Headed To Cindy and Jeff’s Kansas City Wedding This Weekend

May 30, 2009

We’ve been prepping all week for our trip out to Kansas City for Cindy and Jeff’s wedding this weekend.

Kansas City Wedding engagement photos in Santa Barbara

Cindy is an amazing portrait and wedding photography in Kansas City and it’s a true honor to be asked to photograph her wedding. Definitely check out her website when you have a chance (just so happens we share the same flash guy, he ROCKS!!!)

This has already started out as a wild year for us, Cindy is the third photographer so far who’s wedding we’ve been hired to document, and we have two more photographers to go this year. It’s always a bit more pressure working for a photographer, but also really awesome because they usually allow us to go a little crazier and create even more art.

Here are a few shots I grabbed while Cindy and Jeff were visiting Santa Barbara last year before they got engaged. The images were created using a Holga camera with film that expired in the early 1980’s, AWESOME.

Kansas City Wedding engagement session - Cindy and Jeff

Kansas City pre-wedding engagement session in Santa Ynez Cindy and Jeff

Kansas City Wedding engagement session for Cindy and Jeff

Cindy and Jeff at their Santa Ynez Engagement session for their Kansas City wedding

I can’t wait to shoot in Kansas, and since we’ve never been, we’re amped to try some BBQ while we’re there!!

  1. Pye posted the following on June 18, 2009 at 6:37 pm.

    Very interesting use of textures, I like it!

  2. sandig posted the following on June 20, 2009 at 8:19 am.

    Love this series! Beautiful. Holga + expired film = Amazing! I have been crazy busy working on a couple of films I love coming here for inspiration – and a little break from the chaos. Glad to hear that you are doing well and have taken on a third shooter. Sweet.

  3. sandig posted the following on June 20, 2009 at 8:26 am.

    After going back for another look… and actually taking my time to READ and enjoy the beauty of this post again – I noticed that you shot another photographers wedding and that you had not taken on a third shooter… oops. Just the same it is great that you are doing well. Proof positive that I have to slow down a bit. lol.

  4. Weston Bouchér posted the following on June 25, 2009 at 4:46 pm.

    Hey Tim! Thanks for the compliments on the ocean shot, glad to hear you’re still checkin’ in with The Bouchérs ;)

    I LOVE the overlays on these beach shots combined with a square crop, sick!

  5. Tim Halberg posted the following on June 25, 2009 at 4:56 pm.

    thanks man! amazingly enough, no photoshop overlays.. just super old-school film! too fun

Beautiful new album design from a Bella Victorian Vineyard Wedding

May 22, 2009

Cheryl just emailed me yesterday to let me know she’d wrapped up our latest album design and that she thought we needed to order a sample album from this wedding, and she’s so right!

Jennifer and David’s wedding was amazing, so amazing that The Knot featured it last year in their magazine, and now we’re going to be featuring it for our future clients to see.

Bella Victorian Vineyard Wedding album design

You can grab a sneak peak at their wedding album design here.

  1. Wayne Toshikazu posted the following on May 22, 2009 at 2:44 pm.

    Love it!

  2. Shane LaFever posted the following on May 27, 2009 at 1:12 pm.

    Very nice and clean. Again I will copy all of your ideas. Ha! Great photos.

  3. Jayson posted the following on May 28, 2009 at 1:47 pm.

    Awesome design!!! Love the sleekness of it. Beautiful images.

  4. melissa posted the following on June 4, 2009 at 7:58 pm.

    I love the unique layout! beautiful images..

  5. Pye posted the following on June 18, 2009 at 6:39 pm.

    Nice, clean album layouts. This is what I love! What software are you guys using to display the album, it is great!

Jeremy and Amber’s Eucalyptus Lane Wedding – Ventura

May 18, 2009

I had never photographed a wedding at Eucalyptus Lane before in Ventura, I’d heard stories, and they are were true, what a beautiful venue!!

Jeremy and Amber made our day super easy. Their wedding was full of tons of great details to fill the frame with and they were just totally relaxed and having a good time with no stress at all.

And can I say what beautiful light!!!! I don’t tend to run towards open shade even when it’s nearby, I usually like to challenge myself with more “difficult” lighting, but there was nothing but PERFECT and extremely beautiful open shade all over this property and we took full advantage of it all day!

Don’t forget to see all our favorites from their wedding by checking out the slideshow here.

Michael Kelley's salon wedding makeup preparation photos

Michael Kelley's salon lady bug wedding makeup preparation photos

Michael Kelley's salon wedding makeup preparation photos

michael kelley salon wedding makeup application

Wedding ring bearer and flower girl at Eucalyptus Lane wedding

Jeremy and the guys eucalyptus lane wedding wedding photos

Amber at her Eucalyptus Lane Wedding

Amber's dad gives her away at Eucalyptus Lane

Amber hugs her mom at Eucalyptus Lane

Jeremy and Amber's wedding photos at their Eucalyptus Lane Wedding

Jeremy and Amber's first dance at their Eucalyptus Lane Wedding

  1. Jen Slot posted the following on May 18, 2009 at 11:58 pm.

    these are awesome. 2nd to the last one though… my favorite. ;)

  2. sandie posted the following on May 19, 2009 at 10:19 am.

    beautiful!!!! awesome faces on the ceremony handshake!

  3. Doug Miranda posted the following on May 19, 2009 at 1:17 pm.

    Love the kid shot!!!

  4. Tim and Cheryl Halberg posted the following on May 19, 2009 at 1:18 pm.

    thanks ladies! these two were beautiful and easy to work with and their wedding at Eucalyptus Lane was just perfect.

  5. Pieman posted the following on May 28, 2009 at 8:36 am.

    The one chap looks like David Crosby when he was younger. Love the shot with the lamp above!
    Blessings.

  6. Jayson posted the following on May 28, 2009 at 1:49 pm.

    Amazing images Tim!!!

  7. LW posted the following on May 28, 2009 at 5:23 pm.

    these are awesome. 2nd to the last one though… my favorite. ;)

  8. Kuroda posted the following on May 29, 2009 at 11:34 pm.

    Timoteo. Thanks for the props on the blog! You stuff is looking fresh like always. Did I tell you I am very jealous of your camera? :) Maybe I’ll sell my car so I can have the captial. Hope all is well with you. The size of these photos are sweet by the way. I love big photos.

  9. Pye posted the following on June 18, 2009 at 6:40 pm.

    Love the shots guys, great work. We just shot this location a couple months ago as well and it was gorgeous. Too bad they are closing it down to the public. Love the old fashion grainy post production on the last couple of images, really makes the shot!

Santa Barbara Jesusita Fire Photos Thursday Night

May 8, 2009

I headed out for another night of photographing the Jesusita Fire here in Santa Barbara last night with my good buddy and awesome photographer Cody Duncan. (check out his site/blog to see lots of images from the fire this week)

First we headed toward the 154 because we heard rumors that the fire had already jumped the road there, but when we got there realized it hadn’t, but it was getting very very close. The fire crews were staging on the overpass so we grabbed a few shots there before heading up Old San Marcos Pass Road.

It was 81 degrees out all the way through the end of the night when we finally packed up around midnight…. Winds were still blowing strong…

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These photos are from when we went up Old San Marcos Road and perched ourselves on the side of the road pretty much directly in the path of where the fire would jump the 154 and waited. When common sense kicked in as the fire started moving more our direction we headed home for the night absolutely covered in ash.

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  1. Elizabeth posted the following on May 9, 2009 at 12:11 am.

    Amazing pics, Tiim. Glad the common sense kicked in! ;-)

    In the bridge pics, was the sky actually red/orange? Or did you bring out stronger colors with Photoshop? Just curious. No matter – the colors are brilliant!

  2. Tim Halberg posted the following on May 9, 2009 at 10:16 am.

    The Jesusisita Fire here in Santa Barbara is for sure lighting up the sky super red/orange…

    No photoshop tricks here… just trying to balance things as I saw them when I was there… just wish I could capture the flames and sky together in the same exposure better… Walls of HUGE flames…

  3. Valerie Schooling posted the following on May 9, 2009 at 1:08 pm.

    Wow that is crazy, and these photos are amazing!

  4. Pieman posted the following on May 9, 2009 at 10:48 pm.

    Thanks for the up close and personal photos. Lived through many fires living there. Always sad to see people lose their homes.

  5. Ryel j posted the following on May 12, 2009 at 3:10 pm.

    Hope you guys are doing ok! These are killer shots of a not so fun situation.

  6. Bobby Earle posted the following on May 15, 2009 at 3:09 pm.

    Dude, these are crazy!!! Seriously rad looking, though…

    Bobby

  7. erica posted the following on May 15, 2009 at 3:58 pm.

    unbelievable! The colors are awesome. Great job.

  8. Cheryl Halberg posted the following on May 18, 2009 at 11:43 am.

    Wow, somehow in just a week I’ve managed to forget how absolutely insane these fires were. It’s good to have these pics as a reminder

Santa Barbara Jesusita Fire photos from on the Mesa

May 6, 2009

The electricity went out on us today at work, so I packed up my stuff (grabbed all our hard drives from the office to keep them close/safe) and headed home to the Mesa where I found some views of the Jesusita Fire.

Until about 2:30ish today the fire looked like it was just smoldering with no interest in getting bigger… but when our electricity went out around 3:30/4 the fire had gone crazy and the sky had turned black over my business partner Ricky’s house.

Jesusita Fire in Santa Barbara turns the sky orange CTO

Santa Barbara Jesusita Fire roars across the San Roque area

Santa Barbara Jesusita Fire casts a golden glow over the mesa

Santa Barbara Jesusita Fire Cloud Plume Wednesday

Santa Barbara's Jesusita Fire burns across town

Santa Barbara Jesusita Fire photos at night

  1. tami posted the following on May 6, 2009 at 11:56 pm.

    wow, those are amazingly scary!

  2. Tim and Cheryl Halberg posted the following on May 7, 2009 at 12:16 am.

    just trying to see if this blog will allow comments about the Santa Barbara Jesusita Fire Pictures/Photos

  3. kelli posted the following on May 7, 2009 at 12:32 am.

    I’m glad you guys are okay–will keep you in my prayers!

  4. Shane LaFever posted the following on May 7, 2009 at 1:08 am.

    Ha! I believe you got the best pic of it. Is that from your house?

  5. Robin posted the following on May 7, 2009 at 5:07 am.

    Hey Tim…wow this is nuts. Were these taken up on the Mesa?

  6. todd scott balljw posted the following on May 7, 2009 at 8:18 am.

    wow, those are amazing. In a very unfortunate way. I really hope it gets contained soon. Ill keep checking to hopefully see that you guys are alright.

    btw, Ricky is a good friend of a good friend of mine here in OKC. (David Baxter)

    best wishes!

  7. ohana photographers - david posted the following on May 7, 2009 at 11:41 am.

    dude that is insane!

    stay safe out there man!

  8. Embrace Life posted the following on May 7, 2009 at 1:50 pm.

    Wow, Tim! The first couple of shots look like a massive tornado hitting SB. Sad that this is happening again…

  9. B Christopher Lee posted the following on May 7, 2009 at 9:59 pm.

    Tim, Cheryl, Take good care and be safe!

  10. Kelly Oshiro posted the following on May 11, 2009 at 11:58 am.

    Scary!!! (especially since I can see my neighborhood in the picture!)

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  12. DJ posted the following on May 20, 2009 at 9:31 pm.

    dude these are gnarly! so crazy to see that!

  13. darkhorse posted the following on June 2, 2009 at 12:54 pm.

    Amazing photos. you can see the concentrated power generated by heat in these pics. Great angles! Hopefully it will be a long time before you can snap pics like this again…

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