San Luis Obispo Wedding Blog

Lisa and John in San Francisco | Engagement Photography

colin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:23:38 +0000

The last 6 weeks have been incredible! I want to welcome all my new clients (there’s a ton of you!) and introduce everyone to Lisa and John who’s engagement we shot up in San Francisco. This was our second or third attempt at shooting as we kept getting rained out but it finally worked out to shoot during the Superbowl. If you aren’t a huge NFL fan, then Superbowl Sunday is a great day to hit up all the normally crowded locations you wouldn’t normally go to!
Lot’s more fun stuff coming up in the coming months; New York weddings, Biltmore Resort in Santa Barbara, Napa Valley engagement session, San Luis Obispo family sessions… tons of exciting shoots!

Tom and Jenny’s Wedding Album | Santa Ynez

colin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:46:43 +0000

I just received Tom and Jenny’s main album and wow is it fun! I found a cover that just about perfectly matches her wedding shoes and reception lighting, how crazy is that?

Life of a wedding photographer

colin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:14:59 +0000

I know, no posts in awhile; I’ve been busy! Seems everyone got engaged over New Years so I’ve been super busy meeting with some really fun brides, welcome to all my new couples!
We had a great time in Mexico over Christmas and now I’ve been working overtime on albums and adding a few weddings to my wedding photography site. 3 weddings are now featured and I’ll finish up by adding another one or two in the next couple weeks. 2009 had some really amazing weddings so it’s been tough to choose which make it!
I’ll update my blog as soon as I can with some pics from Mexico. Here’s a couple of my favorite pics that just went up plus a page from a sample wedding album (above).

Amanda and Mike in San Francisco

colin — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:39:47 +0000

Recognize this couple? This is part 2 of a great engagement session with Mike and Amanda, this time from around San Francisco. Last time we shot at the Fair in San Luis Obispo county but this time we shot near their home.

For those of you that are super observant, you might actually see one of my previous grooms in the background of 2 of the images!

Robert Hall Winery Wedding Album | San Luis Obispo Wedding

colin — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:43:47 +0000

I love it when UPS shows up with wedding albums! I’m meeting Andrew and Sara for lunch today to give them their album, they are going to love it! Their wedding was last year at Robert Hall Winery in Paso Robles (not too far from San Luis Obispo). Their album has a very classic and elegant design, just like their wedding day!

Ivie Family Portrait at Atascadero Lake Park

colin — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:56:44 +0000

How adorable is Henry? Seriously, this is a cute kid!
We were doing family portraits at Atascadero Lake Park (which is north of San Luis Obispo) and I just had a blast with the Ivie’s! If you’ve been following my blog for awhile, you might remember Brian and Angies San Luis Obispo wedding from back in 2007. So cool to see them and their growing family!

Sedona Arizona | San Luis Obispo Photographer

colin — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:20:14 +0000

Last week Jonathan and I drove out from San Luis Obispo to Sedona for a few days of mountain biking and celebrating the end of the wedding season. It’s a long 11 or so hour drive from here so we met at 5am and headed out so we might be able to stop somewhere along the way with enough light left to get a short ride in before dark. We found a trail right in Williams just a hundred miles before Sedona that fit perfectly. As you can see from the picture of the trail map below, when we decided to take trail “21″ we were in for some serious climbing! The trail started at about 7,000 feet so it only took about a mile before we were riding in snow. It was a very tough climb but welcome after all that driving and the way down was cold but a lot of fun.
The next day Jonathan and I headed out for about a 4 hour ride on some of Sedona’s famous red sand trails, it was a blast! Twisty with lots of short ups and downs, we had even more fun than we could have hoped for. A mechanical issue had us stopped for a bit but there are bike shops on pretty much every corner of town so it hardly slowed us at all.
That evening Riley drove up from Phoenix to join us. A few adult beverages were enjoyed and a bit of altitude sickness ensued. No matter as the trails were waiting so I worked through it and got in a pretty adventurous ride that involved lots of exploring and becoming acquainted with the neighborhoods of Sedona. Yup, we were lost most of the day lol! Being lost on a mountain bike ride is almost a requirement for an epic day IMO!
It was an awesome trip and really helped recharge my creativity, I definitely would love to go back to Sedona again. So if you are planning on getting married in Sedona give me a call, what a stunning place!

Yes, that does say 2200 feet of climbing in 3 miles… didn’t mention the snow though!

Our hotel was right by the Sedona Airport which has a lookout that many tourists come to for sunset. We placed bets on how many Nikon and Canon camera’s were there. It was really funny to see so many people with $2k+ TRIPODS taking the same pictures that countless others have already taken! Riley is enjoying the use of a Fuji instant camera, Jonathan scarfs down some aprés ride health food and I have a big smile after an epic 5+ hour ride.

What a place! Riley sits on top of one of the hundreds of technical sections that are a real challenge to climb up and a lot of fun to go down.

Kyla was really excited to see me when I got home!

Winter revamp! | San Luis Obispo Wedding Photography

colin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:26:04 +0000

I really do love living in San Luis Obispo county! Snapped this shot with my camera phone on the way out of my office in Paso Robles the other night, what a beautiful place to live!

I just returned from 4 days of bike riding and goofing off out in Sedona Arizona with fellow San Luis Obispo wedding photographer Jonathan from Bluephoto.biz and Arizona photographer Riley of AplusRphoto. We had a great time and you can expect to see a bunch of fun photos sometime next week. I only brought my old Canon Rangefinder film camera so you all have to wait for the film to be processed and scanned…weird right!?
I’d love to be a Sedona wedding photographer so if you plan on getting married out there please give me a call as I’d love to spend more time in such a beautiful place!

Kish Custom in Bicycling Magazine | San Luis Obispo Photographer

colin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:02:08 +0000

This is kind of fun, I’m published in the #1 cycling magazine this month! It’s a pretty small shot but still pretty cool. No, it’s not the cover, it’s the tiny shot below!
Mostly I only talk about my work as a wedding photographer but I also do commercial work for wineries, custom bicycle builders and some other manufacturers, I even do family photos occasionally! This shot was originally do for Kish Custom Bikes and Bicycling Magazine used it for an article about custom builders.

Ashley and Brandt Robert Hall Winery | San Luis Obispo Photographer

colin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:17:37 +0000

Oh my!

What a great time I had at Ashley and Brandt’s wedding! One of my favorite couples of all time and their friends and family were awesome! Such a great connection between them and their friends and family are all so close, I was just glad that I was invited!

The wedding was at the gorgeous Robert Hall Winery in Paso Robles (just North of San Luis Obispo) and the cake (which was delicious!) was done by my neighbors at Two Little Birds Bakery. Did I mention the after party at Level 4?

And a huge thanks to my friend Chris Stewart of Jen Stewart Photography who got awesome shots like the very last one below!
Now bring on the pics!