Christian and Michelle's Wedding Day

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I had so much fun sharing Christian and Michelle's wedding day. I have had the privilege to get to know Michelle a little more personal then I do most bride’s as she has been one of my daughters roommates at collage. When my daughter saw one of the pictures Michelle had displayed in her room, a picture from her brothers wedding. She recognized it as one that I had taken. Unbeknownst to them when they became roommates I had meet Michelle's family several years before when I had the privilege of capturing her Brother's wedding day memories. I had the opportunity to get to know Michelle better through my daughter and some wonderful roommate pictures that we took of all six of the roommates. I got to know Christian and see his tenderness towards Michelle when we spent the morning taking some fun engagement photos. (See posting from April)

What a compliment it is when a family is happy with your work and hires you for a 2nd time. Inviting you back to captures their special memories and share in their next child’s special day. I loved seeing the Chavez family (missing of course the son who is on a mission serving the Lord) and seeing how the family has grown (two adorable granddaughters…one brand new) and remembering all the fun that family is. Also it was great getting to know the Wagner family. What an amazing family Christian has. They came from far away to support him and were all so easy to work with. A special thank you to his wonderful Mom, Lorilee. My daughter loved Christian and Michelle’s sign in book and how they had used their engagement photos so much. Lorilee, even while busy getting ready for his open house helped us get a sign in book ordered. Thank you. Talk about a joining of two wonderful families.

Here are just a few more from their day. If you know Christian and Michelle you can view all their photos at www.printroom.com/pro/crphotos

The Main Event

OK, so the title is a little corny. I have had the privilege of capturing several events for the Main Family. The most recent being Katie’s wedding (see previous post). Their other daughter now lives in England with her family and had flown over for her sister wedding and was returning at the end of the week with no real date on when she might be back to the states to visit her family. They really wanted to have some nice family portraits done before she left. So just three days after her wedding before she left on her honeymoon Katie and Luke were good sports and let us get together for some family portraits.

Cinderella’s Wedding

 

Katie and Luke were ready to get married. They were high school sweethearts who's hearts have always been connected. Katie had dreamed about the perfect wedding and the day that she got to be the princess and start their lives as husband and wife. She truly looked like Cinderella in her amazing dress. With her hair done perfect and all the extra touches she was beautiful.

Luke and Katie choose to get married at a very special church. Not only is it the church that she still attends her Grandmother got married there many a moon ago and her Granddaughter wanted to follow in her footsteps.

Even her cake looked like a royal coach, white horses and all. She thought of every touch to really make it her magical day.

Dan and Rebecca

They say “The shoemaker’s children never have shoes”. I totally understand this statement. So many times family pictures and projects get put on the back burner when you have paying clients that are waiting for your work. This time though the clock was ticking.

My daughter Rebecca and her fiancé Dan flew in to get some wedding things taken care of. Among other things there was a trip to LA fabric district for material, a marriage license and of course a few beach pictures for this true California Girl. I did have to put their pictures on hold for a week as I left before they did to spend a week in San Diego, but as soon as I got back to my computer last Monday I was fitting these in trying to get them processed.

On Saturday morning as we headed to the Mission Inn to take some pictures and of course the wind was blowing like all get out. Hair and skirts were flying everywhere (see below).

Luckily Dan’s sister Emily is a wonderful photographer and I knew she would taking pictures of them back up in Utah so knowing that they had her taking pictures too, the pressure was off and we just had some fun. (If you would like to see some of Emily’s photos of the couple go to her blog at www.relivingthemoments.blogspot.com you will be so impressed with her work.
This was kind of how the morning went.

They as so cute together and never boring!

Here is just a quick sampling of the day.




OK, so I was spending too much time playing with overlays and textures.


Did I mention how much we love Dan? He is the perfect eternal companion for Rebecca.

Bowers Family = Fun

This family wanted to get a “family” photo before Josefine had to head back to her home in Germany. If you look carefully you might find one or two “family portraits” but mostly you’ll just see how much fun they were. I should have known when they showed up in those bright shirts that they were at the park to play.







Fun times for all!

A busy but wonderful week

Coming off a busy but wonderful week. Lots of fun and lots of pictures to process. These are the two weddings that I had this last weekend. So totally different, but both so wonderful. One very fun and informal and one was the picture perfect embodiment of old Hollywood glamour. Both couples were great but will have different pictures that of course capture and reflect their day.

Also I have my own daughter’s engagement session and a family shoot that had to be done before their “new daughter” a German exchange student who has been living with them for the school year goes home to her family in Germany. Also on these weddings, the first one’s Mother is leaving for England to see family in a week and the second is having an open house out of state in two weeks and both would love to have some of their wedding day photos available to share. Guess I better stop blogging and get busy! Hopefully more posting soon.

A Beautiful May Wedding!

If you want a perfect weather day to get married for 2010 it was May 1st. The chill of spring was gone and it was sunny with a little ocean breeze keeping us cool and keeping all the LA smog away. Brittany chose bright oranges and pinks that just popped against the black and said, “Welcome to a California summer”. They had a beautiful backyard reception surrounded by friends and family. It was such a welcoming and relaxed reception that I felt more like a welcomed guest then the photographer. Sometimes it’s hard to believe that I am so blessed to be doing what I love and sharing these most special moments with the couple and their families. Josh and Brittany, thanks for letting me share in your special day!




If you know Josh and Brittany and would like to view the rest of their wedding day photos go to www.printroom.com/pro/crphotos and scroll down to their gallery.

Congratulations Seniors!

Congratulations to all the seniors who will be graduating these next couple of weeks. Here are a few fun pictures from Kayla’s senior shoot that we just did in the end of April. She is very athletic but took too the posing very quickly and as you can see by the photos was a pro in no time.

I have some other seniors that I missed blogging about and will try and post some pictures from their shoots up when they get their orders in. Seniors you are only finishing a chapter, the rest of your life is still waiting to be written. Make it a great story!

Newest Client Arrives Healthy and Happy

Just a few weeks ago I got to take some mommy-to-be photos of a couple that I had taken their wedding pictures several years ago. She had the most perfect round little belly. We had a hard time getting the little blocks that said “baby” on them to be on her belly when she was leaning back as her belly was so perfectly round they kept falling off. It was quite entertaining. She and her husband took very, very beautiful belly shots but those are private so sorry you won’t be seeing them here but trust me they are amazing.

We did get over to the flower fields before their gone for the summer and had a very colorful backdrop for some beautiful and relaxed photos of them.

We also took a cute little shot with both a girl bear and a boy bear with one on each knee as she didn’t know what she was having. Well I got a call today. It’s a healthy baby girl and mother and baby are doing well. We set up an appointment to take newborn pictures in about two weeks so be sure to watch for those. Congratulations to the happy family on their new family member and welcome to my newest client.

1+2+3= variable plethora of pictures

Take 1 Saturday morning + 2 in people in love + 3 locations and you end up with a “variable plethora” of adorable pictures. (Yes that is from Three Amigos…sorry). This couple is currently out of state but will be getting married here in California in July. Right during the busy end of school year happening they made a quick trip to California to take care of some wedding stuff, including getting their engagement photos done.

It was cool and perfect overcast lighting for taking pictures at the park. We didn’t take very long at the railroad tracks but still had not one, not two but three freight trains come by. Who knew a Saturday morning would be such a busy shipping day. The couple was such good sports and we headed to old downtown Riverside to use some of the wonderful old brick work and wrought iron in their photos.

I can’t wait to capture this couple’s special day. Here is just a sample from each location.

Here are just a few more of the hundreds taken.

Of course I had to have a little fun with some textures.