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Matt and Maren’s Wedding Pics

stellasweet Photography blog — Mon, 07 May 2012 04:38:36 +0000

If you’re going to hang around Matt and Maren, be prepared to laugh. A lot. These two are truly a hoot. Any wedding where the groom comes in to The Imperial March, aka, Darth Vader’s Theme, is going to be a good time! Even the prediction of rain a few days before the wedding wasn’t going to ruin the fun for these guys. The foul weather gear, including the Chicago Bears (Matt’s a big fan), umbrellas were ready to bust out should Matt and Maren have to march down the aisle in a downpour. We had lots of fun pics planned should we get the rain and I have to say, I am only slightly disappointed we didn’t get to do those pics since it turned out to be an absolutely perfect day!

Congrats to Matt and Maren!

Holly and Tim’s Engagement Session Part 2

stellasweet Photography blog — Mon, 07 May 2012 04:15:40 +0000

We did Holly and Tim’s first engagement session last fall, and at what kinda looked like an abandoned crack house! Everything was so dry and crispy and we thought it would be nice to do a second session with green grassy fields and a Spring kinda feel. Luckily I have a fabulous field behind my house so Tim and Holly came out and we got some great shots of the green grass and poppies. These two are getting married this June so we’re getting close!

Nick and Erin’s Engagement Session at Stone Barn Ranch

stellasweet Photography blog — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 02:53:11 +0000

In between all the rainy days Erin, Nick and I finally got a day where we had gorgeous sunny, cool weather to do an engagement session at a fantastic location, The Stone Barn Ranch. It is in Sheridan California, just a bit farther north on Hwy 65 from Lincoln. This place is actually a wedding venue, but Bev and Rev were kind enough to let us come out for an afternoon of goofing off, shooting, and to just take in the wide open spaces.

I get to shoot Nick and Erin’s wedding up in Tahoe next month and so excited for it! These two are just an awesome couple. And as a bonus, I’ll get to see friends of theirs and former clients of mine, Amy and Doug, whose wedding I shot in October 2010! How cool is that?!

LaRaye and Andy’s Amazing Coloma Wedding

stellasweet Photography blog — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:52:48 +0000

Amazing is the best way to describe LaRaye and Andy’s wedding. From beginning to end, everything was funky and beautiful. Loved shooting this wedding! LaRaye and Andy have such a unique sense of style and with the help of Carrell Halley and Marjorie Denton Sanborn of Coloma Country Inn, they put together an eclectic, warm and gorgeous setting for their reception. Working with such a fun couple and the ladies at CCI was a huge treat! A big thank you to Anne Chadwick Williams for her wonderful photographic talents as well in helping me shoot this beautiful day!

Check out the blog InnCredible Events of Coloma Country Inn! Cool Happenings!

Maren and Matt’s Freezing Cold Engagement Session

stellasweet Photography blog — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 22:56:47 +0000

Maren, Matt and I had a great time shooting their engagement session in South Lake Tahoe a few weeks back. We were gambling that it was going to be sunny and warm, but we instead got C-O-L-D! Thankfully, these two had a nice bottle of sparkling wine to keep them warm for a little while. When that ran out, it was a hop in to the car with the heater blasting while searching for a place to finish our shoot. We ended up at an undisclosed location that, lets just say, required some creative entry techniques…. even though Matt assured me he’d pay any bail or fines, it never came to that. We got to finish our session, go have some more drinks to warm back up and call it a day. These two are getting married next year and if their wedding is anything like this engagement session, it’s going to be blast!

Angela and Tim’s Apple Hill Engagement Session

stellasweet Photography blog — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:13:54 +0000

Angela, Tim and I headed up to Apple Hill a couple of weekends ago for an engagement session, and man, what a gorgeous place! And these two were a lot of fun to photograph, especially since they are wedding photographers! They are getting married next year in another beautiful spot, The Coloma Country Inn!

Elyse and Stephen’s Sequoia Wedding

stellasweet Photography blog — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 04:53:23 +0000

Elyse and Stephen had the sweetest wedding October 16th at the Sequoia in Placerville, a beautiful Gold Rush era Victorian that now is a great place to eat, sample some wine, get married and perhaps see a few ghosts. It’s location across the street from a graveyard gives credence to the rumor that the place is haunted. Never did see any ghosts, but after the ceremony, Elyse, Stephen, wedding party and I headed across the street for some group shots before it got dark. Strangest thing happened. Everybody turned into Zombies! Luckily, the transformation was just temporary and everyone was able to return for a fun filled, ghost and zombie free reception. Whewwww!

A big thank you to Anne Williams for helping shoot this wedding!

Holly and Tim’s El Dorado Engagement Session

stellasweet Photography blog — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 05:18:46 +0000

Don’t know how I keep lucking out with such awesome clients! Holly and Tim are absolute sweetie pies and I am going to love shooting their wedding next June. The fun already started last weekend when we went up to El Dorado to do an engagement session. One of my favorite spots now has a chain linked fence around it but we managed to find this cool, busted up old house instead. And the lovely Renee at The Barn let us go in to the lot at their very cool antique store and get some shots of this old bus. Thanks Renee and thanks to Holly and Tim for such a fun day!

stellasweet Photography blog — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:57:16 +0000

For those who remember Tiffany and Tony’s engagement session photos on my blog last year, you will recall that these two are big baseball fans and that they met at a River Cats game. Their engagement session was at Raley Field so it just made sense that their wedding would have a base ball theme too. Might I add too that I have not seen so much laughing as I have with this wedding. I caught myself laughing out loud more than a few times while in the middle of taking pictures. The folks at Forrest House were awesome to work with and of course, I appreciate the wonderfully talented Ann Chadwick Williams for helping shoot this wedding.

Amy and Jonathan Get Married in Paradise

stellasweet Photography blog — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 22:28:50 +0000

If a friend e mails you and asks, “Do you want to help me shoot a wedding in Maui?” how long do you think it would take to decide? Ummmmm, minutes? A few days? It took me seconds, especially since the friend was the lovely Diana Kay. We’ve shot weddings together before in always wonderful places and without exception, with very wonderful clients. This wedding was no different. Jonathan and Amy are really a dynamic, adventurous and generous couple. Friends and family are first and foremost with these two and many were able to make the long trip out not only to see Amy and Jonathan get married, but to experience one island escapade after another. There was even a Lance Armstrong sighting at the Ritz Carlton! It was a wonderful week and I am grateful to Diana, Amy and Jonathan for letting me be a part of your wonderful wedding week in paradise. A big heart-felt thank you to you all, or as they say in Hawaii, Mahalo!

Also present to capture the beauty of this wedding were Jonathan and Dustin of 1023 Media. Check out their fabulous video here