Heather and Sean are two amazing people that I met this past Fall. When I got Heathers email inquiring about shooting her wedding I got sooooo excited! Honestly the world as I know it is getting smaller! Heather knows some of our past clients, and she lives in the area. It's crazy how everyone seems to know everyone "some way or another" in our area. Well after meeting with Sean and Heather over a cup of coffee, I was convinced that we needed to be apart of their wedding! They are so sweet, cute, and soooo in love! We feel honored that we get to be apart of their wedding... here are just a few of our favorite engagement images!

NOTE: if you are looking for an amazing massage therapist, Heather is your girl!!! Email us for her contact info!!!

There are a lot of Rad Mark Brooke Clients out there... But H + M are some our favorites! When I met H, I knew she was the perfect Mark Brooke fit.... She is HISTORICAL and her energy level is out of this world! They are such a cute couple and we could not be more thrilled to be apart of their awesome wedding!

Here are just a few of our favorite images!

Dear fellow awesome photographers,

It is that time again! We are launching our Mark Brooke Classes.... and they are even better than before! We are launching three classes: Rad photos 101, Reception and off Camera Lighting, and Booking Out Your Year. We love teaching our classes!

We have been full time wedding photographers for many years now and we put a lot of love, time, energy, brain power, and thought into our business. Every decision that we make is thoroughly thought through and we spend a lot of time chatting about what direction we want to go in. We have fought hard to make our business a strong, artsy, fun, happy, colorful, photojournalistic brand. We love what we do, and we honestly love all of our clients! So where we are today in our business has not been based on "luck", and we would love to share why we believe that. We also love teaching our Mark Brooke Classes. Workshops for photographers have become very popular over the years, but we have chosen to stick to teaching topic specific classes that can help photographers grow in areas that need attention. At our classes we laugh, we learn, and we have a lot of fun. Because they are only two hours you won’t leave with information overload. We have taught these classes several times and we are thrilled to be launching them again. You can take one class or you can take them all.

The number of photographers for each class is limited to keep the learning community small. We want you to be able to ask questions and truly LEARN! If you book 2 classes we are giving the 3rd half off! If you are a husband and wife team you must buy two "seats", but we will discount the 2nd seat by 50% (email if you have questions on this).

We hope to see you soon! Please click the link to find out more about the details!

http://markbrooke.com/classes/

IF YOU’RE A BRIDE PLEASE ENJOY THE AWESOME IMAGES BELOW, IF YOU ARE  A PHOTOGRAPHER PLEASE READ THE LEFT COLUMN!

OR CLICK HERE: http://markbrooke.com/classes/

I have found a new love for all our Holiday shoots and the new awesome people we have been blessed to meet! Last week Mark got to shoot an awesome couple. Marc and Angel are so fun and so full of energy! Here are just a few of our favorite images :)  Enjoy!

I was so tempted to split this into two blog posts because I love each part of it! Audrey and kenny are two rad clients of ours that know style, and funk!  I met with them a few months ago over some frozen yogurt. I felt like it was meant to be when we decided on Golden Spoon as our meeting location because we both agreed that Pink Berry really meant "piss berry". Kenny and Audrey are amazing as a couple and as people. I loved being apart of their E-session, and we are so excited to be apart of their wedding! Here are just a few of our favorite images :)

Tanner and Anna are super awesome clients of ours! Their spunk, and love for one another is super cute, and reminds me a little of Mark and I! When I had our initial phone meeting with Anna I could have talked with her for hours. She seemed like one of my long lost friends. They are both such amazing people, and we feel soooo lucky to be apart of their wedding!

Here are just a few of our favorite E-session photos from two weeks ago :)

Last weekend I headed down to San Diego to shoot Cassie and Glenns E-session! From the minute I got into the car I was super excited for their shoot. They had a game plan; which consisted of shooting at Heaven Sent Desserts and a fun record store down the street .... And Cassie and Glenn are just super awesome people to hang out with. They met over 6 years ago, and despite Cassie calling him "Ryan" the 2nd time they met, Glenn knew that Cassie was the one. We had a blast down in San Diego, and we can't wait to be apart of their wedding! Here are just a few of our favorite images!

All of our clients are awesome... And to go a little further, most of our clients share similar lifestyles and interests as Mark and I.  Mark and I are obsessed with sushi! To be honest we use to have it at least 2 times a week. But now with the little ones, and busy season, we don't get to have it as much as we would like! Eileen and Peter love sushi also. They met online, and their first date (which went amazing) was at a sushi restaurant in Irvine. They are so cute together, and we cant wait to be apart of thier wedding. Here are just a few of our favorite images!

photographer tip: Make sure you find your "brand and style" in all areas, including editing! Mark edits all the photos on our site to keep them consistent. Its important to find consistency in all areas, even after the shoot is all over.

Can I first start this blog post off by saying... "Thank God for Mothers". Every Wednesday my Mom and Dad come over and baby-sit our little boys, Oslo and Wyatt. Then they spend the night at our house so we can have a date night, followed by another work morning.... Side note: last night on our date night we saw the movie "Bad Teacher". Both mark and I give it two thumbs down!!!... Any ways,  I didnt have a local set of Grandparents that could come over and hang out with me once a week when I was growing up. My Grandparents and Mark's Grandparents both live on the east coast. Holidays were always great because we got to spend time with them, but I do wish I had some good quality time with them all growing up on a regular basis. As I type this blog post I can hear my son Wyatt cracking up in the living room while my mom makes funny noises (and probably funny faces) at him. I hope I can do the same thing for my children when I am older. I just wanted to share this simple moment and this blessing with all our blog readers. I hope everyone has as good of a morning as I am having... we love you all!

Last week Sasha and Laura had their "Post wedding shoot", also known as a "Day After Session".  Sasha and Laura are two of our awesome clients! Every shoot we do with them I can't help but want to buy the outfit Laura is wearing!!! They are both super fun and so cute to eachother. We have had such an amazing time being apart of thier wedding. Here are just a few of our favoirte images!

Photographer Tip: Many people ask what photoshop action we use to get the colorful editing style in our photos (like the first one on the blog). The answer is none! We use object like leaves, sticks, fabric, and other items in front of our lenses to get different fun color effects :)

Happy 4th of July (one day late!) I hope everyone had a great long weekend and the "office" is treating you well this morning. I love and hate holidays. I love them becuase, who doesnt?, but I hate them because it reminds me of how fast time goes. I feel like the 4th of July 2010 was just yesterday :(. Well yesterday our family had a blast. We took a family walk to starbucks, went the water park, and then ended the evening with a BBQ. It was such a great day, filled with alot of great memories!

Last week we got to be apart of Josh and Kristines e-session at Crystal Cove. Im sure you can tell by the photos, but Kristine and Josh are seriously perfect for each other. They are so kind and sweet to each other and to everyone around them. We love hanging out with them, and feel honored to be apart of their e-session and wedding!  Kristine is BEAUTIFUL, and Josh is super TALL and dashing himself! We had such a great time. Here are a few of our favorite images!

photographer tip:  The best time to shoot sun flare is an hour before sunset. The light is soft and you can use trees and other structures to get a great flare.