Phil and Heather at the Cuyamaca Water Conservation Garden

Phil and Heather were married on April 18 at the Cuyamaca Water Conservation Garden, which is a really cool place! We get really into succulents, natives, and low water use plants (as you will see if you visit our residential studio), so it was a pleasure for John to shoot there. Not to mention Phil and Heather were really laid back. Excellent! Here are some of my favorite images, all infrared. A very relaxed wedding!

Jennifer+John's Coronado Engagement Session - Aquario Studio - San Diego Wedding Photography

Jennifer and John also flew out from Texas for their engagement session. I guess Texans love to have destination weddings in San Diego! (Theirs will be in March, put together by Stacie Barba's talented team at A Day of Elegance). And why not?! It was another perfect day at the Hotel Del Coronado.  Another extremely photogenic couple (are we blessed or what?), and I really had fun with my 'textures' afterward. I use various Photoshop overlays to make the right images even richer and deeper. You can also see a couple of images John shot with the infrared camera. This is a pretty cool thing: a digital Canon camera that John had converted into an infrared camera. In case you aren't familiar with the concept, it registers light in a spectrum we can't perceive. Kind of like Hawk-Vision. It can do some very weird things, like it turns tuxedos into mariachi clown-suits. Have to do a little retouching there...but with a little TLC, I find the right image to produce an amazing work of art.

Katie+Brent's Little Italy Engagement Session- Aquario Studio - San Diego Wedding Photography

Katie and Brent live in a loft in Little Italy, so naturally we did their engagement session there.  Its a fun area to shoot in with an ever-changing urban landscape. Kinda makes me want a cappuccino...