Chad NelsonPhotography

I have wanted to do an ES in the city of Orange for awhile now and got the chance with Aubrey and Drew who are from Massachusetts and are here in Southern California to get married. Since they are out so far from home we did this session right before their wedding, so expect to see that […]

Julie and Brian came all the way from South Korea to be married with family and friends in San Diego. Their wedding was held at North Chapel and the reception held outdoors at the NTC Promenade in Point Loma. Here are a few of their pictures!

Rose and Paul are friends of Sarah and Chris, who’s wedding I shot earlier this year. We did the shoot at Balboa Park and wrapped it up with a few minutes in La Jolla before the sun went down. Here are a few pictures of from the shoot.

Kate and Leonard had a small an intimate wedding with family and friends at the La Jolla Wedding Bowl with the reception at Roppongi Restaurant. The day was overcast and beautiful for an outdoor wedding, as a few days before I was shooting weddings in over 100 degree heat (the poor bridal parties!) I was really looking forward […]

Chad and Lori had a beautiful summer wedding with a ceremony in Coronado and the reception at the Holiday Inn on the Bay. Here are a few pictures from their day.  

I picked up another Pology cover! This time the photos are from Tibet. Though I did not mentioned it, I also had some photos from India published in the last issue as well. Pology is an online mag and they do a really good job of inspiring travel so check them out. 

So I just got back from a little week of R&R at my in-laws cabin up in northern California. The air was smoky from the valley all the way to the top of the state, but it was manageable since we were staying near the coast. We did sneak through a highway that was closed intermittently due […]

On World Refugee Day my wife’s work the Alliance for African Assistance held their annual Benefit Breakfast. Of course I was there to provide some event photography and as always it was inspiring to meet the people my wife gets to work with everyday. Though they started out with a focus on African refugees, Alliance has long […]

I am really looking forward to Jayanti and Zach’s wedding because it will be held on New Years Eve. The reception will last to ring in the new year so it should be a lot of fun to photograph. Anyway, here are some of the photos from their engagement session!   

Errika and Placido came all the way fro Italy to be married on the beach in La Jolla. She is originally from San Diego and he is Italian (can you tell from their shoes)? Anyway, here are a few pictures from their ceremony!   

Angie and Mike were married on the balcony of their hotel room at the Hotel del Coronado and I was not only the photographer but I played witness as well! This was perhaps the most private wedding I have done yet and I thought everything about it was great. I am not sure Angie and […]

Kate and Leonardo’s ES was a lot of fun to do. Balboa park was beautiful as always but when we got to La Jolla the tide was pretty high and the surf brought the water all the way to the cliffs. Kate and Leonardo were both great sports about it though and we got some […]

I was lucky enough to work with Rev. Chris from ETSD again for Michelle and Joe’s elopement in La Jolla. Here are a few pictures…  

Allison and Danny had an awesome wedding at the Carmel Mountain Ranch Country Club here in San Diego. Everything was beautiful and they are such a great couple that I really had a lot fun fun shooting this with them. So here are a few pics from the day….  

Tracy and Eric flew out from Chicago to plan their San Diego wedding which included an engagement session in La Jolla. The tide was a little high and I think we got a little more wet than expected but it made taking pictures all that much more fun. Here are a few pictures from that […]

I have been pretty busy these last few weeks, which I love, but it has put me a little behind on my blog postings. So in order to get some pics up I selected a few from my last four elopements and am going to put them all in one post. So here ya go….    

Jennifer and Rusty first met at SDSU and had the idea to do their engagement photos there. It turned out to be a fantastic place to take photos and we had some pretty good fun doing so. The pics are up a little late since my office was out of commission last week (new floors) so thanks […]

Pology is a monthly online travel mag that I have followed for years. What is notable about Pology is that it is without advertisements of any sort and its content relies solely on the submissions of travelers.  I have always been a fan but only recently have I submitted any of my work and even then I never expected to get […]

Jacqueline and Mike are planning their San Diego wedding from Texas. When they flew out for their engagement session the flight was delayed and re routed (more than once I think) and they ended having to catch a shuttle down to San Diego from LA. They missed a whole day of wedding planning and had […]

This was a very intimate wedding held with Suzanne and Jonathan’s close friends and family at a private house in La Jolla. It was also my first Jewish wedding, which was really cool to watch. Here are some of the photos from that night.

This shoot was so much fun and I could not wait to get some pictures up. Allison and Danny found this great spot to do the session in Poway, right near where they will be getting married this year at the Carmel Mountain Ranch Country Club. Here are the a few of the pics…. 

Here are some photos from Sommer and Ron’s elopement held on a saturday morning in La Jolla. They were from out of state and drove through snow just to get here for a cloudless sky. Another beautiful day in sunny San Diego with a great couple! 

Kristen and Nate brought along their puppy to take pictures with, who quickly became the star of the shoot and loved being at the beach! Here are a few pics of the day.

Here are a few photos from Lea and Terry’s ES at the Martin Johnson House at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. They were a lot of fun to be around and we even lucked out and had a great sunset down at the beach. I am a little behind on posting so expect to see a few […]

As I mentioned before, Chris is my cousin and he is finally married! The last of all the cousins from my mothers side to do so, he and I had a running joke about who would “win” and be last to get married. I was beat by six months! Their wedding was held in the […]

So far I have kept this blog mostly business and refrained from posting anything personal, but this time I just cant help myself. My wife and I adopted two puppies from A Wish For Animals, a rescue based out of LA. At first we were only going to take one (Jane) but the other (Julie) […]

Natalie and Skye’s ceremony was charmed. The weather forecast called for an inch of rain that night and though the clouds looked heavy, the weather held until the end of the shoot. It is the coolest thing shooting before a big storm because the sky is never boring. At the end of the session, we took […]

So I am becoming pretty familiar with Balboa Park! Chris is my cousin and he proposed to Sarah while I was in India. It was about time too, my family is very excited to have her as part of the family. The session went a little long because I spent so much time talking with them and it […]

Here are some photos of Julie and Brian’s engagement session. We spent most of the time shooting in Balboa Park and then tried to make it to La Jolla for some sunset pictures but could not quite make it because of traffic. Julie and Brian are both school teachers in South Korea and were […]