• Capture Forever is the husband and wife team of Angela Zmiejko and David Savinski. We immortalize weddings and parties at destination weddings around the US. We absolutely love to travel. Our hot spots tend to be California, Texas, New Mexico Colorado and New York. We would love to be a part of your wedding, however we only accept a very select few (David is currently working for a major global defense contractor as a project lead and manager). Please contact David at 310.963.9038, Angela at 505.440.1917 or send us an email to info@davidsavinski.com to see if we're available for you.

    A note on copyright: It would be an honor for you to pin or link our post with proper credit to David Savinski of Capture Forever on non-commercial sites only, thank you. Bloggers, we are very selective as to where our photographs are posted so please contact us for permission to blog. If you're interested in licensing an image for commercial use please contact us. Please note we do not blog every event as some families request privacy.

Meika + Colin | All Saints by the Sea + The Four Seasons Resort Biltmore Wedding | Santa Barbara

Meika + Colin were married at All Saints by the Sea and celebrated with a reception at The Four Seasons Resort Biltmore in Santa Barbara, CA.  Wedding Coordination by Jill LaFleur with on-site coordination by Dina Dalidd Clapinski.  Flowers and Decor by Camille Panzarello of Modern Day Design.  Meika’s dress designed by WToo found at Haute Bridal in San Francisco over shoes by Kate Spade.  Bridal jewelry from Bryant and Sons.  Hair/Makeup by TEAM Hair and Makeup.  Mother of the Bride’s dress by Lida Baday.  Bridesmaid dresses by Simple Silhouettes.  Bridesmaid jewelry by Otis B Gemstones.  Grooms wedding band was his Grandfather Carl’s.  Meika’s bouquet stem ornament is an antique bible clasp from her Dutch grandma Oma that’s been in the family for ages.  Wedding Favors from Truffles for a Cause benefiting the Transition House of Santa Barbara.  Band was JSH Music Services.

This wedding was just published in the Montecito Journal’s Montecito Matrimony section!

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Dina Clapinski - That was such a great event and what a darling couple! These are fabulous shots! I hope we next to work together again this year. Have you given Jill some pictures yet? I’m sure she love to see them.February 13, 2011 – 2:34 pm

Chateau St Jean Winery Wedding | Flush Mount Magazine Style Album

Here’s the digital layout for an album from a wedding I photographed at Chateau St Jean Winery in Sonoma’s Kenwood, CA.  This album is an example of a digitally designed flush mounted Magazine Style Album that I offer and personally design.  Album binding will be done by the phenomenal Leather Craftsmen.  The compressed-for-Internet digital images just won’t do the printed album justice so shoot me an email or call to see it in person.  You’ll have to imagine each image as two pages, with the grey line in the middle the page divide once the album is bound.  The first image is the cover image option for this particular album.

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Jenny + Peter | Universal Sheraton Wedding, Our Lady of Grace Wedding, Los Angeles

What happens when a bridesmaid catches the bouquet at a wedding I photographed in 2008?  She becomes this gorgeous bride!

Jenny + Peter started their wedding at a private home in Los Angeles.  Their ceremony took place at Our Lady of Grace in Encino, CA.  The reception was at the Sheraton Universal Starview Ballroom in Universal City, CA.  Jennifer’s dress by Steven Yearick (style 13194) purchased from Mon Amie and altered by Couture by Irina.  Bridesmaid dresses by Anna Elyse Bridesmaids.  Bridal hair by Laura Schiro of Suburbia Salon.  Bridal veil and hair jewels by Erica Koesler.  Bridal party hair and makeup by Denise of Sweet Dreams Salon.  Flowers by Marcia McCann.

Here’s bridesmaid Adrienne, the bride who threw the bouquet to Jenny.
Jenny decided to get creative with florist Marcia McCann with this beautiful floral arch that we used for the family and bridal portraits.

I know all of you are just dying to know what happened when the bride who was once a bridesmaid that caught the flowers threw her own bouquet?  Her sister caught the bouquet ;-)!

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Jennifer H - Simply gorgeous, David! Thank you so much for the beautiful photographs as well as this blog post. -Jennifer.January 28, 2011 – 8:37 am

Happy Holidays from our family to yours!

Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year from our family to yours!  We celebrate Christmas (in a slightly overly-decorated, Griswold Family Christmas sort of way) so Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night ;-)!

Angela and I packed the boys up and headed for New Mexico and Wisconsin to visit our families for the holidays.  While in Albuquerque with Angela’s family we partook in a tradition dating back to the 1500’s, the lighting of the Christmas Eve luminarias.  A luminaria is a very basic lantern made of a brown paper bag, sand for weight and a candle.  The towns of Albuquerque and Santa Fe are famous for their luminaria displays.

Here’s our little “Casita” in Los Ranchos.  During the fall and winter months New Mexico is a wonder for the senses.  The incense of burning Piñon wood fills the air along with roasting red peppers.  Hot air balloonists still brave the cold air and unpredictable weather that can turn from a beautiful 60 degree day to an unforgiving blizzard.

Los Ranchos is a beautiful neighborhood along the Rio Grande in Albuquerque.  We did a midnight drive and the whole area was glowing warmly.  Even though these photographs show our point of view on this night, this tradition reaches across the entire Southwest.

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Jennifer H - What beautiful Christmas photos, David. I had no idea about the Luminaria tradition. You captures the winter glow beautifully.January 25, 2011 – 7:33 pm

Carol + John Escape From New York | Grand Central Station Wedding & Central Park Wedding, New York

After their wedding reception in Valley Cottage, NY, Carol + John went all out to immortalize their marriage with this epic vintage inspired day-after shoot in Manhattan’s Central Park and Grand Central Station.  I need to preclude these photographs with the story of how John met Carol.

A few years ago John set off on a personal self discovery journey that took him on travels world-wide.  With ambitions of sailing around the world as a deckhand, John set out to find a sailboat in need of a crew.  While waiting to find a sailboat in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, John met Carol at a dance club and the two fell in love.  They were soon separated when “The Golden Fleece,” a 42-foot sailboat, swept John away to Trinidad & Tobago.  After a month at sea, John rushed back to Rio to stay the rest of his visa with the girl he fell in love with before stealing her back to the United States.  Knowing the story of how John met Carol was very inspirational to me with how I styled and photographed their day after photographs.  John’s story of the wayfarer traveller inspired the couture bindle (sack on a stick 😉 for those like me who don’t know what a bindle is).  I made the bindle with an antique walking stick I found at C D Antiques in Nyack, NY.  The bindle’s pouch is fashioned from an oversized, black and ivory striped handkerchief from American Apparel in Los Angeles.  John’s Argus Seventy-Five camera was also found, oddly enough, at C D Antiques about 2 feet away from the walking stick.  I wasn’t planning on implementing a camera into the story until I saw this camera sitting there and it suddenly made perfect sense!  Carol’s vintage-inspired suitcase is from Pottery Barn.  The bouquet was provided by Manhattan’s Elizabeth Ryan Floral Design.  John is wearing Zara on top of Aldo.  Carol is wearing David’s Bridal on top of Bellissima Something Bleu.  Paper for the twist ending from Kate’s Paperie in SoHo.

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Debbie McGuinness - David – as I’ve already told you – these are amazing photos – we couldn’t be happier.December 7, 2010 – 12:23 pm

Abby corbett - David, these are insane. I love the one where they are in the station and you are looking up at them with the ceiling tiles forming a semicircle. Just awesome!December 6, 2010 – 6:50 pm

catherine machado - Beautiful and so clever David! I love the story you tell…Thank you for your artwork!December 6, 2010 – 4:39 pm

Sara Dobish - These are really amazing. What a wonderful, unique way to commemorate their love.December 6, 2010 – 2:26 pm

Connie Grant - What a nice story preceeding the pictures. The pictures are absolutely gorgeous. The groom being extremely handsome and the bride being extremely beautiful are a plus. ConnieDecember 6, 2010 – 1:30 pm

John + Carol | Private Residence, Valley Cottage Wedding, New York

John + Carol celebrated their marriage at the Court House in Downtown Manhattan with a reception at a private residence just north of New York City in Valley Cottage.  Details from this wedding are coming very soon.

John and Carol wanted to immortalize their marriage so the three of us crashed Central Park and Grand Central Station with an EPIC Day After shoot.  Here’s a teaser photograph from this amazing shoot.  These images will be showcased soon….

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carol ann geierl - thank you for sharing your pictures. it must have been a beautiful wedding. you both are so beautiful. and from the glow on your faces, i can tell you that you exuberant about your loveNovember 30, 2010 – 10:29 pm

Connie Grant - Thank you for sharing. The pictures are gorgeous just as the day was in Valley Cottage. Much happiness forever.
ConnieNovember 30, 2010 – 6:32 pm

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