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Wedding Photographer – Manhattan Beach – April 2010 by Narrative Images & Andrew Zelinko

admin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 04:27:41 +0000

I wanted to throw in the follow up to my previous post of the video seen below. This was the actual wedding from that day and a slide show created by Narrative Images who are based out of San Diego. I have had the fortunate opportunity over the last year and a half or so to work with this amazing team. Rick and Bernadette are married with one lil’ guy down in San Diego. They have a very strong presence in San Diego and are amazing photographers as well as amazing educators. They both have and extensive history in art and specialize in photography. You can see their work and site here at www.narrativeimagesphoto.com. I know its not normal to see a feature or link to another wedding photographers site on ones own photography blog. However in this case they have been instrumental in guiding me and helping me build my own portfolio to where I am today. These guys absolutely rock so check them out and tell them I referred you!

So back to this wedding, I was able to second shoot with Narrative Images and this slide show contains a lot of ‘our’ work from that day. They were kind enough to let me borrow their slide show for my blog and show off some of my work and photos from within their final work. Thanks guys!

The bride may even look familiar to some of you TV people who know your reality shows…but that is the only clue you get!

*AFTER YOU CLICK PLAY, PLEASE ALLOW A MINUTE OR TWO FOR THE SLIDE SHOW TO LOAD IN FULL. SCREEN MAY APPEAR WHITE, BUT I PROMISE IT’S LOADING.

Enjoy.

Wedding Photographer – Manhattan Beach – by Andrew Zelinko

admin — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 19:26:20 +0000

I know I have not had the time to blog nearly as much as I have been busy and shooting. But this was a random fun video that I caught while shooting with Narrative Images based out of San Diego. ON this shoot we were down at Manhattan Beach Pier and this grom (surfer slang meaning kid) walked up and just started to sing. He played nearly the whole song on his piece and the bride and groom were so excited. It was all impromptu and that’s why I love having HD video on my Canon 7D…you just never know! Enjoy. More photos from this wedding to come but for now enjoy this fun clip!

(Don't be afraid to bump up the resolution to 720 or 1080 HD on the right when it starts playing!)

Impromptu serenade by lil grom on Manhattan Beach Pier covering Jason Mraz – “I’m Yours”

Wedding Photographer – Waikiki – Honolulu, Oahu – Hawaii – Erik & Megan Part 1 by Andrew Zelinko

admin — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:13:17 +0000

I survived. That seemed to be the theme after the week in Hawaii was over. Not that we survived the flight out there, or the warm weather, the wedding, or the dancing and good times all night long. Nope! This was a different, once in a lifetime (I hope!) survival. We survived a real life Tsunami in Hawaii. Well, to be fair not much really came of it except maybe a very minor swell in and out a couple of times. If you really want you can read up on it here! Even shows a cool time lapse video.
It was a lot of fun that week. Actually got to enjoy some time off for a little bit of rest, relaxation and other fun stuff. Stayed in Waikiki Honolulu the entire time. Its a big big city, downtown feel almost but we were far enough on the edge of the hotel strip that we had a pretty good 9th floor ocean front view as well as a view of Diamond Head.
Outside of that the day of the wedding was the most interesting. I woke up with a note from the hotel telling us to prepare for a Tsunami siren evacuation to go off at about 5am. This was not a drill. Not thinking much of it, I went back to bed, woke up at 7am. Went for a run, and by the time I got back about 830am there were lines wrapped around the very few stores that were open. People had their hands full of any water and food they could get. Thats where reality set it. I thought “wow, this is a real thing and a big deal.” A quick bite to eat, a mandatory evacuation by police and fire engines, and all roads and highways to be completely shut down at 10am we were ready to ride it out. From the 9th floor we watched, and watched, and waited…and waited. Yup pretty insignificant, not much to see but we made it. I survived the Oahu Tsunami 2010! (We could have made shirts and made a fortune!)
But enough rambling on and on…Here are a few pics from the day. You may notice the funny ones of people sitting on balconies waiting for Tsunami 2010 to hit…
Oh, Erik and Megan. Cheers to you and to your families. You guys all made it work, you all came together and made it happen. The support for incredible. The wedding was amazing. It captured everything a wedding should. Friends, family, good times and being surrounded by those you truly love. You guys conquered any limitations or problems that came your way on that day. Even that minor detail of that thing we call a caterer. You guys pulled it off! Cheers!

So all in all, things came together super fast and everyone was at extra quick pace to make it happen!

Everyone gathered outside the hotel patios waiting for Tsunami 2010!

Being the Lifeguard veteran Erik is, he was more then ready to conquer this Tsunami

Hotel ocean view ‘during’ the Tsunami 2010! You can see all of the boats that went out to sea to ride out the potential tsunami

Erik had this awesome authentic Polynesian shirt

Quick make-up session

Mal is Megan’s sister. She has her own make-up freelance company, email me if your interested! She does amazing work!

Team work on the hair

Almost ready

Ready! Absolutely stunning

Did I already mention beautiful?

Down the aisle (stairs)

It really showed the entire day how excited they both were to be there getting married and surrounded by their friends and family

Ocean Front…amazing location right on the shoreline

Just in time to get an awesome sunset in the background

It was a perfect evening for photos

There was a guy just paddling in from a surf session and he was nice enough to let us borrow his board. The colors were perfect and it made for some great photos

Part two to follow soon…let the fun times begin there!