Fat Tuesday at Oscar's

The owner of Oscar's Tejon Street, had me down to photograph their Fat Tuesday celebration last week. I must say that a good time was had by all. It was definitely the place to be for Mardi Gras partying. The owner, Phil, says that Fat Tuesday is his biggest night of the year; complete with a special all Cajun menu. Beads were flying, beers were flowing. Jake Loggins Band was also on hand to supply the tunes. To see more from the party click here.

Dance Always Work

So this is a picture of our friend Toshi taken at our wedding. Chris and I both knew Toshi independently from Chris' job at the bank and my former job at the photo lab. When she found out that we were getting married, Toshi insisted that she do some traditional Japanese dances at our wedding. We were honored, so Toshi performed two different dances at our reception. They were beautiful and we truly felt honored that Toshi would share her art and culture with all of us. A while later Chris found out that the second dance (bottom image) was a fertility dance. Chris told Toshi that we had no need for that and that we had taken means to avoid any pregnancy. Toshi said it didn't matter and that because of her dance we would be having another child. Fast forward to a few days ago when Chris happens to talk to Toshi on the phone. Toshi finds out that Chris is pregnant and tells her "See, dance always work. Two years." Our second anniversary was in September and Chris became pregnant in October. Not bad right? Then Toshi says, "You have a little boy." Turns out Toshi was right again. We had just found that we were having a boy. "Dance always bring boy, sometimes girl, but for you a boy." Call it coincidence, but I'm sold. Toshi's dance beat out modern science and was accurate to within a month. We told her she should start a business for people having trouble having kids. Thanks to Barry Brown and Walt Palmer for the images. You can click on them to enlarge.

The Next Mrs. Colorado?

Yesterday I had the honor of shooting a portfolio of images for Jennifer to use in her quest to become Mrs. Colorado. I met Jennifer and her husband Ronnie a couple of years ago when they hired me to photograph their wedding. A few weeks ago I got a call from Jennifer telling me that she needed images for her entry into this years Mrs. Colorado pagent. It always makes us feel good to get repeat business. Next up we have a full family portrait session planned to get more images for her entry. To see more from the shoot please click here.

Congratulations Sonia & Zak

We had the opportunity to do engagement photos for Sonia and Zak at last Sunday's West Side Love Story bridal show. We felt that the show was very successful and were glad to have the opportunity to meet with so many future brides and grooms. We will be honored to photograph Sonia and Zak's wedding this coming September at The Briarhurst Manor. To see more of their images, please click here