This wedding was full of surprises.

Like the tiny plastic skull hidden in Danielle’s bouquet, or her Spider Man garter, or James’ tie, decorated with icons of turntables. Or the fact that I knew James — or J.P. — from previous photo shoots, when his hip hop group hired me to shoot their pictures.

I was the second shooter for Glen McDowell for this wedding at Chateau Coralini on River Road in Salinas. We were there for just a half day, so time was short, but we made the most of it: While Glen was shooting the group photos, I was setting up lighting for a portrait in the amazing wine cellar, as well as the awesome couch that’s pictured at the top of this post.

Check the gallery below for my favorites …