Matt and Shelly at the Fess Parker Winery

This is Matt Taylor, one of my really good friends from Cal Poly. Matt and i have known each other for almost 8 years, and lived in East Asia one summer together doing some ministry work for Campus Crusade. I was SOOOO excited so see him find the girl of his dreams, Shelly Watts. My wife and I have taken some road trips with the two of them, and hung out in SLO a few times, and they are awesome together. We got to take some pictures in Solvang, the tiny Dutch town just north of Santa Barbara. It is a super fun little town. (Stay at the Hadsten Inn if you go, its RAD!!)
The wedding was at Fess Parker, a secluded winery in Los Olivos. The weather was beautiful, the vines were green and everyone was just glowing. What a great wedding, and reunion with all my college buddies! Thanks Matt and Shelly!







I loved this fun wall with the exposed structure. Shelly just POPS out of this photo!!!






We snuck into the barrel room for a quick pic here.






Probably my favorite moment from the wedding, when we snuck away at dinner to the vineyard to snap some sunset shots.

Viansa Winery in Sonoma with Fred and Clare

I love wine country. The air, the scenery, the smell of crushed grapes, and yes the wine. Shooting in wine country is always a pleasure for my wife and I. This time we didn't get to do much tasting, if at all, but we DID have a great time at Fred and Clare's Wedding. I know Fred and Clare from the Christensens, Robin and Kyle whose wedding i shot in Sonoma back in August 06, and also the the Crays, Nathan and Kimberly, also married in Sonoma July 07. It was great to be at a table with them enjoying food and wine, chatting about wedding horror stories! I can't wait to see them again at Tessa and Tims wedding next month!
Fred and Clare were just so chill yet focused on their wedding day. It was great to see Fred, a big, tough and very intellectual guy well up when he saw Clare in her dress. Thanks you two for a great trip up to wine country!



This was a great shot i snuck from a moment outside when Clare gave her dad some cuff-links from Tiffany and Co.












Flower girl + arms all the way in the fountain = AWESOMENESS!






This is my kind of wedding: cake AND cupcakes with desert wine...Fred said these were pretty good cupcakes, and they were delicious...Sprinkles look out!










Kyle, Robin, Me, Jessica, Kim and Nathan. Pretty much the funnest table at the wedding!

Carli and Scott on Nob Hill

I swear this could have been a Kennedy Wedding. This was Carli Folan and Scott Hamilton's wedding I shot last weekend in San Francisco, on the top of Nob Hill. It was perhaps the most elegant, rock-star wedding I have ever shot. And the best part was that the couple and their family and freinds were SOOO down to earth. You might remember their engagement photos a few blog posts back, "The Streets of San Francisco." Carli and Scott were so chill, and so in love. Scott gave one of the sweetest groom speeches I have ever heard. He said he was so used to living his life for himself, and by himself, and the thought of being one with another person and thinking and acting as a couple for the rest of his life warmed his heart. What a stud! Reminds me of how i felt right before I proposed to my wife.
Oh, and this cathedral...forget about it! Built over 150 years ago, and rebuilt after the 1906 earthquake, this French-gothic chapel finished in 1964, is the third largest chapel in the nation. (Yeah, i did some research.) It was a great day, a beautiful wedding, and a super fun night.

A little peek out the window






I love this hallway, this looks like a shot out of W magazine!




Breathtaking. The ceilings were like 150 feet high.






It wouldn't be an A.Niesingphotographer moment without being in the middle of the street.

Leah Rumble

This was a momentous occasion for my wife and I. This is Charlie and Rebecca Rumble, and their new baby Leah. Charlie has been one of my best friends for almost 10 years, we were roommates in college, and his wife Rebecca was a maid of honor in our wedding. This is totally the closest friend i have that has had a baby, and it was long anticipated. It was a grueling delivery, and after i think close to 25 hours, little Leah was introduced to the world. If you want, go back a few posts and you can see her in Rebecca's tummy. Congrats you two, and thanks for letting us visit! More pics to come!!!!


Charlie, the proud Father




HUGE feet, did i mention that the baby was almost NINE pounds at delivery!?






Gotta have the fashion and gossip mags in the patient room...


Jessica and Rebecca

Melanie and Joe

Ok, so it was about 103 degrees and we were roasting in the sun near Oakdale, CA for this wedding...but that didn't stop us from having a great time in this awesome farm location for Melanie and Joe's Wedding last weekend. Melanie has this cute little smile with popping green eyes. They had great contrast with the red boards in the barns and with her violets and purples in her bouquet. This was a great outdoor location, and they had Steve Grgich, the culinary genius, who we had as the caterer for my wedding last July. I don't know the model year, but their uncle let them use a sweet Hot Rob to cruise in before the reception.