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Last month I had an opportunity to photograph Maggie and Steve engagement session in  Empire Mine State Historical Park (very long name) not far from Grass Valley. It is beautiful wooded area, with lots of history about gold rush in California. But this post is not about history of a gold mine, it is about Maggie and Steve.

Even though I have lived for more than 7 years less than 30 miles from this location I have never been to it. But at that time I was not into photography but architecture, so there is a reason why I never visited it. So coming to the state park and seeing the beauty that this location can offer was very exciting for me. I knew that I can produce great images for this couple as soon as I was there. The estate of George Roberts is still there and this is one of the location that Maggie and Steve wanted for their wedding but sadly it was already booked for their date. Yet they still wanted the photos of this location and this was great way to do so, even though their wedding will be more of backyard wedding now.

Photographing Steve and Maggie was fun, and it’s not because they brought two very hipper/cute/small dogs with them. Which I encourage my couples if they want to bring pets with them feel free to do so, and why not. But because Steve and Maggie are very easy-going, great people to talk to, and they look great in photos.

 I am looking forward to their wedding and to produce great images for them.

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Few months ago I had an opportunity to be a engagement photographer for Toly and Gina. It happened here in old Sacramento yearly in the morning, but I just want to say that they are a great couple, fun and I loved photographing them. It is always good to be part of photo session that everyone enjoys and has good time. I am looking forward to their wedding because not only that they are different ethnicity but the dynamic it will bring to their wedding day. Having Italians, Russians, Ukrainians, and Americans this will be a fun wedding to photograph.

I always love to hear couples stories. And with their permission I would love to share it with the rest of the world. So here are few question I have asked them:

Gina tell me how did you meet?

We met through a friend, I added him on Facebook and admired him for quite a long time. Some time later I finally had the guts to message him and ask him if he wanted to hangout and ever since that day we have been together!

Toly did you plan for a long time to propose to Gina?

I have been planning to propose to Gina since January of 2013

How did Toly propose to you Gina?

Toly such a romantic guy, took me to San Francisco for our one year anniversary. We went to sanitary the next morning rode some rides and went to go lay on the beach. When I was looking away from him for a few moments he asked me what was in the sand (a treasure box buried) I unburied it and opened it. Inside was a scroll/letter that he made me read out loud announcing his proposal. I SAID YES!!!

Was it the way you planned Toly?

It went exactly the way I wanted it to go.

Were you surprised Gina by what Toly did?

It was honestly a very scary moment for me. It at first I was not so happy because I was literally in so much shock I didn’t know if it was reality or not. I was looking around and blinking my eyes LITERALLY because I wanted to make sure it wasn’t a dream!

Gina did you know that Toly will be proposing to you?

He was acting funny on the beach and before the rides…. I wondered but then I doubted it.   All I was expecting was a one year anniversary surprise not a lifelong request!

Where did it happen?

Funny but it happened right under a little lifeguard stand in santacruz  on the beach.

Toly did you think Gina knew that you will propose to her?

She had no idea about the proposal but she did hint when i sort of gave it away by not agreeing to go on the roller coaster.

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Even though I am Sacramento wedding photographer but recently I was in San Francisco for meeting and personal photography of the beautiful city San Francisco. The night before I was preparing for the meetings to make sure I have everything, as well as preparing all my photography equipment for the photos. That night I notice something interesting with my equipment. Before I say what it was let me assure you, before every photo shoot I go through all my equipment to make sure everything is working right, (as well as the back-up stuff), I clean all my lenses, and the camera so there will be no dust on the mirror and so on. But one thing I was not paying attention to was my tripod. As I was assembling it to see if I need to grease it, and that it works I noticed one let was very loose. And guess what, I was missing one bolt in one of the legs (see the image below). It was more of a SURPRISE to me than panic, but it made me think about weddings and all the details that I photograph for the couples.

As you see in the images here on this blog post I shoot tons of details throughout weddings. There are couples that put their time and sweat into details, to make sure the wedding is unique to their style.

As I do with my photography equipment, I make sure that everything is working properly and prepare everything I need before the event or session. After each session or event before I leave, I make sure I have everything packed where it should be. When I come home I make sure that it all works and if I need to do some repairs or clean something.

So the point of this blog is this: If you are planning to do your wedding details make sure that you focus on the details. Yes it will take more time and money and you will be frustrated at one point but the end product is something you have created yourself and it reflects you.

But for that to happen write down everything you want to do in a checklist or some kind of spreadsheet. Before you go overboard with all the details look at what others did on pinterest/magazines/blogs and get inspired, and ask around from your professionals who will be at your wedding to make sure either you are not going overboard or you have missed something. If you are hiring a professional to do your details ask them for a checklist.

So don’t forget its the details that make your wedding unique and of course you.

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Some time ago I’ve had a pleasure photographing Nicole. It was more of a fashion driven photo shoot for which I did not use whole lot of light modifiers except for a beauty dish and a hand made light diffusing screen which is about 8×5 feet.

It was noticeable from the first few shots, she connected with the camera and brought out the best in her. It was great that Nicole was the model because it was very easy working with her and she knew what she was doing. So that way I could focus on imagery and nothing else.

Now some photos I was playing around with in photoshop to get that effect which I was inspired by Emily Soto, but mostly (80%) it is out of the camera just little tweaks here and there. Its all about just knowing where to place the model and the lights.

Nicole, I would love to work with you again!

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This has happened few times to me in my carrie, and it still does. What I am talking about is weather and I mean bad weather. Not only has it happened while at a job as a wedding photographer but also for portraits photography as well.

Some time ago I was on a job photographing models and it was one of those jobs where you could not postpone it because of a tight schedule that I was given. Now this particular job was done in Denver, CO and at end of spring time when weather can change on you with-in 20mins its all up to photographer to know what to do.  That’s what exactly happened. If you follow me on instagram you will see one of the photos with a caption “What do you do when it rains on the day of photoshoot? You create beautiful images at a local parking lot.” Thats exactly what happened, it started to rain, the wind picked up, so I just wanted to quit and wait on better weather. But as I mentioned this was planned months ahead of time and could not be postponed. As a portrait photographer based here in Sacramento I didn’t have this kind of a problem yet, thank God the weather has been good to me so far. But for this photoshoot it did. The good thing was that we were not far from a public parking deck and another plus there were no security guards to stop us.

I do want to say that thanks to the models Jen and Jaime that they were cooperative even though at one point they were sceptical about going to the parking deck. Yet it all comes down to the photographer, if the portrait photographer knows what he/she is doing then even the rain can’t stop the photoshoot.

Photographing at a parking lot does create its own challenges, for example: backgrounds, lighting conditions, wind can be even stronger while passing through the parking decks. But in the end I got the shots and didn’t even loose a single light stand falling over to the wind. Except we did have to have tons of sand bags to make sure that did not happen.

As soon as the rain stopped we went to the top floor for open sky photos. I do love the sky after or before rain because the clouds do have beautiful texture to them. As you can see in the image below.

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