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Christi+Taylor | Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:44:28 +0000

Thanks to Christi and Taylor I have a house full of gorgeous glasses and old school blue mason jars. When you see the beautiful details of this wedding keep in mind that she did everything. Everything. She brought down suitcases full of pillows, drawer-pulls, and glass ware. She knew exactly what she wanted and her day was nothing short of spectacular. A few days later the three of us had a ‘trash the dress’ session in San Pancho.

Side note: The cloth birds were gifts for their guests made by Nierica the designer for Sea of Dreams Weddings out of Sayulita. They got the idea from our engagement shoot a few months earlier which you can see here.

Featured in Destination Weddings & Honeymoons Magazine

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:16:59 +0000

Christi and Taylor’s beautiful Nuevo Vallarta wedding with tons of DIY details is featured in this month’s Destination Weddings and Honeymoons magazine. The full post of their wedding will be up on Monday, but to see some shots of their engagement shoot in Sayulita click here. I absolutely love the quote by Christi featured in the magazine:

“…Jill, our photographer. She’s truly amazing and kept me sane. She had her work cut out for her that day and she was beyond brilliant.”

I love my clients.

Chosen Family

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:29:25 +0000

At Tannen and Peter’s game changing wedding there was a lot of talk about their chosen family. Who are totally awesome side note. (Yes I’m talking to you Jory and Dan) This is some of my mine. I am so incredibly lucky to have found them. To Luz and Gaelle specifically, I love you so much although I may not say it all the time. You are my chosen family.

All film. All Kodak. Portra 400 and Tri-x.

Rodrigo y Gabriela

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:17:27 +0000

I got an email a few weeks ago from a photo editor at the New York Times. I freaked out. The New York Times? For me that’s big. I have always had this dream to work for the Associated Press and travel the world documenting life, news you name it. Unfortunately for me magazines and newspapers have been on a downward slide combined with cell phones and personal photojournalism taking over. Actually it’s pretty fortunate for me because I love what I do and wouldn’t change it for the world and I get to shoot editorials like this on the side. For this assignment they needed someone to shoot two Mexican musicians who I also happen to be a fan of. Rodrigo y Gabriela are phenomenal guitar players who are incredibly famous internationally, but little known at home in Mexico. I traveled to their studio in Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo to shoot them for an article timed to print with the release of their new album Area 52 recorded with the band C.U.B.A. To read the Times article click here.

I’m not going to lie. I don’t think I could ever get tired of seeing Jillian Mitchell for the New York Times. Ever. Here are some shots of the studio and some outtakes from the shoot. I’m waiting on getting a hard copy of the paper brought down.

Game Changer

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:55:41 +0000

Sometimes you meet someone and you know it was meant to be.

The universe put you in the same place at the same time for a reason.

Words can not describe how I feel about being a part of Tannen and Peter’s lives. Last Saturday was (as Peter would say) a game changer. My life and career will be forever altered by being a part of their day. There is so much more to be said and lots of photos to be edited, but for now here are the polaroids we took around town together.

Game. Changer.

Lindsay+Brady | Sayulita, Mexico

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:42:58 +0000

Lindsay and Brady got married at Villa del Oso in Sayulita. Besides the fact that they are both gorgeous they have equally amazing style. Lindsay wore Nicole Miller with Kate Spade shoes and Brady had a custom Ermenegildo Zegna suit which he rocked in the sun like it was nobody’s business. Wedding design and coordination was by the lovely Yazmin and Nierica of Sea of Dreams Weddings.

This wedding is also being featured on Jet Fete blog by the amazing Bridal Bar today so go take a look and leave some comment love!

Elizabeth+Kelly | Sayulita, Mexico

admin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:56:47 +0000

Elizabeth and Kelly were my kick off to a crazy fall wedding season and there couldn’t have been a better way to do it. It’s so hard to choose my favorite moment from this wedding. I don’t know if it was the awkward family photos, the break dancing, when Kelly’s almost brother-in-law started dancing to Put a Ring On It and didn’t realize there were only girls on the dance floor waiting for the bouquet to be tossed, or last, but definitely not least when Kelly’s sister caught said bouquet not once, but twice. So. Much. Fun. Wedding design and planning as always by the wonderful Sea of Dreams.

Dominique+Murad | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:22:14 +0000

Dominique and Murad got married this past October in downtown Puerto Vallarta. Dominique has been visiting Vallarta since she was little so when the big day finally came it was an easy choice to have the wedding down here rather than in Canada. Also convenient was their friend Chawnalee’s gorgeous house on the hill at the beginning of the downtown area. Just the right amount of old school Mexican architecture, but with the amenities you can’t live without (like a red pool) and Chawnlee has found some amazing pieces throughout Mexico over the years to further add to the decor. Dominique is a trained sommelier so I knew there was a great party planned, but it got even better when Cocho (San Pancho local and our Friday night escape in Sayulita) was hired to be their DJ. To round it out Mishka presided over the ceremony. We were representing hard core.

Navidad Polaroids.

admin — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:16:18 +0000

As you read this I am driving down the coast to a pretty exciting shoot in Zihua. (More on that later.) Gotta love timed posts. I was just able to sneak it in while packing my equipment up.

Last year on Christmas Eve I took a bunch of polaroids with the Fuji Instamax I have which you can see here. It was such a success that I took some more this year with my Holga and polaroid back combo.

Out and About in Seattle.

admin — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 22:23:17 +0000

There’s something about this shot that I love. I was walking around Capitol Hill in Seattle when I got kicked out of the backstage area of the Capitol Hill Block Party for taking photos (Who knew a backstage pass didn’t mean free rein to take photos of the artists? At least I got a couple rolls off before they got me…)

Happy Holidays y’all. Kodak Portra 160.