Serge and Natalie are good friends of mine, and last Friday we decided to get out of town (Sacramento, CA) and visit San-Francisco. Weather was just perfect; 62F in December, that was a miracle.
As they haven't had photos taken for a long time, we decided to go to Golden Gate Bridge and take couple of pictures. We spent half an hour taking some photos and just enojoying beautiful sunset.
After a good dinner and premier of Mission Impossible we decided to stop at the Treasure Island and take night shot of the downtown in the background.
Here are some of my favorite:

First time I met Jair and Jackie in Napa Valley when I was taking photos of their engagement. We spent there a little bit over an hour, but I could see that they are one loving and wonderful couple, and their wedding will rock. And it did!
Jair and Jackie decided to get married in the beautiful Cathedral of the Blessed Sacramento, and celebrate their big day in amazing Old Governor's Mansion in downtown Sacramento. It was a beautiful place which was built back in 1877. Reception was full of laughter, energy and dancing. I'm really glad I could be part of Jair and Jackie's big celebration.
Big thanks to my friend Alex Dzhumara who was helping me that day,

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Even though we spent only 3 days together, I can honestly say that they are my good friends. And it was a big privilidge to photograph their wedding day. We combined it with In-n-out for lunch, crazy shooting in the evening, and club and drinks instead of reception. It was a special wedding for me. Not only because it was the first wedding I photograph when there were only a bride and a groom, but also, because I was the one signing the wedding certificate as a witness.
Next day after the wedding, we decided to take a road trip to the sunny coast of California. Even though it wasn't sunny that day, yet we had a lot of fun and just had good time taking photos.
Also, wanted to say thank you to my friend Igor, who was my assistant and a drive for the whole trip.

Here are some of my favorite photos from the wedding day. I hope you enjoy.

Laguna Beach:

Not on every wedding you see guys playing soccer early in the morning instead of sleeping in or the bride and groom serving their favorite coffee and tea to the guests. But Weston and Jessica made sure to make their wedding day special for everyone. It was unique, full of emotions and epic in too many ways to describe! It was a great provilidge to photograph this wedding, as I've been friend of Weston's family for a long time, and was honoured when they asked to fly to Gainesville to photograph this wedding.

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I have to admit, this was one of my favorite weddings of the year! It was full of energy and excitement, and honestly a whole load of craziness! Anna was a stunning bride and made for lots of beautiful photos with her great smile accompanied by Vlad's witty humour. Thanks to my friend and fellow photographerMC Studios, who invited me to photograph this gorgeous wedding along with him.
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Jair and Jackie are 2 very incredible people, and very unique! These guys are adorable and are so much fun. Enjoy their photos as really they rocked my shoes off with their personality! Thanks guys and looking forward to photograph your wedding shortly :)

Alex and Irina are one beautiful couple. I photograhed their engagement session couple of weeks ago in downtown Sacramento, and can't wait for their wedding in November this year.
Here are some of my favorites:

Noman and Dawn are one of those couple who are up to anything. And their wedding was a great example of it. They are fun, energetic, and crazy at a time...good crazy :) And more than that, they have great friends, which made their wedding day a true celebration. What I can say...It was an amazing wedding and even more amazing couple!
Special thanks to Alex, my good friend and fellow photographer who was photographing along side with me. Also, it was a great pleasure meeting and working with super talented guys from Scinema Weddings.

civil ceremony:

and then the party!

This is the final blog post on our awesome trip to Santorini for Ilie and Cristina's wedding. Though, before the wedding we had a little time to grab a few engagement shots around Fira and the rest of the Island of both the couples there. Im excited to photograph Vitalie and Olesea's wedding next year, but in the time being enjoy a little double esession rolled into one! Santorini really is a dream!

First off Ilie and Cristina:

I loved the sign posts throughout the streets...

and Vitalie and Olesea:

Thanks Guys!

When people think of Santorini, they think of luxury, beauty and great architecture! It was all of that and more, Ilya + Cristina had a very intimate small wedding ceremony with their closest friends only, and lucky for us, we were able to join them for their 4 day wedding trip there! Every day was filled with fun and traveling throughout the beautiful island. This is one of a few blog posts from the trip, but all I can say is wow! Not only are these guys awesome, but they are now are new close friends, and sharing their special moments with them just showed their love and energy for life and one another. So here are the photos :) we just want to thank you guys again for taking us with you, it was a trip we wont forget.

These guys are a cute couple, no doubt about it. And, their wedding day was beautiful, the fun between friends, love between families, and the way these guys all partied was amazing. Dan and Kathryn really made their wedding perfect and it was great to be there to be able to photograph it.
Also, special thanks to Michael, my good friend and fellow photographer who was photographing along side with me.

Hands down one of funniest weddings of this year! Ben and Tia and their bridal party rocked it! The day was full of laught, energy and great momets.
It was an honour and privilidge to photograph Ben and Tia's wedding, as I have been witnesing their relationship grow for the last two years, as we have been studying in Fresno Pacific University together.
Also, it was great shooting alongside with Ross, with whom I shoot my first wedding in states 3 years ago.

Honestly, I don't know where even to start. Bride, groom, location, atmosphere...everything was just amazing. I felt so lucky just to be at the wedding, not even mentioning that I had privilege to capture moments of the most important day in Bal and Jas's life. I am not sure if I have another opportunity to be part of similar wedding, with such a beautiful couple, phenomenal dancing, and awesome Indian music. What I can say...It was an amazing wedding and even more amazing couple!

Dan and Kathryn are 2 very incredible people, and very unique! These guys are adorable and are so much fun. Enjoy their photos as really they rocked my shoes off with their personality! Thanks guys and looking forward to seeing you again shortly :)
Big thanks to Michael Movsyesov for helping me at the shoot.

Ben and Tia rock! These guys are so pure and genuine. Thank you again to you both, you both are an amazing example of a wonderful couple.

Dmitriy and Vita are 2 very incredible people, and very unique! These guys are adorable and are so much fun. Enjoy their photos as really they rocked my shoes off with their personality!

Honestly, I don't know where even to start. Bride, groom, bridal party, location, atmosphere...everything was just amazing. I felt so lucky just to be at the wedding, not even mentioning that I had privilege to capture moments of the most important day in Kostya and Kristina's life. What I can say...It was an amazing wedding and even more amazing couple!
Also, I wanted to say thank you to a good friend of mine and fellow photographer - Alex, who was helping me with this wedding.