Jud Dagnall Photography Blog

Magda and I returned to Mono Lake for another Christmas trip. It was a mellow trip, with varied weather. However, I did get some exciting images that I’ll be posting over the next few days. Here’s the first of the set:

Jodie and Mike had an beautiful, fun and low-key wedding at the incredible Kohl Mansion in Burlingame. They are such a cool couple, relaxed, fun and very classy. I was with Craig Smith and we had a great time.

Jodie looking radiant:

Kohl Mansion:

Mike met Jodie moments before the ceremony to give her the bouquet. It was a very emotional moment.

The guys:

Just before the ceremony began:

The families waiting expectantly for everything to get started:

Jodie with her father:

The first kiss:

The decor was top-notch:

Full of special details:

And the light was just right:

And what a cake:

Their first dance:

Jodie and her father:

Some traditional Greek dancing:

Did I say what a cake ?!

Kohl mansion after dark:

Last Sunday was a scorcher, but I got to spend it with a fun couple Rose and Jeremiah + Leonard Norwitz from lensphoto.

The ceremony was held at the Santa Clara mission:

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Rose looking radiant with a beautiful bouquet from www.flower-flour.com:

Lighting the unity candle:

What a great-looking couple!

Jeremiah with the girls!

The head table:

Their dance:

They had a spectacular cake:

And to finish off, Jeremiah successfully retrieved the garter using only his teeth, and Rose was laughing all the way through!

I’m sure they’ll have a great honeymoon in Hawaii!

Last weekend I photographed a fun wedding with a great couple, Vicky and Chris. The wedding was held outdoors at Ardenwood historic park in Fremont. I wish them the best and hope that they enjoy their Jamacian honeymoon! Here are some images:

Vicky getting ready:

The beautiful bride:

Chris looking sharp:

The bride waits…

Vicky arrived at the ceremony in a horse drawn carriage!

The ceremony

They had a horse-drawn carriage. I love the expression on the driver’s face!

Chris with all the ladies

During the dancing:

The first dance

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes were at Yahoo! yesterday. I got a chance to play paparazzi, and get a few pictures.

Tom armwrestling with Yahoo! CEO Terry Semel:

Tom waves to the crowd:

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes in a sea of Yahoos:

Magda and I have now been married for over a month! And I’m finally ready to post some wedding pictures :) Most of the pictures were taken by stefanka photography, and by my friend Alex Meyer. I have cropped and/or edited all the photos, however.

See Magda and Jud’s wedding pictures

I have posted a new collection of images, titled Mono Lake Winter Wonderland, which is also the title of one of the images.

Magda and I took the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day off, and turned out to be much more of an adventure than we’d planned. I should write a separate entry about everything that happened, but suffice it to say that it involved a car accident ($5000 worth of damage caused by a large rock), a tow truck driver from Deliverance, a separate rescue by the Mono County Sheriff, getting snowed in, and a number of really exciting photographs! Enjoy.

I have posted
Sand & Tufa #1,
the third shot from my
Mono Lake Summer ’04 collection.

This was taken very close to
Big and Small, a mile or so beyond the Navy Beach Tufa area.

I’ve posted a new photo,
TufaFortress, a new photo in my Mono Lake Summer ’04 collection.

I spent two evening at the South Tufa Preserve, and this was my favorite from the lot. I used a polarizer, creating a
little more drama in the clear sky.

The full title to this picture should be “Waiting at the gates of the tufa fortress”. Perhaps you can see why.

As night closed in, the tufa
took on an alien character, and I was struck by the feeling that I was in a
cemetary…

This is the first image from my April trip to Mono Lake.

As night closed in, the tufa took on an alien character, and I was struck by the feeling that I was in a cemetary…

This is the first image from my April trip to Mono Lake.

I took a new photo of Magda that I’m enjoying very much. I hope you do too. This effect is called hi-keying, because much of the photo is lightened, with only a few dark areas preserved for contrast.