Well, I hope everyone had a major feast on Thanksgiving. For the first time in almost six years living together, we hosted thanksgiving dinner at our place. Lots of food, great company and conversations along with relaxing warmth from the fireplace made it a great day for us. And we hope that all of you, as well, are enjoying this time of the year!

Now lets talk about Chris and Katy. Absolutely wonderful couple! Adventurous and unique, they chose their wedding day in February at Yosemite Lodge. I’m sure there will be tons of snow at that time, so having their engagement session at Shaver Lake only made sense. It was a wonderful and sunny day – perfectly underlined their fun personalities. And even though my feet were numb from cold, we were very pleased and happy with the outcome from this time. Thank you Chris and Katy for a wonderful time with you guys!

We were lucky to have the opportunity to work with Chris and Shannon. They are very friendly and honest people – beautiful inside and out. In fact, Shannon was picked as miss teen California back in 2003. Chris is one of the worship leaders  of the Well church, here in Fresno. Both of them complement each other perfectly and are meant to be together. Congrats to you guys!
So, the whole day reflected upon their personalities and we enjoyed witnessing it and were very honored to be a part of this very special day for both of them. It is truly a blessing for us to know that we’re trustworthy for our clients to document one of the most important days of their lives.

Take a look at some of the photographs from their wedding…

Hi everyone. Its been some time since our last post. We will blog our latest wedding pretty soon – probably next week. Meanwhile, we wanted to update you all on our little bug – Justin. Here here is enjoying the freedom of his new backyard and living room…

Pictures can be so important……. Time flies so fast and certain things happen so unexpectedly that you wish you had a chance to take a few days back and re-do, or re-live your days. It would be so wonderful if we really could do that – press the reverse button!

Last week was probably one of the hardest weeks that Yana and I have lived through. In fact, with all my heart I wish I could erase the morning of October 30th.  On that day at 7:45am our dearest cousin, Ella Danilyuk, was killed in a tragic car accident (ABC report). It’s impossible to describe in words all the devastation, pain and sadness that we’re going through along with the immediate family of Ella. For the first time in my life I realized what the word “heartache” means and feels like. It really is as if a chunk of your heart is missing creating both emotional and physical pain in your heart – a feeling of a deep hole that cannot be filled. This is a great loss for all of us! Ellas was probably one of the most honest people I knew. She’d never judge a person, but love instead. Having very artistic (she was a graphic designer and had a great sense of style) and energetic personality, she would accept you as you are and invest love and care without expecting anything back. It was so comforting to see a wave of response on facebook that followed her death. Hundreds of people will miss her and we will love and remember her forever.

It is so unbelievable….!!! Ella is gone…. We loved spending time with her. Each time when she would come over, she would always bring a pound of Starbucks coffee for us. We would sit for hours and talk about everything and nothing.  So, all we have left of her is some sweet memories and photos – thousands of them .  Before all this happened, I never looked at photos the way I looked at them at the funeral. When a person is gone and all you’ve got is their photos, you start valuing every ONE of them. Its like a puzzle – pieces by pieces, looking at all the photos, you can get an idea who the person was, what he/she liked, what was some of the characteristics of their personality. Never really valued photos as much as I do now – that’s all we’ve got of our wonderful Ella…

If you wish to read more of Ella’s bio or would like to donate to the family visit this www.elladanilyuk.com