My name is Peter Anderson Sr., a native Californian. My son, Peter Jr., just married his soulmate, Sierra Scott, in a romantic ceremony on the beach at Kona on January 4, 2014. Peter and Sierra had a ceremony in Sacramento a week earlier to accommodate their mainland friends and family. I was unable to make it to the Kona wedding, but I just received the photographic portfolio from David O. Baldwin Photography. I am ecstatic, elated, blown away — choose your superlative. I literally feel that I, too, was standing on the beach next to my handsome son and gorgeous new daughter-in-law. I will cherish and savor these photos for the rest of my life. I have no idea how he captured them so perfectly — I guess true art is to be enjoyed, not scrutinized — but David Baldwin absolutely nailed them. Is there a Hawaiian word for “Far Out”? Each photo shows Peter and Sierra exactly how they are — two brilliant, strong, independent souls who are mad for each other. In the photos where they are together, David has provided the masterstroke — showing them embraced in perfect union. To see their tender love splayed against the rugged beauty of Kona is breathtaking. One excellent photo sows them at day’s end framed against a dark, dramatic, explosive sunset — it is sheer artistry. The opening shot shows Sierra spontaneously joining a group of drummers, and positively whaling away on the drums. I now have new respect for her intuitive wildness, in the best definition of the term. Another image shows Peter in a whimsical pose, hands in pocket, as kids on the beach are cavorting under the showers behind him. It wasn’t too many years ago when I’d see Peter and his friends taking the same kind of shower on the Pacific beach near San Francisco. There’s no way David Baldwin could’ve known this, but that shot brought back a tidal flood of memories about how Peter loved his childhood and his many boyhood chums. Some of those pals can be seen in the wedding scenes, bringing a cool symmetry to this point of my son’s life. David Baldwin is creative, soulful, hard working, and, to boil it down to a single word, fun. Where there was a tangible pang in my heart because of my inability to attend, Baldwin’s photographic mastery has healed the void and placed me right there, on the beach with my kids. How can I ever thank him for that?ReplyCancel
My name is Peter Anderson Sr., a native Californian. My son, Peter Jr., just married his soulmate, Sierra Scott, in a romantic ceremony on the beach at Kona on January 4, 2014. Peter and Sierra had a ceremony in Sacramento a week earlier to accommodate their mainland friends and family. I was unable to make it to the Kona wedding, but I just received the photographic portfolio from David O. Baldwin Photography. I am ecstatic, elated, blown away — choose your superlative. I literally feel that I, too, was standing on the beach next to my handsome son and gorgeous new daughter-in-law. I will cherish and savor these photos for the rest of my life. I have no idea how he captured them so perfectly — I guess true art is to be enjoyed, not scrutinized — but David Baldwin absolutely nailed them. Is there a Hawaiian word for “Far Out”? Each photo shows Peter and Sierra exactly how they are — two brilliant, strong, independent souls who are mad for each other. In the photos where they are together, David has provided the masterstroke — showing them embraced in perfect union. To see their tender love splayed against the rugged beauty of Kona is breathtaking. One excellent photo sows them at day’s end framed against a dark, dramatic, explosive sunset — it is sheer artistry. The opening shot shows Sierra spontaneously joining a group of drummers, and positively whaling away on the drums. I now have new respect for her intuitive wildness, in the best definition of the term. Another image shows Peter in a whimsical pose, hands in pocket, as kids on the beach are cavorting under the showers behind him. It wasn’t too many years ago when I’d see Peter and his friends taking the same kind of shower on the Pacific beach near San Francisco. There’s no way David Baldwin could’ve known this, but that shot brought back a tidal flood of memories about how Peter loved his childhood and his many boyhood chums. Some of those pals can be seen in the wedding scenes, bringing a cool symmetry to this point of my son’s life. David Baldwin is creative, soulful, hard working, and, to boil it down to a single word, fun. Where there was a tangible pang in my heart because of my inability to attend, Baldwin’s photographic mastery has healed the void and placed me right there, on the beach with my kids. How can I ever thank him for that?