I went on a trip to San Diego, CA last weekend to shoot a wedding with my good friend and stellar photographer, Kelly Park. I'd never been to SD and since she grew up there, she promised to show me around the day after the wedding. Needless to say, I was excited to see the ocean again and explore a city with someone so passionate about it.

I did something I don't do nearly enough - I photographed the day. Not just a snap from the ol' point n' shoot, but I documented the majority of what we did that day and I'm going to post these on Facebook and write a caption for each one just so I can remember. Go check 'em out if you get a few minutes and want to see the quick photo tour of San Diego.

One of the funniest things that happened that day was sparked by my forgetfulness. I forgot my sunglasses at the house that morning, and if you know anything about me, its that I'm a blind, stumbling mess outside without my sunglasses. Its embarrassing. So we stopped into a drug store on our shopping venture to look for a cheap pair to get me through the day. Being the goofball kids we are, I was trying on all the ridiculous pairs on the rack and Kelly was taking pictures. We're fun like that. In the midst of our impromptu shoot, Kelly accidentally backed up and stepped on another customer in the store, to whom she promptly turned and apologized for the stumble. Well, this lady was just DETERMINED to ruin our day, and proceeded to lecture Kelly on the virtues of watching where you're going and how this was the first time out since she broke her foot and all the puppies in the world are going to die now! Ok, I made up that last part but she was SO MAD! Even after apologizing more than necessary, Kelly was made out to be the worst person ever! I was so irritated at this angry stranger! (in hind sight, I should've taken her picture, but she might've hunted me down if I did...) I got my sunglasses and we made a quick exit.

I read a quote today from, of all people, Martin Short. He said "...if you have wonderful moments, don't second-guess them, just enjoy them." That really resonated with me since I'm the type of person to second-guess most things, but this day was so full of wonderful moments that I don't even remember feeling mad at that lady. It was a day I just enjoyed and I think I'll work on having more of those days.

Here's a pic of me that Kelly took on the shore at La Jolla.