Jonathan and I are really awesome at bringing out the fun, silliness, and laughter in our photos, but there’s also that part of us who wants to bring out the fire, passion, and intimate side that each couple has.   With that said we’re looking forward to a lot of new things for 2011.  We’re looking forward to our new brand identity which I cannot wait to launch, our new way we’re approaching our engagement sessions and family sessions, and we’re looking forward to just giving more of us to our clients.

Here are some of the photos that Jonathan and I have taken during this workshop.  Once again thank you Tanja and Tia for providing amazing models and the awesome hair, makeup, and wardrobe for these three.

I also wanted to give a quick HELLO to those who attended.  Quincy of Rock the Image, who’s a good friend of Jonathan and myself; Kira Bautista, a Facebook friend turned friend, and Noreen, a client of mine in the salon and aspiring photographer.  Thank you guys for taking the time out of your busy lives to enjoy two days of inspiration without you this class wouldn’t be possible!

I leave this blog post with this simple phrase: TURTLE FIRE LIPS

Here are some random things you should know about us before you decide to continue to stay on our blog or possibly book us for your wedding day!

We’re a husband + wife team.

We’re parents of two gorgeous daughters.

We love Disneyland.

We laugh, A LOT.

We’re weird (that’s an understatement).

WE LOVE TARGET!

We get emotional at father/daughter dances.  (Thank god our cameras are larger than our faces and hide our tear filled eyes, NO JOKE.)

We like to think of our “style” as a romantic comedy.  (PSSH what is style!?)

We randomly sing and dance in our cars, if you see us on the road doing so, laugh AT us or WITH us, we’re probably doing it too.

We can’t get enough of Treatbot Ice Cream/Karaoke Truck. Eastside Horchata is a bomb diggity flavor.

We shoot with heavy cameras with the name Nikon on them.

And last but not least:

We love what we do.

We love to have fun with what we do.

We love the clients who love having fun with us while we have fun doing what we love to do.

Shoes: Manalo Blahnik

Venue: Hotel Sofitel + St. Ignatius

Videographer: Shiksa Studio

Band: D’Groove Special Performance by Sway Penala

Brides dress was awesome, her shoes were the same shoes that Carrie from Sex and The City got stolen in her friends apartment when she had to take her shoes off and ended up going home in nasty sneakers, the groom was handsome, and the party lasted all night long!!

This is a HUGE blogpost…SO BE READY for lots of photos!!  DETAIL GALORE and the ring shot….MONEY!!

So for those who constantly check back for new work.  We wont really be updating our website, but please continue to visit our blog for some awesome sauce!  Until then look at our babies…THEY ARE RIDICULOUSLY CUTE!!

We wanted to be a part of such a great gift, the gift of love and marriage and a wedding.  So with that we’re looking forward to being a part o the amazing 2011 SF DREAM TEAM.

Read a little bit about us here:  Meet Joanne + Jonathan!!

Lauren and Seans’ wedding was beautiful.  The gathering of close family and friends at this beautiful outdoor location was wonderful on a nice warm May day.  Some of our favorite shots at this wedding happened to be a lot of the candid shots which captured everyone’s emotions during this day.  Enjoy!

Location: Ravenswood Historic Site in Livermore, CA

I’ve never been to Yosemite and Jonathan hasn’t been since he was little.  The views were absolutely breathtaking.  Back in high school in photography class, my teacher had always talked about Ansel Adams.  Since then I’ve always wanted to see Yosemite and I was so happy to have not only seen it, but shoot a wedding there and spend a little get away time with my partner in crime for our anniversary.  We had a blast, my only gripe is that we were only there for 2 days.  The next time we go, for sure will bring our girls and get away for at least a week.

It’s been two years since Jonathan and I took the plunge and decided to tie the knot with one another and I will honestly say it hasn’t been easy, but its definitely been well worth all the tears, laughter, frustration, and joy.  I love shooting weddings with him because we get to spend time together doing what we love and we’re such love saps.  GO TEAM LOVE!  I swear every single wedding we do helps to keep our marriage alive.  Over the weekend the bride’s dad said something super awesome:  ”You marry the one you love and you learn to love the one you married.”  It’s so true.  Over time in a relationship I feel we change roles of who we are, but nonetheless you’re partners in life; walking hand in hand.  As long as we can remember there, we’ll always be in love.

To celebrate our anniversary we spent the weekend at the lovely Tenaya Lodge, located on the south entrance of Yosemite.  It was gorgeous!  The staff was truly awesome.  They gave us a bottle of wine for our anniversary!  When we got back into civilization and reality on Monday, one of our friends made us some rocking treats.  Two of our friends Nicole + Jenn started this rad bakery called Cakeree Bakery. The little cakepops and crunch rolls are truly addicting.  Like Nicole promised, life altering.  For some yummy goodness at your next party or for just some goodness hit them up, you won’t be let down.  The first thing Jon said when had stuffed his mouth was “Oh my God, Oh my God, Oh my God.”

2 years ago I shoved a cupcake from Kara’s Cupcakes in his face.  2 days ago he shoved a crunch roll from Cakeree in mine.

The workshop not only helped me to see my vision a little clearer, but there were so many great things that I needed to hear to make my life better.  Such as setting the tone for things and putting the energy into the things you do to really make the outcome better.   When times get rough, work gets overwhelming, and there’s not enough time in the day.  I find myself starting to have less and less energy to do what makes me happy.  After hearing those simple things at Tanja’s workshop, it made me realize that I just needed to re-energize so that I can keep on going and doing the things I love.

So here are some of the shots I got to take at the workshop.  Enjoy!

And this is Tanja, just showing us how she gets the shots she wants.  

This is Shannon Renee of Shannon Renee Photography.  She’s got the most piercing eyes.  One of the most awesome things about this workshop is that Tanja had us break into groups and within our groups we had the chance to be director, model, and the fluffer.  Doing this allowed us to really utilize some of the things we learned that day which I thought was really helpful.

The next two shots are from what I got to direct.  Check out Lindsey’s fire eyes.

And here’s my favorite shot from the day!