Until June Backstage/Onstage at Hotel Cafe

I don't think I have ever posted pics of Until June on this blog...and that is a crime! They are one of my favorite bands. (Granted Josh and Dan Ballard are two of my best friends, both were in my wedding last year.)
Well they are HUGE now in Asia and Greece, last month they were the number one band in Greece. They played live at the VMAs in Greece. Check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC_MAaoeDdU
They played at Hotel Cafe last week with Tyrone Wells, and I had the privilege to snap some shots back stage, and during the show. (When i wasn't rockin out of course.)
If you haven't checked out their music, DO IT!. You may have heard it from me, or on itunes, or even on Grey's Anatomy.

The Hotel Cafe is a great little bar/club to check out some pretty rad shows.


Josh with their producer Brian Garcia. He has some GREAT stories if you ever have a chance to hang out with him.




Daniel Dempsey, the rhythm master.




This was from one of the mirrors high on the side wall. Kinda fun.


A little Josh montage. What a stud.


Dan wailing.




That hat is hiding pretty much the coolest hair ever.




And a little splash of color.

Ben and Jacquelyn in San Juan

I met Ben through the mother of Chris Hann, who married my good friend Megan Willis from college. Ben is one of the nicest guys i have ever met, and not only was he a great guy, a fun subject on his wedding day, and just an all around gentlemen, but he works with Apple computers!
We started our day at the Mission in San Juan Capistrano. Actually, I started MY day at Pedros tacos across the street. If you still haven't had their Carne Asada tacos, drop everything and go NOW! It was a perfect day for photos, the sun was just peeking out of the clouds for some great diffused light. The old mission gave us some killer back drops for photos, with fun colors, interesting textures, and ALSO some hopscotch, that Ben and Jacquelyn had to partake in, (without even being encouraged by me to do it!) Thats how fun they are.

Ben is a competitive cyclist...and if you ever get a chance ask him to show you his shorts tan line...I've never seen anything like it.






I LOVE this doorway, with those spiky palm trees in the back. What a GREAT frame.


I shot against this wall because it was bright orange, but i thought giving it this vintage look made it even cooler.


This door across the street was awesome, and Ben and Jacquelyn were stoked to take a few shots here.








Oh yes they did!!!








The best part about my job...chocolate fountain. Whoever invented these should get a Nobel Prize.

Marlisa and Matt Mayberry at Montalvo Mansion

Now THAT was alliteration! Marlisa is the sister of Marcela, married to Jamie Fox, (not Foxx), who's wedding I shot back in the day. They are also great friends with the Cole's, Julianne and Will, whose wedding I shot last November. The pic below is of all 8 of us. I love this family. They are so chill and easy to photograph. The venue, the Villa Montalvo in Saratoga was breath taking! It was apparently the summer home of a U.S. senator built in 1912.
It was fun to add a vintage feel to the photos.
Jessica and I first met the wedding party at the Hotel Valencia in Santana Row in San Jose. Go there if you haven't. We had some amazing dim sum for lunch. The wedding was ON the fourth of july, and all though i didn't get to see a rad fireworks show, i had the opportunity to shoot this very elegant, and very charming wedding. So now that all of the Villalobos girls are married, i will have no more weddings to shoot in that immediate family...I guess i have to wait til they all start makin babies!

Here are the eight of us. We had a such a great time catching up at the wedding. The Fox's, the Cole's, the Niesing's and now the Mayberry's!




I Had to get this old piano in one of the shots. This is a 1898 Vintage Steinway. AWESOME!














Here is my favorite shot of the day.






They had a sweet first dance, down on the first landing of the mansion in the sunlight so all the guests could watch.






Now thats what I'm talkin' bout. He'll be cleaning out his nostrils for weeks.

Cade on the 4th of July

Ok, technically this was the 5th of July. We shot a wedding on the 4th, (blog post to come soon!)
For the faux 4th, we had a sweet barbeque at Jessica's parents house, and Reese, our friend brought over her little boy Cade. Natch, i had to take some pics when he was running around.

Ok, this shot took Rebecca and I about 9 tries, but we finally got it, two boxes of sparklers later. All you need is...

Hendo and Ellen

This is Hendo, Mike Henderson, and his fiance Ellen. They are great friends of mine, Ellen has been in my small group at church for over 2 years, and it was awesome to meet and get to know her boyfriend, now fiance, Hendo. I first met him at an Angel game about a year ago, and when i first saw him, i KNEW he would be fun. He is a great guy, and when we hang and have lunch together, the way that he talks about Ellen, i know he is truly in love with her! I am, however, bummed that when they get married, they are moving to Carlsbad..(whats that all about!?) ...that will give Jessica and I reasons to go South i suppose.
This shoot was a lot of fun, and STRESS. We were a bit late, AND there was a lot of haze on the beach, AND the tide almost swept us away a few times. But once we got in the groove, we got some great shots!!!
Congrats you two, can't wait for the wedding in September!