Brian Fox

It seems like ages ago that Erin and I started to discuss her wedding in Sonoma on New Year's Eve 2011.  Well, the event has now come and passed and I cannot believe we are already a month into 2012!

Erin and Dave's wedding took place at the Sonoma Mission at the Sonoma State Historic Park.  Thanks to Erin, I have had the unbelievable good fortune to photograph three weddings for Erin and her family and friends.  And I have another one coming up in June of 2012 in Kenwood, California (thanks, Katie and Owen!).  There's no other way to put it - Erin and her family and friends are just really, really great people.  I consider myself to be very lucky to have been able to spend some time in this group's lives, and I am very happy to call many of them friends.

Anyway, back to Erin and Dave's wedding...

The ceremony took place on a very cool New Year's Eve in Sonoma.  Coming from Florida, I actually love the cooler weather.  From a photography perspective, the wedding ceremony was a bit challenging due to the fact the Mission was very dark once the ceremony started and the lights inside were not not working properly and therefore were dim and/ or flickering for the entire ceremony.  Add to that the fact that flash was not permitted in the Mission and, well... I suppose that's where having pro-level photography equipment comes into play.  It all worked out in the end... the ceremony images actually came out quite nice.

The reception was held at the Sonoma Valley Inn.

See below for a few pictures from Erin and Dave's beautiful event.  I can't wait to come back in June for Katie and Owen's wedding!

Have a wonderful weekend!

BF

I recently photographed a Family Lifestyle Photo Session for the Van Til Family in Windermere, Florida.  I occasionally post images from these sessions on my site, but not always.  Maybe I will start to post more of these images on the site since I seem to be getting more commissions to do these sessions.

Family Lifestyle Photo Sessions are different from my studio sessions in that I will spend two or three hours with the family and just document their every day life with my camera in their own, comfortable environments.  Sometimes we'll travel to a park close to their home... sometimes we will shoot inside the home.  Sometimes we'll go somewhere that has special meaning to the family.  I enjoy these sessions because of the unpredictable nature of the shoot.  You never know what will happen so you've always got to have the camera ready.

Even though on this day we had a beautiful day for the shoot and a gorgeous late-morning light that made the color pictures pop, I thought these images looked even better in black and white.  I'm a huge fan of black and white photography!  Maybe it's the timelessness of a monochrome moment, which is emphasized when there's no color present.  I don't know.  Anyway, we were able to capture many precious moments during our short time together.

The kids started out a little shy, but that only lasted a few minutes.  Obviously, they all know how to "turn it on" for the camera.  Even the youngest, Arden.

Here's a small sampling of the images we captured on our day together... oh, and the first three (3) people to book me for a Family Lifestyle Photo Session and mention this post get 15% off of their session fee!  Whoot!  Happy New Year!

BF

Here are a few pictures from Kristy and Rick's wedding at the Anthem Country Club in Henderson, Nevada...

Thank you, Kristy and Rick, for your hospitality... and thanks especially for ordering-up a gorgeous day in Vegas!

I was recently given the opportunity to photograph a wedding at the beautiful Loews Portofino Bay Hotel in Orlando, Florida.  I had been to the hotel on numerous occasions... even shot a bridal fashion photo shoot at the hotel... but only recently did I actually get the privilege of shooting at this beautiful venue.

Alina and Ricardo made the trip up to Orlando from South Florida with a large group of family and friends.  Thank goodness the Portofino Bay Hotel is as beautiful on the inside as it is on the outside, because a torrential downpour started at 6:00AM on Alina and Ricardo's wedding day, and did not let up until about noon the following day!  I have never seen so much rain in Florida at this time of year.

Alina and Ricardo were in wonderful spirits the entire day.  And believe me, that made my job a whole lot easier because photographing an entire wedding indoors under a wide variety of light sources can present its own unique set of challenges for the photographer.  But, as you can see in the slideshow below the weather did nothing to dampen Alina and Ricardo's wonderfully upbeat mood and their love for each other.