Patrick + Jennifer {San Luis Obispo}

Patrick + Jennifer got married at the Holland Ranch. Lori Boe did an amazing job with the summer time feeling flowers and Joe Labarbera rocked the music! It was a fun day filled with good friends and an awesome couple!

LaBarbera Sound {The Wedding Standard}

Check out my latest interview with Joe LaBarbera of LaBarbera Sound on The Wedding Standard! Joe is a seasoned wedding DJ who has served on the Central Coast for over 17 years. There is so much that most people don’t know about Joe; so go find out for yourself what make Joe so amazing!

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!

Josh + Michele, Santa Ynez, CA

One of the issues that I encounter frequently when I first go to photograph a couple is what I like to call ‘the self-declared unphotogenic groom’. This is why I require my couples to have a complimentary engagement session; to get over the awkward. Josh was such the character who was convinced that he didn’t look good in photos. He was so convinced that the majority of the engagement pictures were on the stiffer side. I have to give him credit, however, because he really loosened up after he realized that it didn’t hurt half as much as he predicted. By the end of the engagement session he admitted that he surprisingly had a lot of fun. We went out for a little dinner afterwards and became good friends.

Michele and Josh are as opposites personality wise as you can get. Michele is a hair stylist and LOVES to talk. She can talk all day long to whoever sits in her chair and then get off of work and talk well into the evening with whoever will listen; mostly Josh. Josh is completely on the strong silent type side. Which makes for good balance because Michele talks and Josh lovingly listens. Going into the wedding I thought I was ready for Michele to be bubbling over and Josh to be a little bit of work. I was wrong. Josh just worked it right out of the gate. He made sure his groomsmen were prepared to do whatever I wanted because ‘Cameron is a cool photographer’.

The whole day was filled with love and laughter. Josh and Michele celebrated in style at the Firestone Vineyard in Santa Ynez. The rockin' Joe LaBarbera spun the tunes and Camilla did a bang up job with the floral decorations and boquets as usual. I couldn’t believe that they have been together since they were like 14 and 15; a little over 10 years! This was truly the wedding of the century for all who knew them.













And to end the night... Michele and I put our best modeling faces on for this self-portrait.