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State of the Unions

As I listened to President Barack Obama give the State of the Union Address, I thought about the state of all the unions I’ve been hired to photograph through the years. I’m happy to report that all of them are still blissfully married… Well, one of them actually ended their marriage amiably, but the groom [...]

Susan and Jon Engagement Photo Session

Just a few photos from our fun photo shoot in Santa Barbara. I look forward to photographing Susan and Jon’s wedding. I have the best job in the world. Being a wedding photographer I get to entertain people and make them look beautiful all at the same time, all while improving their memories and filling [...]

Thank you, Brides!

I’m very grateful to the brides and grooms that gave me their trust to photograph their wedding, and then honored me with this award, given to the top 5% of wedding photographers in the US. This is really our award, thank you! I will continue doing my part. I’m grateful to have been given the [...]

Michelle and David: Summer Ojai Destination Wedding

The beauty of photographing weddings is that I get to relive them every time I sit down to edit photos, whether for an online slideshow or a wedding photography coffee table book. The wedding of Michelle and David in Ojai, California, is one of those weddings worth remembering for the rest of your life. Everybody [...]

Santa Barbara Summer Wedding: Karstyn and Jesse

Please enjoy this selection of photos that may serve as inspiration for your Santa Barbara wedding. Thank you, Karstyn and Jesse, for inviting me to be your wedding photographer. It’s an honor that I don’t take lightly. Summertime and the winning is easy. While Santa Barbara was resting after the amazing Solstice Parade, Karstyn was [...]

Happy Anniversary Ceci and Steve; It’s been five years already!

Every wedding is special. Often I go back and look at photos of a wedding just to cheer myself up. I thought that I would reminisce about the wedding of Ceci and Steve at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History five years ago! Happy anniversary! Since the wedding was so loooong ago, I thought [...]

Wedding Dance Video with Exxxplosivo DJ’s

Wedding Dance Medley, featuring Exxxplosivo DJ’s from Isaac Hernandez on Vimeo. I’m working on a new post with photos from Michelle and David’s wedding in Ojai, at Twin Peaks Ranch, catered by SBB Gourmet Catering, coordinated by Donna Romani Events, and DJ’d by DJ THC Electra from Exxxplosivo DJ’s. But there are so many great [...]

Lauren and Michael, Santa Barbara Wedding Photography Slideshow

The Wedding of Lauren and Michael from Isaac Hernandez on Vimeo. You may remember this wedding from a previous post, but I had promised Lauren and Michael a slideshow to their music of choice. And here it is. They chose “In My Life” by The Beatles for the first part of this slideshow because that’s [...]

Five Fathers for Father’s Day

In honor of all fathers, and all mothers (because you need a mother to make a father), I’m posting some photos from my archives featuring fathers. Happy Father’s Day! Magic Johnson and his daughter. Los Angeles, 1998.Mario Chavez kisses his son across the US/Mexico border. He cannot travel into Mexico because he’s on parole, and [...]

Laguna Beach Wedding

I’m a Santa Barbara wedding photographer, and I love it here. And I also love to travel, especially for a wedding. Last spring I went from photographing EcoHeroes in New York straight into photographing a wedding in Laguna Beach. The ceremony was at St. Francis by the Sea, “The American Catholic Church”, a cute tiny building [...]