Esquire Photography

Good morning from Huntington Beach – where it seems that my wedding season for this year, 2011 and all the way into 2012 – just after the London Olympics is about to not only take off — but really be a wild and fun ride.  I feel so blessed that quite a few couples have invited me into their lives to be capture the memories that will be happening throughout the process.

And, since I’ve been traveling down memory lane a lot lately – I’ve been listening to quite a few heavy metal and big hair bands of the ’80s.  Can I just say that some of the heavy metal bands from the ’80s totally and I mean like totally tubular rock.  Wholly guacamole!

So here’s one that I really think rocked the entire past two decades even with quite a few bad things happening along their career as a band…

I’m turning the clock back not to the ’90s, not to the ’80s, but all the way back to the ’70s.  The year is 1977 and in month of November, the first Def Leppard rehearsal takes place in a spoon factory near Bramall Lane, Sheffield (UK). Lead singer Joe Elliott, bass player Rick “Sav” Savage, guitarist Pete Willis, and drummer Tony Kenning just renamed the band from Deaf Leopard (a name first coined by Joe Elliott at school in 1975) to Def Leppard. At Christmas, the band perform their first gig for six friends. Six songs are played, including covers by David Bowie, Thin Lizzy and their own original “MISTY DREAMER”.

But before I present you with this week’s feature of my West Coast Wednesday Video Of The Week and you’re thinking… Hey – I’d really like to get to know this rockin Orange County Wedding Photographer in Huntington Beach, California, feel free to Contact Me or send me an email direct at david@esquirephotography.com.  You can also stay in touch with me in “real time” on Twitter, Facebook and my Facebook Fan Page too.

So without further ado, I give you Photograph (how appropriate huh!!!) by Def Leppard for this week’s West Coast Wednesday Video Of The Week.  And, don’t just have an awesome West Coast Wednesday, but make it a positive one for someone else too – cheers!

PS, the graphic and photo are both from Def Leppard’s website as well.  I did not take the photo or create the image.  Although I wish I did – both are classics.

Memory lane was open today in Huntington Beach for two reasons.

One reason was I recently met at WPPI last week and am becoming good friends with a fantastic photographer on the East Coast.  If you ever and I mean ever wondered if I had a “separated at birth” person out there on this planet, I would have to say with a resounding yessssss.  Her name is Valerie Schooling and she works with a team of fantastic photographers at Charleston Wedding Photographers.

Our similarities are literally so freaky that other friends of mine at WPPI were asking us how long we’ve known each other & because we met at the end of the trip – we were saying; “like 2 days ago.”  LOL!

So when she told me about how she named her car Dolores after Dolores O’Riordan from The Cranberries after I told her that I named my car; Rio after the song & album by Duran Duran, I about tripped out.  Because just a few weeks ago I shared with you Linger with both Dolores O’Riordan from the Cranberries and Simon Le Bon from Duran as the West Coast Wednesday Videos Of The Week.

The other reason for memory lane is that back when The Cranberries came out, I was up in Portland shooting and working with various bands as a drummer.  Along with enjoying some of the best beers, food, movies and clubbing in the Northwest.  So I guess it seemed only fitting to share a Cranberries song with you for this week’s West Coast Wednesday Video Of The Week.

The song is Dreams by The Cranberries – which is one of those songs that I don’t seem to ever get tired of.  Dolores’ ethereal voice is haunting and beautiful – reminiscent of Justine Suissa from Oceanlab; an absolutely amazing vocal trance group from London.  Which I’m sure Valerie will disagree with as she favours; Berlin – but, IMO London is the most amazing and creative city in the world, but that’s just me.  I love the culture, architecture, and history.

But before I present you with this week’s feature of my West Coast Wednesday Video Of The Week and you’re thinking… Hey – I’d really like to get to know this eclectic Orange County Wedding Photographer in Huntington Beach, California, feel free to Contact Me or send me an email direct at david@esquirephotography.com.  You can also stay in touch with me in “real time” on Twitter, Facebook and my Facebook Fan Page too.

So without further ado, I give you Dreams by The Cranberries for this week’s West Coast Wednesday Video Of The Week.  And, don’t just have an awesome West Coast Wednesday, but make it a positive one for someone else too – cheers!