My good friend Patrick Stanbro, my brother Ryan George and I took a 3-day trip to Death Valley to end 2007 with some nice outdoor time and of course great photo ops. We had a great time and I ended up with some photos that I am really pleased with. It’s not exactly wedding photography, but I just have to share it:

Patrick took the picture of me on my brother’s shoulders and lying face-down on the dried-up lake bed (Death Valley’s Racetrack Playa) – thanks, Pat!

During our trip we stayed in a tiny little town called Beatty, NV, just outside the park to the east. This trip involved about 1,000 miles of driving in just 3 days – 80 of which were on unpaved roads. Let’s just say, I’m glad it wasn’t my car out there! Thanks Ryan for taking one for the team.

If you’re not seeing the photos in this post, you can view the Death Valley photographs on my Flickr page.

Happy new year, everyone! I wish you all a blessed, healthy, prosperous 2008.

2007 was an exciting year, including adapting the new name Embrace Life, which I just feel is a perfect summary for what I do with my photography. I was fortunate enough to photograph a lot of wonderful weddings, working with very cool brides and grooms along the way, create some incredible new sample albums, and add some great new changes for this website. Prepare for more in 2008.

Also, I just added two new California wedding photography galleries. One is from Nicole & Keith’s Central California wedding at the Jack House in San Luis Obispo, CA and the other is from Jane & Brett’s Southern California wedding at the Christian Church of North Hollywood with the reception at the Bistro Garden Restaurant in Studio City, CA. The two weddings were almost nothing alike, but both were very cool in their own unique ways. Take a look at the galleries.

* Archive searchable links:
San Luis Obispo wedding photographer
Central California wedding photographer
North Hollywood wedding photographer
Studio City wedding photographer