Weddings

SOUTHWEST INSPIRED WEDDING EDITORIAL / PHOENIX, ARIZONA

A month ago, I had the privilege of learning from and being mentored by some of the best in the wedding industry. The amazingly talented photographers, Jeremy Chou and Tyler Rye organized a super informative and fun workshop in Phoenix, Arizona back in November, and it was one of the most invaluable and humbling experiences of my life. Despite only being a one and a half day event, I acquired a huge chunk of knowledge that I’ll definitely apply to my own business. It was also very refreshing to be surrounded by like-minded creative souls who are also passionate about fine art photography. I really do wish the workshop could have been longer; it was so much fun!

I’m extremely impressed by how Kourtney of Monarch Events was able to manifest her design vision for the shoots. She incorporated the existing color palette of the location into her floral arrangements and over all aesthetic in such a beautiful and harmonious way. Nothing clashes and everything just blends so well together! I would absolutely love to work with her again someday!

Meanwhile, here is a collection of the images I took from Day One of the workshop. All images were shot on the Pentax 645N using Fuji400H medium format film. Developed and scanned by the wonderful Richard Photo Lab!



 

AILENE + JOHN / GENOA, NEVADA WEDDING

Great clients make photographing a wedding (or any photo session for that matter) so much easier. I definitely lucked out with Ailene and John since these two are among the most chill people out there. I’m so appreciative of the couple’s willingness to carefully plan the day months ahead since this wedding encompassed multiple locations. As a result, the day pretty much went by without a major hitch!

This wedding also presented me with some new challenges as it was my first to shoot primarily with my film camera. Despite needing a bit more honing of skills on my end, it was a very rewarding learning experience, and I’m dying to shoot more film at weddings in the future! Congrats again, Ailene and John! Glad to call you both my friends and Pokémon Go buddies haha!


Date: September 9, 2018

Reception Venue: 1862 David Walley’s Resort Hot Springs & Spa, Genoa, NV

Film Processing: The Find Lab

Digital Processing: Mastin Labs

Photographer: Mark Talavera Photography

Florals: Inside Designs

Cake: Swedish Princess Cake from Fransz’s Backstube

Dress: Boulevard of Dreams (now closed)

Hair & Makeup: Shelby Nicole Hedman at Jenson and Co.

Suit Rentals: Men’s Warehouse

Chinese Desserts: Honey Bakery Reno

DJ: McClain’s Mobile DJ