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Brian and Anitra are engaged!

daveshilling — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:39:49 +0000

Brian is one of my oldest friends, and when I learned that he had found a lady worth his awesomeness, and asked her to marry him, I was super stoked for my bro…. and of course I wondered if I was going to get the chance to shoot this wedding. Here is how you and I know that Anitra is wife material. Their wedding day was originally going to be on September 24th.. but I was BOOKED. and heartbroken. Not only could I not shoot it, I couldnt even attend!! Brian came to my wedding, so its only right that I show up for his… so what did Anitra do? SHE CHANGED THE DATE. yes, read that again, let it sink in. Brides raaaaarely do this for anyone let alone someone they have never even met before. But on September 17th, I am going to rock their wedding SO HARD that I will get a music deal afterwards. I know you were thinking ” really, rock that hard?” yeah, that hard. Here’s their engagement session around their house and in a randomly cool spot downtown:

I love this picture… have you ever seen anyone look so natural and awesome underneath their own kitchen window??

Thanks for making me photoshop out that Dr. Pepper bottle Brian!!

If you saw this in real life, you wouldnt think anything of it… They are standing in a driveway!

They had a little picnic out by the river, and even though the sun was almost down, these Sacramento Picnic engagement photos turned out awesome!

Bed Head and Breakfast

daveshilling — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:16:42 +0000

While I was checking out info online about secluded outdoor wedding spots similar to Coloma Country Inn , I found this awesome spot called Nestldown ( I really want to shoot at Nestldown!). Redwoods and lush greenery… sounds heavenly right? Well during my research I noticed that my son decided to challenge the Man of the house to a bed head contest during breakfast…IT WAS ON!

Winner by unanimous decision ( my daughter was the only voter) :

Indiana!

Looks like you’re the man of the house now, little buddy.

Happy Saturday!

Much <3,

Dave

Preston Castle Fashion Shoot

daveshilling — Sun, 24 May 2009 08:58:00 +0000

So here I am one day, browsing my Facebook and commenting on all of the cool stuff my friends do all day, when I get a message from Jessie Cho inviting me to shoot some models wearing super cool dresses in an old run-down castle… Hm, lets see. They have: Gorgeous girls… check. Locally designed dresses… check. Run-down catle with dilapidated Tiffany-blue walls… check. Pretty sure my head would have exploded if she had said free pizza and beer! So I headed down to Preston Castle with my buddy Jackie from Jacqueline Photography. We were facebook buddies but we finally got a chance to kick it and shoot. Jackie is a camera gangsta, and she knows how to work those crazy things. Since the models needed glam time before the shoot, I made Jackie model for me first… yes girl, I AM blogging this right now.

Once we saw some dolled up ladies coming our way, we got down to biz, and put those girls to work! I spent most of the day with our first model Jessie, who coincidentally would change dresses and be ready just as I was looking for an available model. Lucky for me, she can make the eyes POP! like Orville Redenbacher.

Jessie’s fashion provided by: AGAPE by Jeremiah

Haley’s fashion provided by: Dreamnette
Working that grungy texture! If only I was allowed to get REAL dirt on that puppy..

Elya and Jessie’s fashion provided by: Dreamnette

Jessie’s fashion provided by: Gianna Couture

Dara’s fashion provided by: AGAPE by Jeremiah

These ones just about melted my camera… sizzlin!

Thanks to Image Provocateur for making the girls look glamorous, and thanks to the models who contorted, squished, and froze whenever I asked. You made these pictures what they are, ladies!!

Much <3,

Dave