Birthday boy

Birthday boy
Originally uploaded by DANE SANDERS.

I think it's safe to say DJ had a good time. I know we all did planning it for him!! Special shout out thanks to Tim, Amy, Deyl, Sara and Chris for making it happen. Thanks too to Thom at Bogart's for totally coming through for us again. You guys rock!

Happy Birthday my man!!

For more on the details of the day, check out the whole story at DJ's blog.

Good times

Good times
Originally uploaded by DANE SANDERS.

Mike Colon braved LA traffic to make the event as well. Since he arrived a bit late, he decided to make the most of it. I headed home with Tami just before midnight. Mike rolled into our place around 6am after a night of cards and laughs with the OSP crew!

Trooper

Trooper
Originally uploaded by DANE SANDERS.

There were a lot of folks behind this craziness but the Trooper award goes to Sara France for not only driving from San Diego to help pull all this together, but for doing it with a broken hand in tow. Sara's the (wo)man!

Lots o' candles

Lots o' candles
Originally uploaded by DANE SANDERS.

So a crew of us photographers threw a surprise party for our guy, David Jay. Such a treat to celebrate somebody who spends his whole existence lifting up other people.

Note the Krispy Kremes and the sheer volume of candles ... ;-)

The bar is set ...

The bar is set ...
Originally uploaded by DANE SANDERS.

OK, I'll stop ... maybe. Despite the fact that I think we must now hold the world wedding record for multiple chimps in a shot, this multi-photographer vanity shot is really becoming a signature ... haha!

This time David Jay decided to invite a foursome out for some fun. Props to Nathan Holritz for making it all the way from Tennessee and for eager beaver Tim Halberg for shooting us chimping more than the wedding ;-). Good times you guys!

Triple Chimp

Triple Chimp
Originally uploaded by DANE SANDERS.

So I'm shooting this fantastic wedding a week or so ago (more on that soon :-) ...) and my friends Amy Nave and Mike Colon join me for the day. What a blast! Each of us handle this sort of shoot on our own all the time. But to get to do it together ... it was ALL-TIME! Let's just say we had full coverage.

So, like I said, we were having a great day, shooting away and showing off our stuff to each other (aka, chimping). Well, Mike sends me this picture he got of the three of us checking things out. Too freaking funny!

These two pros are unbelievable to spend time with. They are amazing people first of all and top shelf photographers. For those of you who don't know, Mike Colon may be the biggest thing in wedding photography ... period. To have the privilege of shooting along side them both ... it was too good :-).

I'll post some of the real images up in the next couple days and you can decide for yourself what you think.

Cheers to my homies. Thanks for an amazing time. And, thanks for working me with that chimp shot Mike! Can we do this every weekend?

Fiesta!

fiestanight
Originally uploaded by DANE SANDERS.

The night ended with an amazing meal at Chad's and a quick nightcap at the Blue Agave. What a great time.

Thanks you guys!
I can't wait for your big day!!

What did you say?

shock
Originally uploaded by DANE SANDERS.

Even when Phil was giving her the business, Danielle was picture perfect.

Are you wondering what he whispered in her ear as much as I did??

Ciao baby!

vespacouple
Originally uploaded by DANE SANDERS.

When Phil found out I just got a new Grand Turismo Vespa, he couldn't resist my offer to take her for a spin. I couldn't resist playing papparazzi out of the window of his car either. So fun!

Made for each other

lawn
Originally uploaded by DANE SANDERS.

These guys were two peas in a pod. Here they were lounging in the grass. Total naturals and absolutely in love.

Danielle and Phil

glasses
Originally uploaded by DANE SANDERS.

I'm heading back to the Newport and Laguna area this weekend for a couple weddings. I'll be stoked to share what we come up with. Both couples are just fantastic. I also have a couple of surprises up my sleave for them and for you guys when I get back. More on that later :-) ...

Anyway, before I took off, I wanted to post some stuff from this past weekend. We celebrated Fiesta with a visit from Danielle and Phil from Orange County. I'm shooting their wedding this November and I can't wait. These two totally cracked me up. We had such a blast. It turned into quite the night!