Mission Wealth Management, LLC presents Carter Larsen - A Fundraiser for the Tea Fire Non-Profits

I have the honor of covering a Fundraiser for the Tea Fire Non-Profits this weekend. Mission Wealth Management, LLC presents Carter Larsen at the Music Academy of the West in Montecito. The event will be Sunday, December 14, 2008, 3:00-5:00pm.

From the program:

We wish to thank the Santa Barbara Humane society and the American Red Cross Santa Barbara County Chapter (among many others) and the entire community of Santa barbara for all the support provided during and after the Tea Fire. It is great to see everyone come together in a time of need!

We would also like to thank, Carter Larsen for his generous support, the music Academy of the West for sharing their Hahn Hall as a perfect venue, Barlett, Pringle & Wolf, LLP., Charles Schwab and the Bank of Santa Barbara for supporting tonight's event, Consilience wines and Season's Catering, Ricky Mia Photography, the local media for spreading the word and for all of our valued clients who we appreciate ery much!

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everday life. ~Berthold Auerbach

This is going to be a beautiful event for a wonderful cause. I had the opportunity to meet Carter Larsen and was able to shoot some images while he rehearsed.

Here are some favorites.

Rolando, Sande, Sarah and Jordan - Mia Family Portraits

Well it's about time I did family portraits for my brother's family and what a better time than the holidays! Rolando, Sande, Sarah and Jordan are the Santa Barbara Mias and I also have another brother and his family on the east coast in Baltimore. It means so much to me to have family so close, I don't know what I'd do without them.

I can't even say enough about my nieces and nephews. Rachel and Ben are on the east coast and Sarah and Jordan are close enough to take out and spoil. I love these kids more than anything!

Here are some favs!

Erin and Cameron - Engagement Session in Santa Barbara

I had so much fun with Erin and Cameron the other weekend shooting their engagement session here in Santa Barbara. They're such a great couple and they brought their dog along on the session! As usual, it was a beautiful day with an awesome sunset. They're getting married next June at the Cabrillo Arts Pavilion on the beach. It's going to be a beautiful wedding!

Here are some favs from the session.

Santa Barbara Fires

A fire started out here in Santa Barbara around 6pm and it's getting really bad. The Santa Ana winds are here which means really warm wind gusts up to 70 mph are coming over the mountain range and it's not helping the fire efforts. The fire has been going now for about 4 hours and it's reported that over 400 acres have been burned up.

I took a couple shots from the rear deck, pretty scary!

What's new with Delta's Jewel Van Valin

I met Jewel a few years ago on a long flight to Maui and because of her, it was one of the best flights I've ever had! It's so great to see how things are coming along with her and her Plane Art! I've blogged about her before but Joel Hochberg created a documentary film about Jewel and it's featured on DarynKagan.com.

I even made it to the video, see if you can find me. I wanted to share so here it is.

Jayson and Michelle's wedding at The Fossil Creek Ranch - Ada, Oklahoma

Jayson and Michelle's wedding was the second wedding I assisted David with while I was in Oklahoma. This was a really fun wedding with lots of laughing, crying, more laughing and... oh yeah, more laughing! The wedding ceremony was in the town of Ada, Oklahoma. Michelle was beautiful and Jayson was a stud. She didn't know about it but Jayson planned a song to sing to her during the ceremony and he did an awesome job! Right after the ceremony, the whole wedding party jumped into a party trolley and headed to the reception, which was held at The Fossil Creek Ranch.

The Fossil Creek Ranch is a really cool converted barn. There was a tent for the reception of over 200 people and the place was beautiful. One fun fact from the wedding was that Blake Shelton was one of the groomsmen and he was also accompanied by Miranda Lambert. He gave one of the funniest speeches I've ever heard at a wedding and the whole place was cracking up! It was called... "Thanks a lot Michelle... by Blake Shelton", it still makes me laugh, just to think about it!

Anyway, here are some of my favs.