From Dolphins to Design: My First Shoot with Illusions of Grandeur at Monterey Plaza Hotel

This was my first shoot for new client Illusions of Grandeur, an event planning and design business, and my first event photo shoot at Monterey Plaza Hotel. It was an incredible setting, right on a pier behind the hotel with the waves rolling in right beneath our feet! We saw dolphins swim right by, that’s how on the water it was. Alison and the team at Illusions of Grandeur did an incredible job transforming the space into an under the sea nautical adventure, with a huge red octopus watching over all! They had new custom tables they asked me to highlight in photos, along with capturing wide and detail shots of this design rich venue environment they created. There was also a spillover space inside the hotel that tied in with the AT&T Pro-Am golf tournament happening this weekend that the actual event itself was being put on in honor of. I really enjoy shoots like this that take me into a different world, and a world I world otherwise never see! Thank you Alison and team for choosing me as your event photographer and I look forward to the next shoot on Saturday in Carmel!