While getting Casey & Ashley's negatives together I realized that I had never posted these pictures of Ashley's bridals. The day before her wedding we did a mini bridal session in LaCanada. This was my first bridal session. Most Cali girls opt not to have bridals done. Bridals are very traditional in some other states. Anyways I think she looks awesome, and I loved her dress...it's very art deco. Sorry for the delay, I should have posted these before. I have another shoot coming soon, and maybe I will post next week what I've been up to on this blogging hiatus.
I really do love to hate good looking people, they make picking out a handful of photos for my blog really hard:) Luckily I get to post slideshows, so I don't feel so much pressure. Casey and ashley have a big warm family and it was really fun to shoot this wedding. We had the perfect day in Santa Monica, even the clouds were perfect... It's really rare to get pretty clouds in L.A. All in all it was the perfect day! Also for any friends who read this, I'm looking for the groomsman who sang at the wedding, I loved the song and would love to replace the one I have as a placeholder. I forgot his name....anyone know? He was amazing and should be famous some day. As I said everything was perfect at this wedding! Click here for the slideshow!
I saw this video and I was amazed at how well this 20 year old explained our religion. I get questions all the time about the issues she talks about. I wish I could explain these things better, and I'm jealous of her ability to clearly communicate. She explains the truth of the religion, without being disrespectful of other people, which should be the goal of a Christ centered religion You can also tell that she speaks from her heart in a genuine sense. I also liked how she talks about growing up in a predominantly Mormon community and how now that she is outside of that world, that she sees her religion more as her identity, something that does differ her from others she meets. I also agree with her about the "Utah" factor. Utah LDS people tend to follow some Dogma, or "traditions" that add things that aren't true to the religion. Some are good traditions some are bad, but I don't believe that anyone really means bad by them, but they have crept into everyday life there just because everyone is of the same belief. I think thats why I enjoyed leaving Utah, and all the experiences I've had outside my home, and the people I have met. On that note, I still love Utah and I will always call it home. I just consider myself on an adventure right now. Anyways, maybe some people wonder why a lot of the weddings I post here are not the traditional down the aisle weddings. Thats because many are LDS weddings. I have nothing against traditional weddings, and love to shoot them. Anyways, I thought it was a good video, long but good. If you want to know anything about the religion you can go to www.LDS.org
Friday, April 10, 2009 at 05:25PM 
