New Website and Blog!!

Hello folks,

You likely noticed that this blog has been inactive.  That's because I've moved my website to www.benquesinberry.com.  When I first started doing wedding and portrait photography I was in Santa Cruz, California.  I took a break after an injury and let my domain name lapse but when I needed it again, it wasn't available.  Now it is!  Go check out the new website/blog!

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April and Rob :: Santa Barbara Engagement Portrait Photographer

Santa Barbara is my favorite place on the central coast to do a portrait session because it's just awesome.  The beach, the city, and the people.  Every homeless person there has two things: a dog and a request that I pay them $5 to take a portrait of them.  Unfortunately for them, I'm not a Brooks student looking for an interesting subject because I already had a beautiful, fun couple, Rob and April.

Rob and April have known each other since high school and that's a pretty common story for a couple in love.   But what's not common is that they didn't get together until several years later when April was going to law school in southern California and Rob was working on his PhD in Michigan.  Rob's still in Michigan and April is still in California (she's now a BAR certified attorney!) but you know what they say; absence makes the heart grow fonder.  Presence can make the heart grow fonder too so I hope they get to experience more of that real soon.

Thank you Rob and April, for such a fun photography session.  You guys rock!

First Look at April and Rob :: Santa Barbara Engagement Photographer

Here's a quick look at a few of the photos from our Santa Barbara engagement photography session with April and Rob, two awesome people who I had a lot of fun with!  They're on a trip right now but when they get back, I'll post the remaining photos and the video slideshow.

First Holy Communion :: Santa Maria Photographer

One of my favorite things about photography is the people I get to meet.  Another favorite thing is when those people tell other people about me.  And then those people tell more people and so on!  Well, that's what happened with this Lompoc photography session.  Lorena called me out of the blue and told me that she was referred by a friend.  The friend has never been a client of mine but just loved my work.  I met Lorena and her husband to discuss their session and they were awesome.  The kind of people you feel like you've known for a long time.  

It was no surprise to meet their daughter Jazlyn only to learn that she was just as friendly as her parents.  They did a good job raising this one.

Onto the session!  Jazlyn had her First Holy Communion a few months ago.  Her mom had a dress custom made back in Mexico and really wanted to get some photographs of her in it but wasn't happy with the images she got initially.  That's where I came in and I'm so glad I had to opportunity to meet them and be their photographer.  I can't wait to see these images hanging on the walls of their Santa Maria home.