Jim + Lori {Paso Robles}

I loved shooting at Eagle Castle Winery. It was like a semi-fairy tale. Jim and Lori’s wedding came complete with castle, battle armor and moat; which the owners wanted to fill with live alligators! How awesome would that be?! Too bad the county turned them down on the gators. ;)

Jim + Lori {San Luis Obispo}

Jim and Lori met at the gym. Lori is an awesome personal trainer and used to ‘torture Jim’ as he puts it. It wasn’t until a year or so after their working relationship did they run into each other in public and the spark was ignited. They are getting married at the beautiful Eagle Castle Winery early next year. Lori is actually Melissa’s cousin and was a bridesmaid in her lovely wedding this past fall. It’s so fun to work with the family and friends of my past clients!








Here they are representing their favorite college teams. Instead of agreeing on a particular team they compromised and each picked out their favorite for each sport. Cute.

An Eagle Castle Affair

Recently Eagle Castle Winery hosted a Royal Affair for various wedding professionals to get the opportunity to preview this one of a kind venue. It turns out that Eileen, founder of Adornments Flowers, grew up with the owners of Eagle Castle. They went to school together, were in each others weddings, and have remained the best of friends ever since. Eileen and her daughter Laurel from Adornments teamed up with a few Central Coast wedding specialists to make one plain ol Sunday into an enchanted afternoon of wine tasting, hors doeuvres and music.

Gary and his lovely wife Mary Lou, owners of Eagle Castle Winery, served up the tastey hors doeuvres and poured their very own wine. Joe Labarbera from Labarbera Sound was spinning the tunes while my beautiful wife and I cruised around capturing details and people. The Cakery rocked the most royal cake Ive ever seen and of course Adornments provided the beautiful display of flowers and decorations. Thanks to everyone for making this event possible!

Eagle Castle Winery

I was recently commissioned to shoot some ad shots for the brand-new Eagle Castle Winery. It is nestled in the beautiful vineyard country off of HWY 46 West between Cambria and Paso Robles. First of all we photographed Bob and his lovely wife Brenda enjoying a glass of vino in the tasting room as well as on the veranda by the moat. Yes I said MOAT! The owner is so passionate about recreating a European Castle here on the Central Coast he even looked into getting live alligators to fill it. Needless to say, the County didn’t go for it. Ahh well… Our model, Bob, is also the guy who built the Castle. Bob The Builder. Great job Bob! The Castle is amazing!


Camilla Svensson Burns did an amazing job decorating and flowering the reception scenes. It worked out that they were able to use all of the beautifully set tables for the wine festival that weekend. Camilla is so quintessential, a word that I have learned from Camilla. Quintessential: Representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class. I’ve had the pleasure of working with Camilla on a number of occasions and I am always impressed with her ability to take flowers and arrange them into art.



We needed some shots of a bride and groom as well as possible reception setups. I asked around for a week or so and couldn’t find any models. Rebekah Pouge, the event’s coordinator, suggested my wife and I dress up in our wedding attire for the shoot. Except…who would shoot pictures of me? Rebekah explained that her husband had a ‘knack’ for photography so he could come along as well and snap anything that I was posing in. So I gave him a pro-photographer crash course and he did a fantastic job! We look hot! Especially Mrs. Ingalls. She was thrilled to dress up again! What a model!








This is Bryan and Rebekah Pouge. Rebekah is doing such a fabulous job getting Eagle Castle ready for weddings! She is not only organized and professional, but also a joy to work with. It won't be long until Eagle Castle is a landmark wedding venue on the Central Coast.

This is the patio on the rooftop. It can accommodate smaller parties or receptions. The view is gorgeous; overlooking the mountains and vineyards of West Paso Robles.