Stephany and David are rockstars. They brought a sleek edge to their classic wedding, and their personalities shined so brightly that the wedding party needed sunglasses. Euphoria Brass Band poured out New Orleans glamor and soul, and no one could resist showing off their slickest moves. With umbrella lanterns and bistro lights strung overhead, Stephany and David pull off a three-person hula hoop shuffle. With summer almost here, we really need people as cool as these two.

Wedding Photography : Bauman Photographers | Ceremony Location : All Hallows Catholic Church | Event Design : Events + Style | Event Coordinator : Events + Style | Floral Design : Ashley Zurlage | Cake : Hans & Harry’s Bakery | Make-Up : Valerie Vonprisk Makeup Artista | Hair : Angela’s Hair Styling | DJ : DJ Roman Empire | Cocktail Music : Euphoria Brass Band | Rentals : Platinum Party Rentals | Photo Booth : Pixster Photobooth | Cocktail Music : Gypsy Groove | Limosine : Elite Image Limousine Services |

“I feel like Stacey 2.0!” the soon-to-be Mrs.Shaner exclaimed with glee. Her makeup was finished and she stepped into her gorgeous David Tutera gown and Jimmy Choo shoes. She felt like Stacey 2.0, and she looked like it, too.

The amazing suite at the US Grant that had treated her so well the night before was the perfect place to share some important moments with her stunning bridesmaids. After some photos with her girls, Stacey headed downstairs to see her groom. The lobby of the hotel cleared just long enough for them to have a few minutes to know they were the most important people in the hotel that day.

Impressive chandeliers greeted the couple for their ceremony in the unique checkered floor Crystal Ballroom as their guests held their breath for a ceremony that ended up being more fun and personal than anything else.

Soon, the ballroom was ready to host one of the most exciting receptions the US Grant has ever seen! Incredible stunning tables, beautiful lighting and dance music got everyone in the mood for a wild dance party – fulfilling the rest of Kris and Stacey’s dream for the best wedding reception they had ever seen!

Vendors on Hand:

Wedding Photography : Bauman Photographers | Ceremony Location : U.S. Grant | Reception Location : U.S. Grant | Event Coordinator : Liz Beck | Floral Design : LaVonne / Adorations | Cake : Flour Power | Dress : Mon Cheri – David Tutera | Shoes : Jimmy Choo | DJ : Mick Scrivener | Reception Lighting : Mick Scrivener | Wedding Videography : Joe Park | Rentals : Concepts Event Design | Photo Booth : Lovely Photo Booths |

You only turn 91 once right? In the spirit of living life to the fullest, Irv had a grand celebration for his 91st birthday and treated his guests to an amazing night of fun, food and entertainment. The celebration featured a magician that walked around the room during the beginning of the event and did card tricks and other tricks where fire came out of his hat. There was also a photo booth provided by our team where guests where invited to get in front of the camera and take some fun candid photos. We even provided them with prints on the spot.

As the celebration continued throughout the night there were several great dance performances including an awesome belly dancing duo. The event closed out with a great Phantom of the Opera performance.

EFFEN Vodka held a really cool event in downtown San Diego where they hosted a cocktail making contest. The participants where put in to teams and asked to design cocktails based on the available ingredients. The catch was that you could not use any ingredient that other participants where using, of course except for EFFEN Vodka. There were lots of great drinks made that night.

The event also featured an art exhibition from local artists. It was a great event an fun to provide them with corporate event coverage.

When it comes to family portraits. I usually find that working with teenagers is pretty easy. These two brothers where more than happy to pose for the camera to get some nice photos for mom. It was especially important since these photos would serve as keepsakes of their last week of living on the west coast for these california kids.

For these portraits we used Balboa Park. It’s always so easy to find some cool backgrounds there!

I can’t grow a mustache to save my life so an event like this is particularly impressive for me This year’s San Diego Movember Gala was held at Block No.16 and was off the hook! So many fun costumes. Maybe next year I’ll compete for the “lame-mo” for those guys who can’t really grow a real mustache…

In the spirit of adventure we went with a type of restaurant that we had not tried before. We went to Haritna Mediterranean Restaurant that offers authentic traditional Arabian cuisine. This place is on one of those places that you have to go there on purpose. I don’t think it would have been a place I would have randomly stopped at. It is located on El Cajon Boulevard just outside of the San Diego City boundary where it turns in to La Mesa.

For it having so many great reviews online we were very surprised to walk in and see that we were the only lunch customers. The waitress was very welcoming and gave us our own private dining area. This also meant that we got a little carried away taking photos inside of the restaurant since we felt like we would not be disturbing anyone else in the restaurant.

The menu was similar to other Mediterranean restaurants that we have been to with different wraps and hummus combinations. All of the food was very good! I don’t think anyone had any complaints what so ever about the food. The portions were also great. Event the serving of hummus that came with the wraps was more than I could finish. The one very unique thing that I had not seen before was the dessert that Bronson ordered.  It was cheese with some sweet orange stuff on top. I know I’m not doing a very good job describing it, but I forgot what it was called.

After leaving the restaurant we walked across the street to the taco shop with the yellow wall and turned it in to our studio.

These two are cool – they wanted pregnancy photos that they would:
A. Have fun with
B. Be proud of

Nailed it!

Having a wedding on the San Diego Bay is a great choice…unless you get sea sick easily. In that case I don’t recommend it. But for most people it’s a great way to get married. There is constant changing decor and entertainment as the boat moves through the bay and provides constantly changing views.

I think that was a great part of Danielle and Jason’s wedding. They had an afternoon cruise wedding so their guest were treated to an awesome relaxing cruise on the bay. They chose the Newport Hornblower. The coolest thing about this yacht was the view from the front of the upper deck. The other small Hornblower yachts, like the Emerald do not have a deck on the front of the boat. I could tell that guests were really enjoying the view from it. It also made for some cool photos of the couple.

Every couple of weeks we get a phone call from someone having a destination family gathering and wanting to arrange for family vacation portraits. San Diego is such a great place to vacation in, specially for families! There is always an endless variety of activities to choose from and with good weather year round never a bad choice. Even when we have our “bad weather” families from the northern states are happy to be here to get out of the freezing conditions back home.

For this family I did a large group photo, smaller family groups and some photos of the kids being kids on the beach. A good variety of photos is always great for photo books to get more than just posed photos in them. This session took place at Paradise Point Resort.