This summer I was asked to photograph a beach wedding up at the well known Hollister Ranch, in Santa Barbara. I happily accepted. Anytime you're invited to "The Ranch" you MUST accept. I had the opportunity to go with some friends when I was younger and even surfed a few waves there, so of course I was excited to go back. Being there for a wedding was equally as exciting. Wedding days are always charged with such emotion and this day was no different.
Before the wedding day I only had known the bride, and when I met the groom I got a very similar sense about him. They seem to be perfect for eachother. One reminds me of the other.
When they were getting seriously in love, wanting to know if getting married was the right thing to do, each sought out a sign that would ensure they were doing the right thing. I love how when pondering their love she caught the longest waves of her life. And on another occasion, while out surfing, he had a mother and baby dolphin appear feet from him; after asking that deep question of if he could marry her. Their story brought tears to my eyes. It was hard to focus, literally, for a minute there. So on this beautiful, preserved land, that they'd both have had ties to, separately, yet parallel, they connected their lives forever.
Here's a few images from that day.
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