here's a little slideshow of the night!



If you attended this event you can find your gallery here.

Mexico on Film

Hi everyone!

This past summer I took a small vacation. Most might think it's crazy for a wedding photographer to go on vacation in the midst of the wedding season. However I truly believe that there's no better time than the present to do what you want to do. No sense waiting until you retire to spend time relaxing with family, because that day might never come.

And so I went to Mexico. Here are a few images taken with the Holga.

Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit



Bucerias, Nayarit



Bucerias, Nayarit



This is from a fun photo session with one gorgeous young lady!

Bucerias, Nayarit

Publish Post

Oh Holga how I love thee for your mystery and imperfection!!

Sneak Peek: Mother, Daughter & 2 Xoloitzcuintles

More images coming soon....

Beautiful Fall weekend in the Bay Area!

Hi everyone! I hope you all enjoyed your weekend. What did you guys do? Tell me in the comments below!!

I had a busy & fun filled weekend. I got to hangout with some Raiders (Silver Creek high school) at their class reunion on Saturday night and hung out with an even funner group on Sunday. A mother daughter & their two dogs. One sweeter than honey & one feisty!!!

Images from both days events coming soon....

Here are a couple of film images from a bit ago but on a day similar to this weekends. Both taken in San Francisco.

Birthday Wishes to this little Angel!

Someone tuns ONE!



I wanted to make sure to be one of the first to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY little one!!! May the day be filled with yummy bottles, lots of frosting and many many Kisses!!



I can't wait to show you what happened in between the the cupcake and the cupcake smeared boy.

Sorry to be such a tease and only post 2 images... but hey... we all know. I LOVE to post sneak peek Teaser posts!!!!

Amy & Wayne: The Wedding!

Hello all!

This post is a little long. It will have lots of words and lots of images and 3 slide shows at the end. Please be patient it might take longer to load than usual.

So first I will show you what is possibly my FAVORITE image from whole day.



I have known Amy..my whole entire life..practically. We met back in grammar school and went to the same high school. When she contacted me via facebook to meet regarding her wedding photography I was so excited for her. And I was excited to see her whole entire family starting with her mom to her sister Necy (my long lost friend) to a teacher's aide I had way back when to an old classmates mom. You see with Amy's family once you meet any member of the McEntee clan you pretty much become family and are forever a member. This is something Wayne didn't read in Amy's profile.

Wayne and Amy met online. And from the best man's toast - Wayne has a long history of doing lots of things online from finding online game buddies, to roommates, to a place to live...and now with Amy he has found a his soulmate. If you remember from their surf engagement session they radiate happiness. You can't help but to be happy around them. On their wedding day there was nothing but happiness!


Fashion before comfort!





The day was gorgeous! They were married in San Juan Bautista's breathe taking Mission.






The beautiful ladies



And the handsome guys



We took a stroll through town and ran into a Harley Davidson Bike festival!! Have I ever mentioned how much I LOVE Harleys?? The couple looked pretty hot modeling on some bikes a few guys were kind enough to let us use. Thanks guys!!



The reception was an awesome b-b-q at Casa Maria's a few blocks away. The reception was a blast. Did I mention the piñata?



Or the gorgeous and very Yummy cake:



At dusk things really started to shake rattle and roll with the first dance immediately followed by lots & lots of dancing and even some kareoking.

The following collage CRACKS me up! Necy who is a total clown and can be very embarrassing decided it was time to shake her groove thing, and embarrass her son since he was just "standing around".



please note if noone ever hears from me again - it's because Necy killed me for posting this! ;-)

Congratulations Wayne & Amy!!! I wish you a lifetime of happiness!

and now....


I ask for a moment of silence.....



Amy's sister Mona lost her battle to cancer just a few short days ago.

(she's in turquoise)



My heart goes out to the whole family.

Here is a picture of the newly weds with Amy's mom and all her siblings.




In honor of her sister Mona, Amy is "Making Strides Against Breast Cancer" in an American Cancer Society walk against cancer. She had goaled herself to raise $350.00. Let's help Amy meet and EXCEED that goal! IF you can please donate by clicking here to reach Amy's pledge page.

As an incentive I will be raffling off a family session once she hits her goal. If you donate please leave me a note in the comments section in this blog or on my facebook page (where I am also running this raffle). I will announce the winner Nov 1 after her walk.


Last but not least the slideshows!

Getting Ready

Ceremony

Reception

Everyone danced till they dropped!!