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Aly and Jake are Engaged | Downtown Sacramento Engagement Photos

daveshilling — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:37:08 +0000

Aly and Jake are my kind of clients… fun, easy going, and smiling by default. We had a great time at the Sacramento Marina doing their Downtown Sacramento engagement photos, and I can’t wait for their Old Sugar Mill Wedding this May!

They let me try all kinds of goofy pictures… this one was fun, and I really liked the visual trickery:

We had a great time at the Sacramento Marina shooting their Downtown Sacramento Engagement photos, and I can’t wait for the wedding!

Much <3,

Dave

Instructions for Living

daveshilling — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:57:07 +0000

*photograph by Indiana Shilling

Cayucos Wedding Photography | Brian and Anitra

daveshilling — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:03:35 +0000

Cayucos is a lovely littel town on the Central coast of California, and Jenny and I were very fortunate to spend the day with Brian and Anitra. In addition to being two wonderful and good lookin’ people, they are also great friends of mine, and I have had the good fortune of knowing Brian for almost half of my life. It was a pleasure and an honor to attend their wedding… which almost didn’t happen. They chose their wedding date and when I found out I was booked…I paniced a little. And of course, started making irrational requests like “Please change you wedding date so I can be there!!” This is a swing-for-the-fence, hail-mary-pass, field-goal-from-your-own-35 type of move… and it totally worked. Anitra gave the okay, and I was able to see one of my best friends marry his best friend. I’ve told this story on my blog before, but it’s awesomeness bears repeating. I hope you enjoy my selections from their wedding last fall!

First Look out on the Cayucos Pier… magic.

Brian and I spent years skateboarding together back in the day, so this was very fitting to include.

I was so stoked and fortunate to bring my wifey on this trip with me… that would have been a lonely car ride without you babe <3

Thank you both for being amazing, making the impossible possible, and for your friendship.

much <3,

Dave

Delta King Wedding Photography | Michelle and Ryan

daveshilling — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:47:50 +0000

Michelle and Ryan married at the Delta King last Fall, and had a cozy brunch with friends and family on the permanently docked ship-turned restaurant in Old Sacramento, CA.

Makeup was done by the lovely and talented Christi Reynolds…she is fantastic at what she does. And as an added bonus, she has a really soothing voice… perfect for a morning of nerves and anticipation (=

Ryan looking super stoked to be marrying his love at the Delta King!

The Holiday Inn’s expansive main entrance was a fun place to do their first look…having red stairs to descend and a place for bridesmaids to sneek a peEk was awesome (= and yes, I capitalized that E for my friend Rashell at Invitations Ink.. those invitation girls are grammar police!

You can’t pose romance like this.. 100% Ryan, scooping up his wife at their reception party held at the Other Office

It was a pleasure spending the day with you both, and I can’t wait to put that big fat album in your hands!

Much<3,

Dave

Monte Verde Inn Wedding | Alex and Ryan

daveshilling — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 05:40:35 +0000

A gorgeous day in the Foothills of California played host to Alex and Ryan’s beautiful wedding at The Monte Verde Inn in Foresthill, CA. Alex and Ryan are young, educated, and loving, and I am just as excited to know them as I was to take these photos at their wedding!

Thanks to Sarah Dawson for helping me shoot this wedding and getting this great shot of Alex dashing off to say I Do!

The indoor banquet room of the Monte Verde Inn Wedding venue looks just as amazing as an empty room… Alex owns this window!

Ryan’s mom hand-folded the paper cranes and created this display to honor Ryan’s part Japanese heritage…wonderful work mom!

And I can never blog a Monte Verde Inn Wedding without showing owner Kelly Dalisa‘s awesome cake-making skills! I mean…seariously? Those are edible flowers? You rock Kelly!

Joe Kalamaras of SJ Disc Jockey helped keep the party going and kept the guest entertained with this photo booth until they shut the place down!

Thank you for inviting me to the biggest and most important party in your lives!

Much <3,

Dave

Jeff and Rachels Engagement session Sneak Peek

daveshilling — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 10:13:22 +0000

Before Jeff and Rachels wedding, we actually did their engagement session… so why am I blogging these backwards? Good question. That I have no answer to. I have an artists brain, mkay? We dont always color inside the lines.

Check out these punchy black and whites!! We shot these in full sun/shade combo, so they had TONS of contrast already. Love these mucho!

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More to come!!!

Much

Dave

Rick and Jaclyn Engagement Session: Part Two

daveshilling — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:04:31 +0000

Okay, here is Part two of Rick and Jaclyns engagement session at UCSC… (check out Part One here). Not only are these two lovebirds super fun and awesome, they are just visibly in love, happy and despite claiming to need direction when we did their University of California Santa Cruz engagement photos, half the time I just stood back and said “be cute and lovey and stuff” and they just… did. Looking forward to shooting their Monte Verde Inn wedding photos next month!!! Miss you guys!!

I get many emails asking me how I create these pictures (okay, it was my grandma)…fortunately for me, my buddy Rob was snapping some action shots during our session… Here are some Behind the Scenes photos for a few of the photos above… see if you can match them up!

Crouching Dave, Hidden Camera.

I literally risked my life on this next one… but it was so worth it once I saw the photo.

This photo makes no sense… I look like I was frozen during the UCSC engagement shoot and just fell to the ground.

This is the most fun you can possibly have at “work.” Rick and Jaclyn, thanks for making my job more fun than some people’s day off!!

Much<3,

Dave

Jeff and Rachel’s intimate Wedding

daveshilling — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 23:58:59 +0000

Jeff and Rachel are super fun, and totally in love, and couldn’t wait until next year to get married… so they held a small, private ceremony in Folsom, CA to make it official. I was honored to be part of this family-only event, and the we got some great Folsom Wedding photos! This was a ceremony only, and a big reception will be held next year to celebrate the marriage of Jeff and Rachel…

thats love right there

Thank you guys for letting me be part of your wedding day, and I’m looking forward to the big celebration next year!!

Much

Dave

Rick and Jaclyn Engagement Session: Part One

daveshilling — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 05:33:29 +0000

I specifically needed to blog these photos seperately, and first, so that everyone gets a clear picture of how fun Rick and Jaclyn are. They brought the awesome. Aaaaaand go!

Awesome was brought-en!

You guys are so rad!!

part deux coming soon!

Much

Dave

Awesome Invitations by Invitations Ink

daveshilling — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 22:15:23 +0000

I had been waiting for a thick, non-junk-mail shaped envelope to hit my inbox for a week. No, it wasn’t a birthday card from Grandma ( although I did get the card Grandma, thank you!) , it was an fantastically awesome invitation to Brian and Anitra’s wedding! Jessica and Rashell of Invitations Ink, a Sacramento, CA based invitations company who make fantastic Invitations, and I had to photograph them to show you all what your Invitations COULD look like if you hire a couple of pros like them:

I cant wait to see more of these from my brides!!! Thanks for your hard work and for showing ‘em how Custom Invitations in Sacramento are supposed to be done!!

Much

Dave