Joe Grande + Chanelle TPC Valencia Wedding

I recently photographed Joe Grande and Chanelle's wedding with friend and fellow photog, William Innes. We began our day at the Hyatt Valencia where Chanelle and her bridesmaids were getting ready. We then moved to one of my favorite wedding venues, the beautiful TPC Valencia Golf Course. The ceremony took place on the fairway of the 1st hole where the views of the Santa Clarita Valley stretched on forever. Such a fun, amazing day!

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Santa Barbara Courthouse Portraits

We were in Santa Barbara today and took the opportunity to have an impromptu portrait session at the beautiful Santa Barbara Courthouse. The light in this historic building is amazing, as is the architecture. The light and architecture lends itself to very dramatic photos. Please pay no attention to Angie's cow (or giraffe?) hat and random camera straps (all three of us had cameras and were shooting) as I was primarily interested in light and composition. These are a few of my favorites, all taken using only available light.

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Circus Circus Fun

We finally dragged ourselves away from the pool and hit the strip. First stop was the Circus Circus Midway where the girls played carnival games. We ended up spending $80.00 for probably $10.00 worth of stuffed toys! A huge pile of stuffed toys nonetheless, which brought equally huge grins to Angie and Alana's faces. Hey, at least we got something for our money... something most other folks in Vegas can't say!

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Angie and Alana as Roman statues at Caesar's Palace... receiving a cash tip from an anonymous passerby.

Las Vegas Art + Pinball

We spent the day taking in some Las Vegas Culture... art and pinballs! We started by taking a self-guided walking tour of some of the amazing art and sculpture installed in and about the City Center on the Strip. There is some amazing art to be seen if you know where to look. We then visited the Pinball Hall of Fame and spent a couple hours, and many quarters, playing pinball machines dating back from the 60s to present day. I like the classics - 5 balls for a quarter!

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Ah Leon Workshop

Rachel attended an all day workshop at the American Museum of Ceramic Art in Pomona with Taiwanese contemporary ceramic artist, Ah Leon. His installation of ceramic school desks and chairs are amazing!

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