Weddings Archive

Joey and Cristi had a beautiful, intimate Alice in Wonderland themed wedding in the bride’s parents back yard!  They put so much thought and detail in this theme, I loved it!  

These two were obviously made for each other!  They laugh constantly, the guaranteed prescription for a lifetime together! 

I loved this angle 🙂

Their babies, Alice

and Max!

The handsome Joey:

Almost time to become a Mrs!

See?  Laughing, constantly!  Cristi’s dad performed the ceremony!

Yummy cake!

Details!

And more details!

Some quiet time

A fun ring shot on the lawn ornament!

Laughing through the first dance!

Cristi dancing with Joey’s dad and Joey dancing with Cristi’s mom!

Party time!

Shout out to my awesome second shooter, Emily!

 Joey and Cristi, thanks for being so kind and welcoming!  I had a blast hanging out with you and your family/friends!

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xoxo, M

Wow, where do I even start with these two!  After their HOT engagement session in San Juan Capistrano, I knew their wedding was going to be something else!  I was right.  The rain went away and left some amazing clouds, the beautiful flowers by Nancy Stevens and the rockin’ music from DJ Bill Calhoun (the DJ for MY wedding!) were just a part of what made this Bali Hai wedding so much fun!

Of course I had two of my good buddies to shoot along side of me, David Baxter and Ally Michele! 

Check out this dress!  Sexy bride!   The getting ready part happened at Humphries Half Moon Inn.

A little ring shot just for me…

Jennifer (email me for her info!) came down from LA to do Mary’s makeup!

Love this!

Later…at the Bali Hai…

Mmmmm Shirley the Cake Lady (619.561.9377) did a fantastic job!

I love the look on Brandon’s face here!

Mary’s sister and her daughter during the ceremony!

First kiss as husband and wife…and boy it was a big kiss!

Ring shot on the Pear candle favors!

Another fav…Mary and her two sisters hugging her neice!

Here is the continuation from my last blog!  Elizabeth and Crisanto were married last Saturday on their rooftop over looking the city of Chicago.  Oh and did I mention the wedding was a complete surprise?  Only a small handful of people knew the plan.  I was in on it as well.  Elizabeth (I know her as Beth) was my good friend and sorority sister in college.

She met Crisanto (Cris) while on vacation in Acapulco last year and they fell in love.  She made 10 trips back there over the year which just rooted their devotion to each other.  Cris went through the legal parameters to come to the US and marry Beth.

They invited 60 of their closest friends and family to their condo for an “engagement party”.  I’ll finish the story below with the photos!

Getting her makeup done by Carla at MAC in Nordstroms.

These were the best cupcakes I have ever had!

This cracks me up. 🙂

Mini Corona’s for the toast.  Cris hand tied each one – what a guy!

Beth’s old roommate Julie making a toast

There is a reason for this being a two-parter, but I plan on saving the reason for the next post (trust me, its a good reason!)

I’ll keep this text brief and get to the photos.  Here is Elizabeth and Crisanto’s Day Before Photos!  So glad we decided to do a day before session, the weather couldn’t have been sweeter in Downtown Chicago.

My favorite spot of the day was in front of these trees:

Obviously!

It’s amazing…

…what walking a few steps down can do…

And we ended the night at Navy Pier!

It was a long day!  Next up…their wedding!

On April 26th, I got a chance to assist my best friend, Jen Harris at a wedding in San Diego.  Jessica is the sister to Angela, whose wedding Jen and I shot last year!