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Santa Margarita Ranch Wedding | Colin Michael Photography

colin — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:39:46 +0000

Mike and Amanda’s wedding was so much fun! I met up with Amanda and her wonderful ladies the morning of the wedding at La Bellasera in Paso Robles to shoot details and getting ready images. The light in the rooms was great for photography, the details were gorgeous and everyone had a great time. We then headed over for the wedding at Santa Margarita Ranch which was a bit windy early on but the light was great. There was a lot of events packed into the evening so we had to rush through our bride and groom session but I think you’ll agree that Amanda and Mike look amazing and the light was just perfect!

Huge thanks to Ely for the help!
Great job to LaBarbera Sound and Debbie and Ali at Bowman Nichols Events!

A+V’s San Luis Obispo Engagement Photography | Colin Michael

colin — Mon, 10 May 2010 23:40:03 +0000

As the wedding season is heating up, engagement sessions are in full swing so you know I’m happy as I love a good engagement session!. Annabelle and Vinnie are a great couple who were totally devoted to getting great images. They are completely in love and so easy going, they were such a pleasure to get to know! San Luis Obispo engagement sessions are so great because we have everything from completely rural to modern architecture and just about everything in-between! I love shooting in San Francisco and other great cities but there’s a reason why I can SLO my home.

Marin Wedding Engagement | Photography by Colin Michael

colin — Mon, 03 May 2010 23:38:23 +0000

James and Sarah pretty much have a great time at all times; I think they could be standing in line a the DMV and they would both have huge smiles on their faces and be laughing and getting others to have a great time. I love being around people who’s fun is so infectious!

Santa Ynez Album | San Luis Obispo Wedding Photographer Colin Michael

colin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:54:00 +0000

I just got back my sample album from the amazing Angelica and I’m totally blown away! Here are just a couple sample album pages from Lori and Bobby’s beautiful Santa Barbara wedding at Gainey Vineyard. This is just a sample of what you’ll see but I don’t want to ruin it for all the brides who have yet to see the album in person!

Napa Valley Engagement Photography

colin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:37:53 +0000

I had a great time meeting up with Janet and Ryan up in Napa Valley last week for their engagement session. It had just finished up about 2 straight weeks of rain so everything was VERY muddy so we were a bit limited with where we could go but when you shoot in Napa you make it work! Helps that there are thousands of great locations so not being able to go into the vineyards isn’t as limiting as you might think.

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!

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!