Christian Cruz Photography

looking forward to the future | personal

Christian — Fri, 18 May 2012 09:32:49 +0000

to my faithful followers and those who are new, as you can tell, there are fewer posts on my blog. i’ve been very busy these past two years and there’s a lot of work i have yet to share with you all. i haven’t been posting as often and i’ve actually taken down a lot of posts over the past few months. but there’s a good reason for that! change is coming and i can’t wait to share it with everyone! hopefully in the next month or two, you’ll see what i’m talking about! in the mean time, if you’d like to see a little of what i’ve been up to, you can do so by visiting my tumblr. i’m going to be updating it on a more weekly basis. hope you like it!

if you’re a bride-to-be and you’d like a sneak peek of my updated portfolio, please, feel more than free to email and ask!

actually, if you’re anyone who’s been interested, email me too!

Xanthe & Ethan on Green Wedding Shoes | Featured

Christian — Fri, 18 May 2012 08:26:21 +0000

I’m thrilled to announce that the wonderfully amazing jen, of green wedding shoes, has featured another 2011 wedding of mine on her gorgeous blog. thanks so much jen for being a such a sweetheart. head on over to her blog to see the rest of this wedding. enjoy.

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booking for summer of 2012 | europe & east coast

Christian — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:46:50 +0000

we’re thrilled to say that we will be booking for the following dates & locations:

july 17-20: uk (sheffield & london)

july 23-26: spain (barcelona)

july 27-29: france (paris)

aug 9-14: san francisco

aug 16 & 19-22: new york

aug 23-27: virginia

we have weddings and portrait sessions in between, but we’d love to add whatever we can as we go! it’s going to be an amazing summer and we’d love for you to be a part of it with us! we can’t wait!

(for those outside of the us, please contact us about our discounted rates!)

Romy & Kevin Wedding | Featured

Christian — Thu, 03 May 2012 03:01:10 +0000

last year i had the honor of shooting romy & kevin’s wedding. last month, yes i’m a bit behind, romy’s wedding was featured on green wedding shoes. thank you so much jennifer for the feature on your wonderful blog! check it out and see how much fun it was. enjoy.

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new chapter

Christian — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:07:41 +0000

i’m married now!

watch this snippet of our wedding via the wonderfully talented son of shark pig!

(for some reason i can’t upload the video player on here, so click the link below. sorry!)

Christian & Reinna – First (a PigBite)

For Those of You Who Didn’t Know | Personal

Christian — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 10:06:10 +0000

I can’t believe that it’s been almost 3 months since my last post. Things have definitely been hectic this season, mainly because…

I’M ENGAGED! I proposed to my girlfriend Reinna Sherie & I am beyond blessed to be able to call her my fiance. I’m thrilled for the day to come when I can finally call Reinna my wife. So much to say about the engagement and all the blessings that have transpired over the past few months, but here is just a quick little post for now. We are definitely excited to be in this new season of our lives. We are beyond blessed and we just can’t wait to share our blessings with all of you! The next post will be of our engagement, so if you want to know how I popped the question, keep checking in for that post!

We are leaving the country this Tuesday, as we head to Singapore & Cambodia, and we won’t be back until August 6th. So emails, editing & new posts will be very slow, if not on hold, until we return.

I just want to take a moment to thank our incredibly wonderful & talented friends for these precious images below. We can’t thank Max & Margaux enough for all these beautiful images & the opportunity to spend time with them during their amazing workshop with Our Labor of Love. Thank you so much for honestly making some of our dreams come true! These images & the time spent with you all are more than we could have ever asked for! You two are truly kind, generous, loving & AMAZING people. Thank you for all that you’ve done for us through out the years. You’ve blessed us more than you could ever know and we are honored to be able to call you our friends.

(All images via Max Wanger)

To see a lot more images from our engagement session, head over to Reinna‘s blog!

Spring is flying by | Personal

Christian — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 08:51:09 +0000

I can’t believe how fast Spring is flying by. So much has happened in the last month, but there is so much more to come before the end of this month. This summer is, by far, going to be the craziest summer I will experience and I honestly can’t wait for it! So many weddings, so many engagements, so much traveling, and oh so much love! There are so many blessings that have been filling up these last few weeks, let alone all that is in store for the next few months. These are some crazy times, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. Here are a few images from just a few of the events that’ve happened within the last few weeks. So excited for Claudia & Bryan’s wedding this weekend. The fun never ends!

Alice & James | Wedding | Burbank, CA

Esther & Brendan | Engagement | Los Angeles, CA

Perez Family | Portraits | Walnut, CA

Romy & Kevin | Engagement | Sunnyvale, CA

Also, congratulations to my cousins Steven & Jackie for having their first child this past week. Love you three with all my heart.

For Japan With Love | Personal

Christian — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 06:49:08 +0000

It has been one week since the 9.0 earthquake and following tsunami struck Japan. Many of us have seen the images and videos of the tragic devastation that occurred in Japan. I cannot even begin to comprehend the loss and the hurt that those in Japan have felt through out this time. I know that as a lover of humanity, I cannot just follow the events in Japan and simply pray for the nation’s recovery. I am compelled to show love through more than just words, but though action by mourning with those who mourn, hurting with those who hurt, and by simply doing whatever I can to help those in need. It is clear that the need in Japan is great, but regardless of whatever our beliefs are, we are part of humanity and should do whatever we can to help those affected by the devastation in Japan.

Today, March 18, I will be joining with thousands of other bloggers in a day of silence. Those involved will not post anything in the aim to just raise awareness and respect by acknowledging the devastation going on in Japan. If you are looking to get involved, the wonderful ladies at Utterly Engaged and Ever Ours have joined with Shelter Box USA to raise money for boxes containing provisions for families affected in Japan. To find out more about how you can get involved, please visit forjapanwithlove.

It’s so incredibly encouraging to see such a wonderful community coming together to help another community that is in desperate need of our help. Reinna and I have donated, but are continuing to encourage our friends, family and the few readers we have to join in this community’s efforts to help make a meaningful difference for those in Japan.

Happy Monday | Personal

Christian — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:53:19 +0000

Happy Monday indeed. My girlfriend has been on a missions trip in the Philippines for the last two and a half weeks, but now she’s back. I’m so glad that she was able to go and experience all that she did. I can see that she has definitely grown and reevaluated herself during her quick trip to the islands. I hear it in her talk and see it in her walk. She’ll be posting about all of her stories soon. They are all so touching, so you’ll want to check in on it! For now, here’s a picture(s) of us. This is what happens when we don’t see each other for a long time, we take a bunch of pictures together!

I’m excited to say that I’m working with Reinna and teaching her all I know about photography. Hoping that someday, we can turn my business into a love-team! I think she has an awesome eye, awesome enough to take my picture and post it in the “about me” section of this blog! See for yourself! She’s great! Sorry this post is all over the place right now.

Have a wonderful week! Wedding season starts for me this week! If I thought I was busy now…

The Bratchers | Portraits

Christian — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:53:06 +0000

Earlier this year, I had the privilege of taking the Bratcher Family Photos. I can’t tell you all enough how much I enjoy working with this family. I mean, aren’t they all just so cute? Many of you bloggers may already know Ruby and her gorgeous family, but for those of you who don’t her, meet Ruby from Cakies. She has already posted her favorites from this session on her blog, so be sure to drop by and see the different ones she shared. There’s also a little video she has that is posted on her blog titled “A Story You Won’t Want to Miss” and trust me, you don’t want to! It’s so cute! Thanks so much Ben and Ruby for asking me to take portraits de famille numero deux!