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How to Use Engagement Photos for Invitations

daveshilling — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:38:45 +0000

Today the mailman did his usual routine. Walk across my lawn with his mailman boots, track mud on my entryway, and loudy dump the mail into our “antique” mailbox. Thats fancy-talk for old. Anyways, amidst the Costco Connection magazine and random recycleables, I got an invitation to a wedding! I’m already invited to this one though.. it was from Christine and Roger, who are getting married in April in beautiful Monterey, CA. She told me she used some photos from our session for her invitations and I was excited to see how they turned out!!!

Needless to say, these are awesome! The details slide out from the left and reveal all the relevant goodies…and of course I loved seeing my client use their engagement photos in such a creative way! If I get permission, I will post the how-to’s for an invitation like this if anyone wants a similar look. Thanks for sending me this Christine, you guys are the best!

Much <3,

Dave

Jackie and Andy are Engaged!

daveshilling — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:39:49 +0000

We kept waiting for the perfect day for our photoshoot… and it came.. on a random Tuesday months ago. We missed it, and I swear it’s been raining since then. Well Jackie and Andy said to heck with it, lets make lemonade out of lemons, and do our shoot in the rain! Well not entirely in the rain, but it was rainy=) We walked around Old Sacramento and found some awesome directional lighting to put this fun loving couple into… Even though they’re both two big kids at heart, they turned up the heat a couple of times, and nearly dried me off from the hotness!!

Thanks for being so much fun, walking in uncomfortable shoes on cobblestone streets, trespassing, and for not making fun of me when I got that parking ticket… hey it’s good luck right?

Much<3,

Dave

UC Davis Arboretum Wedding Photography| Christine and Roger

daveshilling — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:48:27 +0000

I love shooting at the UC Davis Arboretum. My first session there was thanks to Amy and John, and when Christine suggested a location that was chill, romantic, and had water, I ditched our original spot once I realized how awesome the Davis Arboretum is. I scoped it out as a possible location for my own wedding, but walking around the place has shown me many more cool spots to shoot! Christine is not only a friend, but also a bridesmaid from Mishell and Christians Yosemite wedding last summer. Here she is looking FAB as a bridesmaid:

She told me then that she was planning to trick this poor boy marry this stud named Roger, and now its her turn in front of the camera! Excellent choice Christine, Roger is a cool guy! Here’s some photos from our day around the Davis Arboretum:

UC Davis Arboretum
1 Shields Ave
Davis, CA

I love this sequence… so cute! I love when my clients want to goof around on our shoots.

The light that poured in at the Davis Arboretum was golden and delicious!

IN addition to being gorgeous and fun, these two are also part-time Ninjas, and they had a Ninja fight when were trying to shoot silhouettes… hey, sometimes you just need to kick somebody in the face.

I’m so proud of Christine for braving the big scary spiders to get this shot!!

We were literally in our cars, driving away, and I saw this steam rising… I flagged Roger down and when Christine got out, she jut knew exactly what I was thinking…. I love my brides!!!

I had so much fun on this shoot, and I think it shows in these pictures… can;t wait for your Monterey Wedding!

much<3,

Dave

UC Davis Arboretum Wedding Photography: Amy and John

daveshilling — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:29:00 +0000

Amy loooves pictures. And John loooooves Amy. I hadn’t even snapped one photo yet, and I was already having a good time just feeding off of their excitement! I love when a client is as excited as I am about love documentation. Amy, John and I headed to the UC Davis Arboretum for our sweet engagement session… We almost crashed a wedding that was going on there ’cause it was blazing hot and we were so thirsty! I had my fancy camera, so I could easily pass as the assistant wedding photographer. Ok, ok, we would never crash a wedding. That’s bad karma. Cast your eyes upon these treasures!

UC Davis Arboretum

1 Shields Ave
Davis, CA 95616-5270
(530) 752-4880

The sneakpeek photo, which I happily laid on the ground for, while light poured in from ether side of this gazebo.

This isn’t Joe’s first time on this bench at the Arboretum… he proposed to Amy, right on this spot!! We took this photo here and I wasn’t told that this was THE spot until later on….I guess I just saw the same thing in this bench that John saw…

I was so stoked that Amy and John were willing to climb a tree for me and take some fun photos! Amy and John are sittin in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g!

Amy is just gorgeous…. I literally couldn’t take a bad photo. John meant business too, and hit me with some GQ material.. You go John!

Amy and John wanted to rent bikes to ride around the lake that is in the center of this sanctuary, but couldn’t get anyone to rent, so they borrowed one from a fellow Davisian. So RAD!

We left the Arboretum, and headed to the campus where they first met for more photo-action… We wanted to get soem bikers flying by while they kissed…so we waited. And by the time we were ready, everyone would be gone! Then I saw some fellow extreme sports enthusiasts on BMX bikes… I whipped out some BMX lingo and they agreed to all do wheelies across the frame while we shot…victory!!! check out this sweet sequence:

What a gentleman!!

When Amy knows what she wants, she gets it..John, you were doomed from the start =)

As the light faded, we felt there was no other choice than to have an acrobatics competition on the white benches. I think John won this round with a perfectly executed toe-touch!

You guys rock, I had so much fun! Getting stoked for your Chinese wedding at King Palace soon!

Much <3,

Dave

UC Davis Arboretum Wedding Photographer: Sneak Peak

daveshilling — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:24:00 +0000

I had an amazing time shooting Amy and Jon’s engagement photos tonight at the Arboretum and other parts of the UC Davis campus in Davis, Ca. This is one awesome couple… I caught them flirting with eathother more than a few times, and if thats not a sign of robust love, I don’t know what is! Here’s a sneak peek at a few photos while I take on the daunting task of picking my favorites out for a full post!

Much <3,

Dave

Marcie and Eric are Engaged and Lovin it! Sacramento Wedding Photography

daveshilling — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:21:00 +0000

Last weekend I had the pleasure of shooting Marcie and Eric’s first couples photoshoot! It ws an honor to say the least…. they never went to Sears, Olan Mills, Picture People… they didn’t know, but they saved it for me! Or at least, thats how I look at it. If that doesn’t make you feel special, I don’t know what will. I have a feeling, though, that this is more common than I realize, and Marcie and Eric may not realize it, but they have given me a new appreciation for what I do. Marcie and Eric are totally in love, and I was going to write more about it, but its obvious in their engagement photos that we shot in mid-town sacramento, so I’ll let them do the talking.

You guys are rad, and I’m stoked to head down to LA to shoot your wedding next month!!!

Much<3,

Dave Shilling