80's Glam Rock Party w/ Photobooth Santa Barbara at Q's

This past weekend, our Photo Booth was hired for an amazing private 80's Glam Rock Party at Q's in downtown Santa Barbara. The party was thrown by the Queen of Theme parties, Vern Rodriguez. I've heard stories about her Prom Night Themed parties and the infamous Pirate Party that was on a boat out of the Santa Barbara Harbor!

This party was pretty amazing, with Hair stylists from 19 Blue for anyone wanting to give their bangs an extra shot of hairspray or if they wanted their hair as big as humanly possible. There were also face/body artists from Makeup by Tilley and Paiges Magical Facepainting for anyone wanting to finish off their KISS motif!

Q's had full on 80's jammin the whole time and the Photo Booth was pumping out hilarious pictures all night long. Everyone had so much fun!

Here are some pics from the night. You can also see more pics from the booth on the Photo Booth Santa Barbara Blog.

Santa Barbara Portrait Photography for Holly Newman

Holly was such a pleasure to work with and what a great wardrobe too! We could have shot for days! Holly wanted to update her portfolio and I had the honor of being her photographer! We ran around Santa Barbara, went to the harbor and wound up at the beach.

Here are some of my favs.

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.

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.

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.