NEW BLOG!

My new photography blog is up and running, check it out: www.amberkatrina.com/blog I'd love to hear what you think, so leave a comment.

From now on, I will post my photography on the new blog, and keep this one for family info and pictures. So if you like to check out my photography, bookmark the page and check back often for updates.

Here is the latest session I did in Downtown Los Angeles, click HERE to see the rest of the images.



Also, the new logo and branding was done by Cori Devard. If you are interested in her graphic design services (cards, announcements, identity packages, etc.), email her at: coridevard@gmail.com

Trash the Dress

Tara is the best! Even after our engagement/couples shoot a few weeks ago, she was up for a bridal portrait session with me. I wanted some experience with a unique photo session called "Trash the Dress".

If you don't know about Trash the Dress, it is a photography session done after the wedding, where the bride and groom (or just the bride) wear their wedding attire. Then we find some really cool, unique locations to take some fun and funky shots that are just not possible on the wedding day. Some ideas are a gritty urban downtown, a funky beach town, a romantic beach/pier, a fun carnival, a rustic field, etc.

Don't let the name scare you, you don't have to actually Trash your wedding Dress (unless you want to). If you don't have any cool images from your wedding day that you really love or you just like unique, edgy photography and want to wear your wedding dress again (who doesn't?), contact me to schedule your own Trash the Dress photo shoot: amber@amberkatrina.com


Some detail.

Getting ready.

We headed over to Wilderness Park in Arcadia for these portraits. The lighting was to die for and Tara is gorgeous - couldn't have been better. This is my favorite of the day.

Tara was up for anything I suggested, even laying down in her beautiful wedding dress. It got a little dirty but no harm done. I think it was worth it for these.

Great shoes; even better that they are a bit dirty. It just epitomizes our Trash the Dress Session.

Then we headed over to Tim's Auto Repair in Azusa for some really unique bridal/Trash the Dress shots. This old Thunderbird was awesome. It just completes Tara and her wedding dress.

Love the gaudy hang tag.

Then Tara decided to work on the car. Wouldn't you like her to be your mechanic?

Thanks, Tara, for an amazing Bridal/Trash the Dress shoot. You truly look like a model.

Last Edition: The Riley Farm

This is the last installment of Dan and Missy's wedding. The weekend after their wedding, we went up to the Riley farm in Oak Glen for their So Cal Reception. It is amazing up there! I found so many awesome locations for photos. But due to problems with the dress as they were getting ready, we ended up with very little time for pictures. We had 10 minutes before the reception to try to sneak in some pictures. Of course Dan and Missy were a beautiful couple. Thanks again, Dan and Missy, for letting me take so many photos of you guys. You are awesome! Here are a few of the photos I got:

Part 2: The Reception

Here is the second installment of Dan and Missy's wedding. After the sealing ceremony in Salt Lake, we drove to Sandy for their reception that night. We had forgotten the address, but we knew the street and the location name, so we figured we'd find it. After driving on the road for 10+ minutes, we started joking about not finding it. Then we saw a big cemetery and sarcastically said, "I bet it's at the cemetery!" Well, it was! Not actually in the cemetery, but beside it. They had converted a nursery into a reception location. Very clever and very beautiful, but unexpected nonetheless. Brian wanted to give Dan a hard time about it. I said "no" until Brian reminded me about our wedding. At our wedding reception, we had a butterfly release to symbolize our new life together, but when we opened the little cases, one of the butterflies was dead. Dan showed Brian the dead one and said, "So, what does this symbolize?" So anyways, Brian gave Dan a hard time about his reception location being at the cemetery.