http://blog.helenecyr.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:08:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://blog.helenecyr.com/2009/11/palm-springs-surrounding-deserts-112909/ http://blog.helenecyr.com/2009/11/palm-springs-surrounding-deserts-112909/#comments Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:38:39 +0000 Helene http://blog.helenecyr.com/?p=864 They boast of 100+ golf courses and a sea of windmills. It’s believable. But you can’t help wonder where heavens’ are they getting their water? After shooting Michelle and Berkeley’s wedding I treated myself to 2 days of desert (mostly by car I’m afraid) as Joshua Tree Park is immense! They should have a sign “watch for soft sand” as you will get very very stuck. And this I did well no more then 20 feet from the paved road! No less then 5 minutes both a car and tow truck stopped to help. This is John with his dog who helped me partly before the tow truck could truly pull me out. John was incredibly kind and seemed as though he was pulled out from a movie! The highway leading to L.A. is already 8 lanes wide at 159 KM from Palm Springs and you are warned not to go near it past 4pm… gaaa. The other park I visited was Indian Canyon, also a spectacular park where the palm trees are huge and grow from a natural fault line water source like an oasis. These two deserts I briefly visited are incredibly spiritual places! Oh! can you find the chain gang in any of these pictures? Truly.

]]> http://blog.helenecyr.com/2009/11/palm-springs-surrounding-deserts-112909/feed/ 0 http://blog.helenecyr.com/2009/11/michelle-berkeley-parker-hotel-palm-springs-ca-112709/ http://blog.helenecyr.com/2009/11/michelle-berkeley-parker-hotel-palm-springs-ca-112709/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:06:21 +0000 Helene http://blog.helenecyr.com/?p=847 It rains .7 inches in Palm Springs (on average) during the November months and is never really cold. Yet those .7 inches of rain happen to fall on Michelle and Berkeley’s wedding day minutes before the ceremony which was rehearsed beautifully the day before. My favorite image of Michelle is when she is looking up at the sky as it summons the entire story. Light falls quickly and those 15 minutes flew by fast before it was pitch dark! Shame because the grounds of Parker Hotel are visually stunning with countless themes–a photographer’s paradise! What impressed me most were the 100 guests that followed the couple for their destination wedding… very very moving. I can also see why they are loved.

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