An inspirational shoot in Yosemite Park styled by the super awesome Tatyana Neborak. Big thanks to all the wonderful professionals and gorgeous models Monica and Vitaliy.

About a month ago me and Fearon, who is amazing wedding planner decided to do an Ispirational shoot at her relatives' farm.
We were very lucky to have Melissa and James as our wonderful bride and groom for this shoot. Smiles wouldn't leave their faces for the entire shoot, even thought it got cold by the end of the day.
The table top design was created from items we found on the farm including old chairs, tractor seats, large red gas cans for the table base and an old fence for the table top. We scored some amazing linen from Mimi and Co. to dress the table up and provided burlap table cloths to cover the bales of hay.
Her hair was done by Adreana Cross at Mirage Salon, who is also a close friend. fearon purchased Melissa's little dress from Ross for $20, which paired nicely with her brown boots. Fearon's parents own an adorable Red Volkswagen Bug which made a perfect prop for this shoot. The bug is also available for rentals for photo shoots and weddings.
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For this shoot I used Canon 5d Mark II with 35 mm 1.4, 50 mm 1.4 and 100 2.0.
Also for some of the photos I used Profoto 2400 Acute pack, with D4 heads and 5' Octa.

Every now and then I have the opportunity to work with an absolutely ideal couple. Matt and Nicole are just that. These two love each other and enjoy life more than my words can say. When I finally met them face to face I was thrilled to find out how much fun and how easy to photograph they were. The entire shoot truly felt like I was just hanging out with long time friends. We began in downtown Santa Monica, spent some time running around the streets,and finally ended at the Pier...it was great, and I loved it!
I can't wait for their wedding, which I will photograph in August.
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For this shoot I used Canon 5d Mark II with 35 mm 1.4, 50 mm 1.4 and 100 2.0.
For off-camera flash photos I used canon speedlight with Photoflex LiteDome XS.

Here are some of my favorite photos from the shoot:

Here are their photos from the day below! I just want to thank you guys for the great time with you both, and for being able to share it with you. Your wedding was beautiful and i am honored to have met you both!

Here are some of my favorites:

Aurora:

Serge and Natalie are good friends of mine, and last Friday we decided to get out of town (Sacramento, CA) and visit San-Francisco. Weather was just perfect; 62F in December, that was a miracle.
As they haven't had photos taken for a long time, we decided to go to Golden Gate Bridge and take couple of pictures. We spent half an hour taking some photos and just enojoying beautiful sunset.
After a good dinner and premier of Mission Impossible we decided to stop at the Treasure Island and take night shot of the downtown in the background.
Here are some of my favorite:

First time I met Jair and Jackie in Napa Valley when I was taking photos of their engagement. We spent there a little bit over an hour, but I could see that they are one loving and wonderful couple, and their wedding will rock. And it did!
Jair and Jackie decided to get married in the beautiful Cathedral of the Blessed Sacramento, and celebrate their big day in amazing Old Governor's Mansion in downtown Sacramento. It was a beautiful place which was built back in 1877. Reception was full of laughter, energy and dancing. I'm really glad I could be part of Jair and Jackie's big celebration.
Big thanks to my friend Alex Dzhumara who was helping me that day,

Slideshow:

Even though we spent only 3 days together, I can honestly say that they are my good friends. And it was a big privilidge to photograph their wedding day. We combined it with In-n-out for lunch, crazy shooting in the evening, and club and drinks instead of reception. It was a special wedding for me. Not only because it was the first wedding I photograph when there were only a bride and a groom, but also, because I was the one signing the wedding certificate as a witness.
Next day after the wedding, we decided to take a road trip to the sunny coast of California. Even though it wasn't sunny that day, yet we had a lot of fun and just had good time taking photos.
Also, wanted to say thank you to my friend Igor, who was my assistant and a drive for the whole trip.

Here are some of my favorite photos from the wedding day. I hope you enjoy.

Laguna Beach:

Not on every wedding you see guys playing soccer early in the morning instead of sleeping in or the bride and groom serving their favorite coffee and tea to the guests. But Weston and Jessica made sure to make their wedding day special for everyone. It was unique, full of emotions and epic in too many ways to describe! It was a great provilidge to photograph this wedding, as I've been friend of Weston's family for a long time, and was honoured when they asked to fly to Gainesville to photograph this wedding.

Dj Cliff

I have to admit, this was one of my favorite weddings of the year! It was full of energy and excitement, and honestly a whole load of craziness! Anna was a stunning bride and made for lots of beautiful photos with her great smile accompanied by Vlad's witty humour. Thanks to my friend and fellow photographerMC Studios, who invited me to photograph this gorgeous wedding along with him.
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Jair and Jackie are 2 very incredible people, and very unique! These guys are adorable and are so much fun. Enjoy their photos as really they rocked my shoes off with their personality! Thanks guys and looking forward to photograph your wedding shortly :)

Alex and Irina are one beautiful couple. I photograhed their engagement session couple of weeks ago in downtown Sacramento, and can't wait for their wedding in November this year.
Here are some of my favorites:

Noman and Dawn are one of those couple who are up to anything. And their wedding was a great example of it. They are fun, energetic, and crazy at a time...good crazy :) And more than that, they have great friends, which made their wedding day a true celebration. What I can say...It was an amazing wedding and even more amazing couple!
Special thanks to Alex, my good friend and fellow photographer who was photographing along side with me. Also, it was a great pleasure meeting and working with super talented guys from Scinema Weddings.

civil ceremony:

and then the party!

This is the final blog post on our awesome trip to Santorini for Ilie and Cristina's wedding. Though, before the wedding we had a little time to grab a few engagement shots around Fira and the rest of the Island of both the couples there. Im excited to photograph Vitalie and Olesea's wedding next year, but in the time being enjoy a little double esession rolled into one! Santorini really is a dream!

First off Ilie and Cristina:

I loved the sign posts throughout the streets...

and Vitalie and Olesea:

Thanks Guys!

When people think of Santorini, they think of luxury, beauty and great architecture! It was all of that and more, Ilya + Cristina had a very intimate small wedding ceremony with their closest friends only, and lucky for us, we were able to join them for their 4 day wedding trip there! Every day was filled with fun and traveling throughout the beautiful island. This is one of a few blog posts from the trip, but all I can say is wow! Not only are these guys awesome, but they are now are new close friends, and sharing their special moments with them just showed their love and energy for life and one another. So here are the photos :) we just want to thank you guys again for taking us with you, it was a trip we wont forget.

These guys are a cute couple, no doubt about it. And, their wedding day was beautiful, the fun between friends, love between families, and the way these guys all partied was amazing. Dan and Kathryn really made their wedding perfect and it was great to be there to be able to photograph it.
Also, special thanks to Michael, my good friend and fellow photographer who was photographing along side with me.