It's holiday time again. Came up fast this year, I'm still sorting weddings and engagement pictures. :) It's all good!

Saturday was a beautiful day! Love was in the air... I had such a great time documenting the love Alison and Matt share and celebrate together. My next scheduled session with them will be to capture their wedding in April 2010. Lucky me! I was joined by fellow photographer, Brett Szemple for this collaboration.

This was a really fun wedding and a great couple to work with. I was really happy that they chose me after filtering through the enormous process of choosing a photographer for their special day.

Kathryn Donatelli has been painting portraits professionally for 40 years. For several years during that time she was also the Creative Director for Southern California Bride Magazine. Her unique styles that she personally developed include paintings on plaster on canvas that look like a roman fresco and paintings on cheesecloth on canvas with a 3D sculpted frame. Specializing in uncommon textures and creating commissioned portraits that enchant and captivate, is what separates Donatelli's work from the many traditional portrait artists working today. Below is a quote from one of Kathryn's long time instructor, mentor and coach. "Kathryn's paintings probe for a sense of things beneath the surface. Her Italian Heritage informs and infuses her sense of form, her rich, yet muted sense of color. She is the only portrait artist I love." - Beverly Cassell, MFA, Painter, Founder of the Artist Conference Network. This sample provided is a 24x30 conte pastel drawing on paper.

I went along with a  photographer friend of mine, Brett Szemple on his halloween session. We often collaberate on work. These are some of the images I came up with.