Santa Barbara Wedding Photographer Kristin Renee

Robert and Alynne

I photographed this wonderful couple getting married a week or so ago and wanted to share some of my favorite images :-)
The Santa Barbara Courthouse is such a beautiful place, I think we take advantage that we live in such an awesome town with so many sites! Alynne and Robert were such a fun couple. We had a great time taking photos, it was hard to stop!

Poker Night!

Mike Colon's workshop ended this week with a poker game. I am still learning the game of poker, but had more of a fun time taking pictures and playing with the kids this time around.

Becker, an incredible wedding photographer in Orange County, who came over to join in on the game, won! Look at the loot!!!!

Mike Colon's 4-day Intensive Workshop in Newport Beach

was an awesome week! There were so many talented photographers there. I made so many new friends! Mike Colon shared about his marketing strategies and showed different lighting techniques. We took some models out to a few different places and were able to get some great shots! What a fun-filled week! Check out some of the shots and stay tuned to Mike's blog to see more!.....
This group shot was taken from Mike's camera :-)

Mike took this fun shot!

Brittany came out to model for us and was simply amazing!

Jasmine and her husband, JD, were incredible models as well. They are so in love, you can just feel it!!!

This past week was such a fun week of learning and making new friends!

Melissa Rich and Tiffany Aicklen

And the new addition to the Colon family, little precious Logan :)

Day at the ranch.....

So yesterday was such a fun-filled day! Jessica Brickley of Bijoux Events and I went out to check out some wedding sites. Rancho Dos Pueblos is such a beautiful place. Such an open area for a wedding and incredible ocean views. You can rent a private beach or rent the gorgeous estate.

Then Jessica and I went over to meet Devin of El Capitan Ranch. He showed us the different areas where the ceremony and reception would take place. El Captian Ranch is a place filled with different opportunities! They have a Ranch Round Up, Friday Night BBQ, horse back riding, horse drawn carriage rides and soooooo much more! Devin taught Jessica and I how to Rope! We did pretty well for our first time roping a bull! Hahaha! Then he took us horse back riding down the beautiful trail while we watched the sunset! It was incredible! Thanks Devin!!!

David Jay Workshop at Brooks

The awesome David Jay came to Brooks Institute of Photography to teach a workshop this past weekend. He shared about how to create freedom in your photography business through outsourcing and automation. It was two full days of marketing and workflow information. He also did a photo shoot of some models and shared with the group some different ways that he shoots. In the picture below, you can see him on top of the rock looking down at the models. Check out David Jay's blog to see the photo that he took!

Fun weekend!

This past weekend was full of fun and excitement! My friend Sam Sosa and Brian Norling put together a fun photo scavenger hunt. It was a great time, especially coming back to look at all the fun pictures! We also had Charlie Thai come and give a cooking class on teaching Thai food to add to the special event!

My friends also celebrated their birthdays this past weekend.
Kristina and Judy! Happy Birthday girls!

Some seriously yummy cupcakes with a Valentine's day flare!

Sushi, Wine and Cake Decorating!.....

Tonight, the Santa Barbara Young Professionals Club hosted an event at Hennings Bakery. It was all-you-can-eat sushi, wine and cake decorating 101! It was such a blast! As we chowed down on sushi and drank wine, we watched as Kim Kjar taught us all how he decorates cakes. Once he was finished, everyone was given their own miniature heart shaped cakes to decorate. Cake decorating has been something that I have always been really wanting to learn, since baking is one of my favorite things to do. So you might see more fun stuff in the future, since I love to celebrate birthdays too! I might decorate a cake or two! Check out some of the cool cakes people decorated.
Kim giving his cake decorating 101

Having fun learning to decorate

The variety of decorated Valentine cakes ;-)

Melinda, Jessica, Amie and Mary Anne.

This is my decorated heart and believe it or not, I have eaten just about the whole thing while I have been posting! Hahaha! It is DELICIOUS!!!

Superbowl!

So I must admit, I don't really follow football, but love getting together to hang out with friends to watch the superbowl. My friend, Loren, opened up his place and threw a great superbowl party. There were like 30 of us in one big room with a huge tv! It was sweeeet! At half time, half of the group went to the backyard to play some football. Here is a shot so you can see the gang in action.

Happy Birthday Sam!!!

So yesterday we celebrated the 30th birthday of my very good friend, Sam Sosa. Hosted by Amie Parrish and Mary Anne Knox, of MAK Events, the party was a huge success at Club Couchez. It was a great time of hanging out with friends, meeting new ones, celebrating with Sam and of course, dancing! ;-)
Me with the birthday boy, who has been my swing dancing partner for about a year now.