Without a doubt capturing the emotions of a wedding day is my favorite part about wedding photography. It’s real, powerful, and often times has to be captured in the blink of an eye. I shot Jon and Kristina’s wedding last month at the La Valencia Hotel in La Jolla. You’ll notice it’s the my latest post prior to this one. : ) Their wedding was filled with tears of joy, many laughs, and tons of excitement.

On that note, last week amazing photographer and friend, Michael Norwood, posted a wedding on his blog using only images that were in no way coached or directed by him. No Portraits, and no details. The images were beyond great and really made you feel like you were a part of the wedding. Michael is also the owner of a great album company, Madera Books. So, upon posting this wedding he announced a contest. The contest is for other photographers to make a blog post of a wedding (new or old) using only photojournalistic images from the day. The winner will receive a Madera album and be able to rub it in everyone’s face that they won (I added the last part).

So, here is my entry… a couple images you may recognize from my previous post, but for the most part they are new.

Thank you Michael for holding this contest and encouraging real emotion wedding photography.

This lovely couple above is getting high-fives because they have been married for 67 years!!!!!

Here’s a few of my favorites from John David & Leesha’s wedding I “previewed” last month. Enjoy!

This wedding was filled with firsts for me. The first time I’ve ever shot a Lutheran ceremony, the first time I’ve ever visited the Thatcher mansion in Perris (which was lovely), the first time I’ve ever been pulled over (more…)