July 2008 Archive

 For those of you that are in my group of photography friends, or if you follow my blog religiously, you may think this bride looks super familiar.  She isn’t.  Her twin sister, Emily is!  Emily had the privilege of photographing her sisters wedding on July 5th!  She asked me to come along and 2nd shoot (and of course, grab a few images of them together).  Like below!

  That is Courtney on the left, Emily on the right.  At first it was weird for me seeing double…thank goodness their hair is way different!

 Thanks Em for exposing me to your family!   I had a lot of fun!  Best wishes to Courtney and Chase on the East Coast!

xoxo, M 

These two have so much fun together, Reve just makes Sarah laugh constantly.  I had a great time getting to know them better in La Jolla last Sunday!

We decided to explore the Contemporary Museum first!  What we found behind it was this awesome cluster of cactus! (cacti?)  Oh and of course some sun flair.

And Sarah had some adorable shoes on!

Then down to the beach!

They were lovey even if we did have quite an audience watching at this point!

What else can I say? H-O-T!!

Thanks you two, Tim and I had a blast, I’m looking forward to your August wedding!

xoxo, M

On June 28th, I got the pleasure of assisting Kristi Klemens again. She and I always have a blast together!  I drove up to Santa Ana to shoot the wedding of Erica and Ree at Bower’s Museum. Oh my, I adore this location!  It is gorgeous and so easy to photograph! 

Here is Ree’s reaction to seeing his bride.  They opted for a First Look before the ceremony so they could spend extra time on photos!

How cool are the sculpture’s at the museum??

This staircase rocks too!

This was shot while holding my camera above my head.  This statue was about 8 feet tall!  Even on tippy-toes I couldn’t have peeked through it!

We weren’t allowed to shoot inside the museum.

It’s easier to beg for forgiveness than to ask for permission!

The handsome Ree

Loved these program fans!

There was a balcony above the ceremony site, so I ran up them very quick to capture the processional!

We’re married!

Woo Hoo!

This was a unique way to have place cards!

Fabulous cake!

Here are two angles of the toast…I couldn’t decide 🙂

David, this is it.  

Dance fever!

Enjoy the Honeymoon!

Last Friday was a wonderful day.  It was a little overcast, not too hot, not too cold.  There was a rumor of rain, but it never came true!  Yes, July 11th was perfect…just like Kelly and Nico’s relationship!

This busy couple opted against their engagement session and had me shoot their rehearsal dinner instead.  Below is a photo at the end of the rehearsal portion.  You can see more in the slideshow from Thursday.

Kelly did her getting ready duties at her grandmother’s home in Pt Loma.  Her best friend Ally did her hair and makeup! (Ally is a professional in LA if you would like her info, email me!)

The gorgeous Dress!

Isn’t this a great wall?

I’m all for a little toast before the ceremony!  Well not for me…for the bride!

GORGEOUS?!?!?!

A little peek in to their sweet ceremony.  Both Nico and Kelly shared private writings from years ago read by their best friends.

And hello??  Isn’t NTC North Chapel adorable??

Having fun with Kelly’s girls!

Favorite!!  (well my first favorite!)

This is my other favorite!

How awesome are these square cupcakes?  It was one of the first things I saw when we walked in to the backyard of this Private Residence overlooking the San Diego Skyline and Coronado! Wow!

Get it? 7-11?  We are so clever!

Ain’t no party like a backyard mansion party!

Kelly and Nico, I feel so blessed to have met you both, you are amazing people. I hope you are enjoying the best of life in Aruba and the Carribean! 

Thank you to my clients Jeff and Kika for the referral also!  Congrats on your pregnancy and happy (almost) 1 year anniversary!!!

Thanks a ton to my awesome 2nd shooter, Melissa Koehler.  Life is so much easier when both photographers are named Melissa. haha

XOXO, 

M

ENJOY YOUR SLIDESHOW!!!

This is another second shooter job!  This time for Lynn Dao.  We shot the wedding of the gorgeous Eleah and her husband Lee.  While Lynn was concentrating on the gals, I got to hang with the boys….excuse me, men.  They were a ton of laughs, I have yet to meet a more outgoing group of guys!   

 Here is Lee getting dapper!