Archive for 'Weddings'
So glad I got to be a part of this special day! Michelle and Steve are wonderful people, and I see the very best in their future. A special thanks to the wonderfully talented Nicole of Nicole Benitez Photography (based in beautiful Southern California), a girl feels lucky having a second shooter of her caliber on board for a big fun wedding like this.
How am I so lucky to always have such good looking couples to photograph?
More to come soon!
Sometimes you wake up and know it is going to be the perfect day. Karlie and Danny’s wedding day, was just one of those days. Despite the impending rain, the excitement and love spilling out of family, friends and wedding party was palpable. Prior to the ceremony, bustling hair and makeup people made up the gorgeous bridesmaids in a flurry of fabulous makeup and to die for hair. The bride Karlie, casually took in the hustle and bustle with a mimosa in one perfectly manicured hand, and her laptop in the other. Danny and his groomsmen hit the hot tub early and lounged around the groom’s suite until it was time to iron ties, and put on their tuxes. To this wedding party, it was all about the experience, spending time together, enjoying laughing, constant teasing and good natured banter.
The epitome of balance, Karlie is the endlessly confident, sharp as a tack, drop dead gorgeous girl; and Danny the laid back, logical, off the cuff humor guy. As the afternoon progressed, and the ceremony grew closer and closer, I starting seeing the tiny signs of excited nervousness and overwhelming emotions that often times hit a bride at a moments notice. As planned, Karlie and Danny met for their first look overlooking the beautiful San Diego Bay, about an hour before the ceremony. As Danny turned around to get a look at his bride, huge smiles broke out on both their faces. Danny, in his ever perfect timing asked, “am I allowed to touch you?”. Karlie burst into her signature larger than life, always contagious laugh; and any nervousness or fear that had been showing on her face, immediately disappeared.
The day was here, they were surrounded by people that loved them to pieces, life was good. Everything was… perfect.
A very special thanks to Jenna Marie Photo for being my other eyes, and lens on this one, she is an incredible photographer, so be sure to check out more of her work on her blog!
Sometimes, people just fit… yes personality wise, temperament wise, and on so many various levels. BUT, from day one, Michelle and Steve have fit in my head on a completely visual, and yes somewhat selfish level (teehee good photos make me giddy). That kind of, “yes, this is going to look RIGHT and GOOD thing”, that every photographer has felt at once moment or another. It makes me smile on the inside. So looking forward to shooting their Stafford, VA wedding this fall!
Purchased my ticket and put my order in for the wonderful wedding I am shooting in March in San Diego, CA, I am SO EXCITED!!! Although I love Virginia and DC, I am excited to see the beautiful west Coast again. I am so excitd for 2010 and the great things it is going to bring.
and… because posts are better with pictures…
I am getting antsy for wedding season to begin for me this year!! It’s like Christmas for a photographer! I helped one of my lovely brides find the perfect verse for their ceremony recently, and I love it so much I just wanted to share!
A good marriage must be created.
In marriage the little things are the big things.
It is never being too old to hold hands.
It is remembering to say “I love you” at least once a day.
It is never going to sleep angry.
It is at no time taking the other for granted; the courtship should not end with the honeymoon, it should continue through all the years.
It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives.
It is standing together facing the world.
It is forming a circle of love that gathers in the whole family.
It is doing things for each other, not in the attitude of duty or sacrifice, but in the spirit of joy.
It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways.
It is not looking for perfection in each other.
It is cultivating flexibility, patience, understanding and a sense of humour.
It is having the capacity to forgive and forget.
It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow.
It is a common search for the good and the beautiful.
It is establishing a relationship in which the independence is equal, dependence is mutual and the obligation is reciprocal.
It is not only marrying the right partner, it is being the right partner.
Couldn’t have said it better myself 
and… because every post is better with a picture!
