Tuesdays wedding was fantastic up at the Oakland LDS Temple.  We were lucky enough to be the only wedding for the day up there, so we weren’t rushed at all with our formals on the Temple steps, and we didn’t have to worry about having miscellaneous people hanging out in our backgrounds as well.  We ended up walking around the grounds photographing for around two hours.  Even though I’ve photographed lots of weddings here, I still am amazed that I can always seem to find either a new location or a new angle to photograph from.

My assistant Shane and I left San Jose around 9:30 to make sure we got up there plenty early, since traffic can be horrid heading up that direction.  Since we got there early, we spent a some time on the grounds bouncing some image ideas off each other.

We also were enjoying the weather, which was cloudy & cool at first, but a few minutes before Peter & Jaime came out of the Temple the sun came out along with some heat.  The breeze that we had during the afternoon was great though.  It kept us from getting too hot out there!

About two weeks ago I went out with Isaac and we spent an hour or so cruising around downtown San Jose looking for places  to have him photographed at.  We found a fantastic spot out there and made good use of our time.  We will probably doing a second set since due to time constraints we had to head home early.

When the idea of us getting together for a portrait session the location was pretty easy for me to pick out.  We headed out to downtown San Jose to a location I’ve photographed at before to try out some new ideas as well as getting some specific photographs.  After we photographed there for a little while, we cruised around the outskirts of downtown looking for some other locations.  We found another great one across from and at the Shark tank (HP Pavilion, officially).

The Oakland Temple was a great place for wedding photographs today, and the weather gods sure  smiled on us today.  My assistant and I drove up from San Jose where it was about 75-80 degrees, while some of the wedding party heading down from Ft Bragg/Redding endured lots of rain on the way to Oakland.  Luckily we ended up with temps in the mid/high 70s, and at times the clouds came over & the breeze came up.  Our wedding for the day was for Kimberly & Eric, who we did engagement photos for while out in Prov0.

We got there a little early to do a little location scouting.  I love getting to a location early (even places I’ve photographed before) as it gives me a chance to scout out new locations or angles.  I’ve found doing this allows me to get unique photographs for each client though I may have photographed that same location many times before.  Arriving plenty early also gives me a little buffer time in the event there is bad traffic or something like that.

Since they had the only wedding that afternoon, they were spoiled in a big way, since we didn’t have to wait for people to move out of our way or speed up our formals to give the other brides & grooms a chance to have their images taken.  We also were able to wonder around the grounds and enjoy the day.

Big thanks to Shane for coming out again and helping out with the wedding.

And for fun we have a couple “behind the scenes” shots from the day.

It was a fun night being at prom. It was a little weird though being at the dance, yet I wasn’t dancing there. So I hung out in my little photo room with my laptop playing some tunes while I edited photos and also waited for the kids to come in to get their photo taken. Amazingly some people recognized my “ancient” music from the mid 90s – early 2000s.  So for those of you who made comments about it, thanks for making me feel young!

Also during the dance I made sure to have my friend send me text updates with the score of the Sharks game (which they won, advancing to the next round!).

So early in the night someone mentioned doing the old farmers pose holding the pitchforks, or swinging a baseball bat for a funny photo. I mentioned the only thing I had in my car that was close was some hockey sticks. And so I think I may be the first person to ever include hockey sticks in prom photos!  Semi-random photos chosen for the blog by what my tired eyes liked at midnight Saturday night.

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I’ve known Arias parents since we were in 7th grade.  So its been really fun to see how life has changed for all of us.  We did the newborn photo session at their condo when she was about 2 weeks old.  We had fun getting some images for the few minutes she was sleeping, then some extra images while she was awake.  We had a few ideas that sounded great on paper, but in reality were tough to pull off.  Luckily she didn’t spit up on us during the photo shoot, well at least nothing that bad.

We had a fantastic session with Kimberly & Eric out in Provo the other day for their engagement photos.  The weather was interesting, as we had high winds blowing dust everywhere, a decent sized fire in Provo earlier, and a big fire off hwy 80 that had smoke blowing all over.  We ended up with an overcast day but we were able to make some beautiful images.  I am looking forward to photographing their wedding in the Oakland LDS Temple in June.  Big thanks to my buddy Shane for helping us out (and taking some behind the scenes pics & alternate angles)

Quote of the day:

While we were doing the swing photos, I tried in vain to stay in sync with both of them.  In comedic relief, I made the comment of, “Why is it they can stay in sync but I’m not able to?”  Kimberly wasted no time in replying, “Thats cuz we’re engaged, and you’re not!”

We could not have asked for a more perfect day, either with wedding details or the weather.  The tide was a little too high for the ceremony location, so it was moved about 50 yards or so down the beach to a different cove.  We had sunny skies, no fog, and temps in the mid 60s.  We also had a few good men in uniform, representing the US Coast Guard.

It was fun seeing some old friends out there, as the bride is a girl I’ve known since high school.  It was very fun & exciting to be chosen to photograph her wedding.

We are looking for 3-4 Juniors to be our Senior Spokespeople.  We are looking for outgoing/fun loving people who are willing to do some work for us.  What will happen is if you are chosen to be one of our spokespeople, you will receive

• A free 1-2 hour portrait session, at locations of your choosing
• 8×8 coffee table book with your images to show your friends
• Coupons to give their friends for $20 off their session

So here is the cool part – For each person that uses your coupon, you will receive $20 in credit with Scott Mosher Photography that is good either future sessions or products sold by Scott Mosher Photography.  So if you are picked, and five of your friends use your coupon, you now have $100 worth of credit you can put towards a portrait session with your family, or you can get a group of friends together and have some images taken!  You could also use that $100 to purchase prints from your senior session.

To help us decide who we will be choosing, please send us an email with the subject line of “Senior Spokesperson”, and please write a short little paragraph explaining why you want to be a Senior Spokesperson, and why we should choose you.  Please be honest in your answer!  If your reason is you just want some free stuff, then let us know!

I was asked to photograph the Zion Youth Choir to get images for their upcoming CD of inspirational music.  The choir was started 14 years ago by Christie Williams.  This year the choir is conducted by Blake Williams.  They are a choir composed of high school juniors and seniors.  Its really cool to see this group still going strong, as I remember having friends sing in this choir when I was in high school (10 years ago!).

I was asked to photograph them as a group, in sections, as well as get some “behind the scenes” images of them while we were setting up.  They are a fun group to photograph, and a fun group to be around.  Big thanks to Steve for coming out & assisting me with lighting & getting some extra shots for me.

For the choir members – To download your images, please either contact me through the link at the top of this page, or email Bro. Williams and one of us will send you the link.