Weddings Archive

My good friend Cristina Thornburg contacted me last minute about her little brother getting married!

I was glad to step in and shoot the wedding since she was part of the bridal party.  Gigi and Mike were a lot of fun and so much in love!

Gigi going over her vows at the salon:

Gorgeous!

The handsome groom!

The stunning bride!

I could not get enough of Gigi’s nieces!   As you can tell by the next 4 photos, I took a ton of them!

The ceremony took place near San Elijo Hills

Here is the fantastic Cristina and her sweet husband Spencer.  They got married in this same park 13 years ago!

First dance!  Reception was held in San Marcos.  

Bling!

Gigi’s niece showed off her tapping skills at the reception!

And the last two are of Gigi’s cutie patootie sons!

Thank you for trusting me to capture your special day!  Enjoy your life together, I know it will be a long and happy one!

xoxo, M

I knew after we had a blast at their engagement session that Matt and Karen’s wedding would be nothing short of spectacular.   Plus the fact that Karen is the Catering Manager at Admiral Kidd Club !

The day started out downtown at the Courtyard Marriott in the Presidential Suite!

Andreea Boyce from Salon O made Karen’s hair perfect while Carina Bruner finished up her makeup making her look flawless!

Karen has been to enough weddings to know that sensible (yet adorable) shoes are a must!

All hand in!

This lamp was so cool.  The next day my Crate and Barrel catalog arrive and it was in there!

This was my favorite spot in the hotel!

The skyline view from the Admiral Kidd Club is fantastic!

Karen and Matt saw each other before the ceremony because they really wanted to enjoy their cocktail hour!

Karen requested a jumping shot so we set this up!

She was so happy about her personalized vows!

Lotus Flowers by Thomas provided the gorgeous floral arrangements and bouquets!

Karen had an amazing candy bar set up – she had these cherries just for me!  Ok, I know they weren’t just for me, but I like to believe that.

Mother in Law and Daughter in Law during the Hora!  DJ Gary Davis did a fabulous job of keeping the dance floor packed all night!

He got her good!

This shot was taken while Karen’s maids of honor recited their speeches.  At this exact moment, one of Karen’s friends was describing how the happy coulple were exactly alike in every way.  I looked over and saw this!  Crazy, right?  Same hands, same facial expression!  It cracked me up!

Yummy rings!  I ate the candy, but I did not swallow the rings!

Huge thank you to my 2nd shooter, David Baxter!  You rock!

Matt and Karen, I had a blast spending the day with you, thank you for treating me more like a friend than a vendor!  Congrats on your new home!

xoxo, M

Please enjoy the slideshow at this link or below!

Kyle and Amanda were married this past Saturday at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Bonita!  It was an adorable little church they even had their reception on the grass behind the church!

The happy couple opted for a First Look before the ceremony.  This may be one of my new favorite shots this year!

We headed down the street to the local Library.

And I had to take advantage of this awesome wall!

I love parasols 🙂

Its this a great ceiling in the church?

Mr and Mrs!

I loved that they had a live band that played Classic Rock!

Each of the women at the party got to pull a charm from the cake.  Each charm was different and acted kind of like your horoscope, telling each who would be the next to have children, get married, etc.

Of course with a wine-themed wedding comes a wine themed ring shot!

Last bit of daylight!

Big thanks to Sharaye Hood of What A Wedding for coordinating a fantastic wedding!

And shout out to my wonderful assistant Jamie Lawler for letting me adopt her delicious 16-35mm for the day!

It was so great to be able to capture your day, Kyle and Amanda.  Thank you for trusting me and I hope you are enjoying your honeymoon!  You can see the slideshow below or click here to open a new window!

xoxo, M

Just a quick sneak peek from yesterday’s wonderful wedding in Bonita!  Man it was a hot one!

More to come this week – stay tuned!

Kristi Klemens asked me to cover this event for her and I jumped at the chance!  Any time I can learn about a new culture and I’m there!

On 08-08-08 I attended my first Garba.  You can see the full definition of this dance here. This takes place the night before the actual wedding and involves Mehndi, dancing and lots of food! 

I drove up to Camarillo to photograph this, here are the first two things I saw at the restaurant: 

The beautiful bride to be!

The groom’s sister applies makeup to the bride.  That is her groom next to her.

And the dancing begins!

Towards the end of the night a silly string fight broke out!  I did not get out of the way fast enough and ended up with some string on me!  

The bride wanted in on making a mess too!

One last shot before the party ended!