FotoCielo and Arigato Sushi

One of my favorites cities is Santa Barbara. I don't know what it is, but I'm in love with the city. My stress escapes me when I arrive.

On my tour of Southern California I visited all my friends in Santa Barbara including the guys behind FotoCielo. They were having MokaDesign redesign their website so it was nice to talk through some of the ideas and proofs while I was there. I think that might be my only web design client that I've ever met with in person.

Ricky and Tim run the operation and Kiel is a photographers/office dude/nutrition expert.
(Tim, Kiel, Ricky, me)


They were super nice to take me out to my favorite sushi place, Sushi Arigato on State Street.


And I made a stop by David's place although he seemed to sneak away with a girl before I could get a picture so here is the view from his house.

Greg Bumatay

While in California I dropped by to see my friend Greg Bumatay at Bumatay Studio. He's a great photographer and it's been way too long since I photographed with him.

His wife and him recently moved their office into a sweet condo in Fullerton. It's in such a cute community. Here he is in the showroom.

Catalina, CA - A Vacation

It was time to get away from the heat in Arizona so my father, brother and best friend Troy headed out for a guys trip. We stayed at the small Coronado Inn on the island. It's the perfect location to walk down to the bay, downtown Coronado and the brewery.

The homes are all so quaint.


We headed down to Balboa Park and saw part of the Body Worlds exhibit. It's so crazy to see the human body in that form.

There was also this very interesting entertainment group on the pathway. They were a bit creepy. It sort of reminded me of the singing ghosts from the Haunted House in Disneyland.


My brother Darren


Troy


Me


My brother and dad


Oh yeah!




San Diego and the bay

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Espresso 101 at Liberty Market

I was at Liberty Market a couple months ago when they held their first ever Espresso 101 class. It was a full class of 10 at the E61 espresso bar inside Liberty Market.

Joe and Teresa were busy teaching everyone about the art of making espresso drinks.





Jess Harter covered the story well on his blog.

Bethany + Casey Wedding - Brophy Chapel & Montelucia Resort Phoenix, AZ

Bethany and Casey had such a fun wedding. I knew these families would be a blast to work with.
Be sure the check out their SLIDESHOW.

The ceremony was held at Brophy Chapel and the reception was at the new Montelucia Resort in Phoenix.



Bethany and Casey were so excited that this day was finally here.




Here are all of the girls, most of whom are sisters to Bethany, including Allison who's wedding I photographed previously.


Casey and all of his guys were looking sharp.






Patty & Patty at I Do, I Do Wedding Specialists were making sure everything went smoothly while Ray the DJ kept everyone busy on the dance floor.

Check out the slideshow here ---> Bethany + Casey Wedding - Brophy Chapel & Montelucia Resort Phoenix, AZ