Hillary & John :: Wedding at St. Mary S.F.

Hillary and John tied the knot in an amazing place. St Mary Cathedral has to be one of the most breathtaking churches I've ever been to. It's just bigger then life. Wow. This wedding was really great. Emotions were on high again. The 2 studs in many of the shots are their son's. You might remember them from their engagement/family session I did a few months back.

Scott's Sea Food did an awesome job once again as hosts. Great place to have a reception. YES, that IS indeed the groom with the DJ headphones on. How cool is it to DJ your own wedding. Truth is, John is a pro DJ and like me is at weddings many times a year. Here's a shot out to him and his crew. VERY recommended: Aim 2 Pleez

Thank you Angela Montemayo for an AWESOME job with coordinating. Cheers everyone.

~Sam

Sugar.

My wife and I found our son Jon-Paul in the kitchen doing this. We love you Googs.

Kris Mills & Family :: Willow Glenn Lifestyle Session

One of the joys of photography for me is getting a chance to shoot for other photographers. I consider it the HIGHEST of compliments when other photographers trust me to shoot for them in the various arenas of photography. I've had the pleasure of shooting the weddings of about a 1/2 dozen photographers this year and will be doing about double that next year. Awesome and nerve racking at the same time. Always try and bring the "A game".

Kris, (mom in the yellow tee) was here on some vacation from Maui, (kinda backwards right?) and asked if we could have a shoot for the family. Her words, always behind the lens and never in front, (tell me about it). To boot, Grandma, JUST celebrated 95!!!!! WOWZERS. Certainly a reason to celebrate if you ask me. We shot 1/2 of the session at her home in Willow Glen San Jose and the rest was with Kris and her son at a nearby park.

Next time I'm in your part of the world, I'm gonna hold you to a session for me and the family as well Kris. ;) Hope you love you pictures. Cheers everyone. Happy Friday.

~Sam
Meet Kris's son, his name is Energy :)
This one is very special.

Do you realize where I had to be to get this shot?




My favorite from the day I think.

Candace & Tony :: Wedding at the Pulgas Water Temple

Hello friends!

Candace and Tony were married at the breathtaking Pulgas Water Temple in Woodside Ca.
Lotsa laughs, tears as well. Everything was really stunning guys. Wonderful job.
Love it when my Brides switch it up for the reception with another dress. In Candace's case it was a traditional red Chinese dress. Yay for lucky red. :)

This couple was exceptionally blessed to have none other then Mr. Spencer Boerup as second shooter. Spencer is an awesome photographer and is king of his market in Tucson Arizona. He's also the creator of Presetopia, processing presets for Abobe Lightroom. If you know whats good for you, (and your pictures) you'd get some presets from Spence. I have a coupon code even, use this when purchasing: samgotthehookup

Take care Earthlings.














Quan And Spencer. Quan is showing off his latest lens, the Canon 50-16-35. Spencer is........I'm not sure what Spencer is doing actually.