Christy & Kory - Laguna Beach

What an incredible trip!! Everything about this wedding was perfect, and Christy, Kory - I can't thank you enough for having me along. It was a great experience and I very much appreciate being a part of it.

The short story: This was Laguna Beach Wedding Photography at its finest. Well, okay, a set of colorful storm clouds out over the coast would have made it just a little better, but not by much. lol.

The ceremony was held at the historic Heisler Park in Laguna Beach, California. A short ceremony at the Gazebo followed by pics on the water.

The dinner was held at Ti Amo Ristorante - apparently "the" fine resturant of choice in Laguna. I give the tenderloin five stars. If you're in the area, it's a must visit location. Check the menu.


And while I'm singing praises - I've got to put out a huge shout to my friend Floyd Palitang. He came out to shoot with me though he's many steps above the average assistant. Thanks for coming along Floyd - it was great hanging out with you. Anyone in southern Cali looking for any sort of photography - you've got to give Floyd a call. I'm a huge fan of his work. He's probably one of the best photographers in California so you can't go wrong. Check his website at palitang.com as well as his blog which he keeps well updated with recent work.

Pictures? Oh yea - pictures. I almost forgot.

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Ice cream. When the bride wants ice cream, she gets it. Perfect timing.

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I got "tagged"

So the other day I get this email from my friend and fellow photographer Tawnya Hood...

So, I know you are super busy inventing things, but I am tagging you- I am sure you have heard of it, if not check out my blog! Now it is your turn!

Hmmm.....

I have no idea what she's talking about. I'm obviously not as hip and 'plugged in to the lingo' as I was when blogging was invented last week, so I had a look at her blog.

What I could gather from her post "been tagged two more times" was that someone "tags" me, and I then run to my blog and post random details about myself.

As interesting as that may be, I did some more digging into the phenomena of blog tagging.

ProBlogger.net puts it this way...

When I was a kid, playing tag was a big thing. Everyone would run around the yard trying to avoid the person who was “it” so they wouldn’t become “it”. Eeny, meeny, miney, mo - who would be tagged next?

This is a long way from playing "tag" in the back yard - which was always more an excuse to chase and be chased by the cute girl in the house next door than a sophisticated social game. (I suppose it did seem more important in the 3rd grade, some things were important, others, not so).

Did you know there is an entire blog specifically written on tagging? I kid you not. It's pretty well spelled out at tagsonomy.com - "a blog on tagging". Over 80 posts about... blog tagging. Recent of which seems concerned there has been an apparent decline in the amount of tagging currently happening. This actually concerns the author - driving the internet toward a state of "punctuated equilibrium". Is this a similar significance as our parents pondering the perfect alignment of the planets?

And while I'm on the subject, I'll make another observation - that a site such as tagsonomy can exist, flooded with wonderfully formatted text and none of it actually telling me just what the heck blog tagging actually is. "Good job guys."

Maybe someone can break it down for me in the comments.


and in an effort to not force your counting your time here a total loss - have a look at Tawnya's work. Beauty Of Life Photography - she's got some great child work and totally worth checking out.