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I have been wanting to post about this wedding for such a long time now, but had to wait until the fabulous spread came out in Utterly Engaged which is an amazing wedding resource for any bride or vendor. I was so happy to be featured in the online magazine and am glad I can share it with you now! This wedding had such an fabulous team behind it because Aaron & Barbara hand picked their wedding industry favorites, and since Aaron is a fabulous wedding photographer, they knew exactly who they wanted working on their wedding!
This was the first time I had the pleasure of working with Christina from Simply Modern Weddings and I was blown away with her attention to detail and overall design concept. She is not only talented, but one of the sweetest people ever! I was also lucky enough to have Gabriel Ryan Photography documenting the beautiful day. I love Gabriel & Carlie so much and am always overjoyed when I find out they are going to be shooting my desserts. Weddingbee PRO Kristin from The Treasured Petal matched the floral design perfectly with the Spanish Flamenco theme…love her! Those are just a few of the talented vendors at the wedding…definitely check out the end of the post to get the rest of the scoop! So without further ado here are the gorgeous photos!!!
The wedding took place at Casa Romantica, which is located in San Clemente, CA.
The last wedding we posted I had to shoot without Justin, now here's one that Justin had to shoot without me. This is a VERY rare occasion, as we try our best to be available together because that is how we like it best, but given the unusual circumstances, Justin did an amazing job and he had Jason Roger as a sidekick to help him out.
Last year I worked with a beautiful Swiss woman named Floriane who married her dashing husband Lionel last March. Check out my original post about Floriane's flowers. Her wedding was gorgeous and she has been gracious enough to answer some questions about the planning process! Photos by Luca Etter.
Here's an itty bitty, teeny weeny, isn't fair, hardly any, sneak peek of only a few of the fabulous weddings I've had this year! I have so many gorgeous weddings to blog - I love my clients!!
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It rained all day at Carrie and Adam's wedding, but I think it just added to all the wonderful fall touches, and the lushness of Fort Tryon. Sometimes in the parks here in this great city of mine, when it rains, it's lush like a tropical rainforest outside, and all the leaves come alive with brilliant green. So yummy!
Once again, I heart LOVE shooting family weddings! I also heart LOVE visiting and shooting Idaho in September! When you put family, weddings, and Idaho in September all together it equals a very happy and content Amelia!
Justin's sweet cousin Ashley contacted us a few months ago to attend and shoot her wedding. We anxiously accepted because 1. we love Ashley and 2. we really needed a good excuse to visit family in Idaho! I ended up having to go alone because Justin needed to be on set at Yo Gabba Gabba!, but I lucked out with great help with some of Justin's other cousins Jeramy and his sweet wife Shelley (you may recall these two from their wedding we shot last September, also in Idaho).
Congrats to Ashley and her new man Jarom!
Ok so seriously have I mentioned lately how amazing Jesi Haack Weddings is? Well this wedding sure does prove it. On top of that this wedding is like my dream come true - not only is at my new favorite wedding venue Marvimon but it also was a collaboration of some of my favorite wedding vendors!
How amazing are the florals!? Succulents + Kale + the brides grandmother's pearls on her bouquet? Jesi Haack Weddings was the genius behind the lovely details of this event AND the ridiculously gorgeous florals! I adore the pops of purple like the bride’s adorable purple pumps!
We haven’t blogged in a week or so, because we spent all last week in Texas at the Foundation Conference. Learning from some of the best photographers out there is always a good thing. It was the first year that the conference was put on and I must say it's probably been my favorite one out of the seven or so I've been to in the past. So now we're super behind on blogging, but hopefully this next post will make up for it.
It was another foggy San Francisco wedding day, but we love that as photographers, because it makes out for interesting lighting. The sky is diffuse and the fog can add an element of mystery. Some people worry that days like this will ruin the photography, but we love it. Plus, we had an awesome couple like Meagan and Sperry to shoot with. Shooting at the Legion of Honor can be difficult, because of how the architecture can just overwhelm the images. Here's some highlights from the day.
I just love Barbara and Aaron! Last night we had a triple date at Lola Gaspar's (quickly becoming my new favorite restaurant) along with Christina and James, who I also adore. We talked for over 3 hours as we devoured honey butter drenched tortillas and sangrias. Such an awesome night! They were such sweet, gracious clients and now friends. If you haven't checked it out yet, see their feature in Utterly Engaged, with images by the incredible Gabriel Ryan!
I want to share some pictures of their Casa Romantica wedding captured by another photographer friend of theirs, Jeffrey Neal. He used film to document their wedding story as a gift, and I just love the texture and richness of the images. Please check out his blog for more pics (especially the slideshow of details at the end!) I couldn't resist posting a few here.
The most beautiful smile award goes to…
Every once in a while, a couple comes along that changes my life forever…
I tend to fall in love with people while photographing them and often come away from the experience with a sense of admiration and love that is normally difficult to achieve when you're just meeting someone for the first time. Now, I'm not sure if my couples end up feeling the same way about me, but hopefully they see my love in the images they end up with. 
Sally & Rodney just blew me away with their kindness, joy, love, compassion, and inner beauty, which resonates in everything they do and with everyone they meet. While most couples will keep in touch maybe a year or two after their wedding, they often slip out of contact and remain beautiful memories, but Sally & Rodney have only become closer to me as friends over the years and through the many different twists and turns our lives have taken since then.
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