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.

Lee and Nicole's Wedding - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

I love being a wedding photographer, it's such an honor to be a part of one of the most important days in a couples life together! It's also so cool to see how no matter where you are in the world, weddings have the same key elements... families, friends, happy couples, beautiful brides and lots and lots of partying! haha

I was in Oklahoma to visit an awesome photographer, David Baxter and most importantly, to assist him with a couple weddings. Everyone at Lee and Nicole's wedding were so wonderful. Nicole was beautiful and Lee was tight and neat in his uniform. An honor guard was present and the roses on the cake were hand made... what a perfect day.

David is such a great guy and we have way too much fun when we shoot together. At one point, we were both out on the dance floor! haha I love being a wedding photographer!

Here are some of my favorites from Lee and Nicole's wedding at Coles Garden in Oklahoma City.