Balboa Fun Zone: Cara and Kellen's Engagement!!

Cara and Kellen are getting married in just a few short weeks out in Temecula, California. And while everything in Cali can be reached in around an hour or so, it was a great opportunity to meet them by the water and give them a legit excuse for a date night! :)

We met them around the Balboa Fun Zone and had just a great time! It still blows my mind how with very little words, and a plethora of high-pitched noises, women can INSTANTLY bond over a wedding! So needless to say, Cara and Erin connected over weddings, and Kellen and I bonded over the idea of how we were so glad our women love taking care of wedding stuff :) haha.

The weather held out! (thank heaven) We had great even light and not a hint of rain! There's always a period during the beginning of the shoot where it just takes getting used to be photographed; Cara and Kellen took about 30 seconds, and from then on out we couldn't stop clicking our shutter! Every look, every spot we just loved!

We feel so blessed to be joining them soon for their wedding! We can't wait to see them again! Great job Cara and Kellen, we had such a rough time narrowing down to just a few of our favorites :) Enjoy!


P.S. A HUGE "Thank you" to our friend and fellow photog Maria Longhi for introducing us to such a great couple!

Westin Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego: Renee and Kevin Part II

Finally! We are able to bring you Round 2 of our Gala in the Gaslamp Quarter in San Diego! (And my Gala I mean Renee and Kevin's wedding...obviously!) This is up just in time to welcome these two love birds back from their honeymoon in St. Lucia! Congratulations again Kev and Renee, you guys are so awesome! Please enjoy, and you stay classy down there in San Diego :)

A big thank you again to the wonderful, the stylish, and the pensive (see photo) Maria Longhi for inviting Erin and I along to shoot with her! You'll see model Maria makes a guest appearance in the photos in this post. There was this red painting in the lobby that we loved and I had to snap a shot to put in my "Blackmail" folder!

Make it a great end of the week; you are loved!

Westin Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego: Renee and Kevin

It's been a whopping 12 days or so since our last post, and for that there is no excuse! (except the following, which are totally legit) Gavin Wade Photographers has been busy busy busy. Between juggling 4 other jobs between the two of us....yes I said four...we've been going at a million miles an hour. We've loved every minute of it! Although if I go too long without blogging, I start getting hate mail, evil looks, and even worse than that....the puppy-dog look! But enough about Erin! ( <3 you babe) .But you guys out there know what I mean. THE LOOK. I can't help but not rush to my laptop :)

However, we simply cannot wait to share with you Renee and Kevin's wedding from this past weekend down in San Diego! The ever-fabulous Maria Longhi invited both Erin and I to join her for the day; Erin was with Renee and the ladies while I was with Kevin and the boys! (our SOP for all of our own weddings as well!). As always, we came away having connected so much with our bride and groom; they were so much fun and just good people! Kevin works for Taylor Made and designs those awesome huge-normous drivers you see on the PGA. And Kev, you gotta call me when you make a driver that can get me 300 yards off the tee and cure my wicked slice!! (I believe in miracles)

Both Renee and Kevin got ready at the Westin Gaslamp Quarter hotel before hopping on the "party bus" and heading over to the church; a beautiful Catholic church which was downtown! We have so many images we want to share that we've decided to split this up into two posts so as not to overload everyone during the middle of the week! And since those puppy-dog eyes still have me intoxicated I can't help but brag about my girl and show you some of the great shots she took! I'll get mine up before the week is out. No worries, we'll get some ceremony and reception shots up soon!

So without further adieu, enjoy! Make it a great end of the week! Love life, love what you do, and have a blast :)