Jaimie and Chester Get Married At Beautiful Lake Tahoe

Posted on June 29, 2011 by

I had so much fun shooting Jaimie and Chester’s mid-week wedding up at The Shore House at Lake Tahoe. It turned out to be a drop dead gorgeous day even though the forecast was calling for thunder showers! We totally lucked out!

Jaimie and Chester have an interesting and certainly modern world love story. They first got to know each other after Jaimie would visit Chester’s blog and leave comments on his postings. Their friendship grew in the cyber world until they eventually met in person. The friendship turned to a romance and because Jaimie lives in Hong Kong and Chester lives in Boston, the dating continued online as well. Despite being hemispheres apart, they even watched movies together via the internet!

So on a beautiful summer day, and together in the same location, these two got married in a very cozy space, a 5 foot dock!  After some celebration with an intimate collection of wonderful family and friends, Chester, Jaimie and I took off for Sand Harbor to get some shots on the granite boulders and the beach. Jaimie was a trooper by climbing around all the rocks in her dress and Chester’s hiking boots!

Congrats to two absolutely wonderful people, Chester and Jaimie!

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Sande And Bobby’s Big Day!

Posted on June 25, 2011 by

So, on June 25th, Sande and Bobby got to say their “I do’s” at the beautiful Carmichael Presbyterian Church in Carmichael California. In attendance were family, long-time family friends, college mates and past and present co-workers. It was obvious from all the warmth and joy  that Sande and Bobby are much loved by those who were present. I’ll also mention that Sande had one of the cooler collections of “something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue”, her Dad’s CHP badge and a garter with an LA Dodger’s pin affixed, (Bobby is a big fan), were particular stand outs. After a beautiful mid-day reception, Sande and Bobby slipped on out for a honeymoon in the Turks and Caicos!

Also, a big thanks to the fabulous Anne Williams for helping me shoot Sande and Bobby’s big day!

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Rainy But Beautiful Wedding Day At Serrano Country Club for Kristina and Chris

Posted on June 16, 2011 by

A cloudy wedding day turned  in to a rainy wedding day for Kristina and Chris, but it didn’t stop them from having a very lovely ceremony!  The wedding, originally to be under the big oak tree at Serrano Country Club got moved quickly indoors to the lovely glass dining room overlooking the golf course. Everyone stayed toasty warm and dry and the rest of Kristina and Chris’s special day was fantastic! The food was great, the dancing was great and everyone had an absolutely great time! And the nice thing about rain is that it eventually stops and leaves behind some great clouds for making beautiful sunset photos.

Thanks out to Rob Snavely for helping with the photography at this wedding.

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Nidia and Jesse’s Beautiful wedding…

Posted on June 1, 2011 by

Nidia and Jesse had an amazing wedding day. Getting ready at The Citizen Hotel, family photos in the Capitol Rose Garden, ceremony at the Blessed Sacrament Cathedral and then reception at the Tsakapoulos Library Galleria. Truly a tour of some of Sacramento’s biggest cultural and historical landmarks! Nidia and Jesse’s friends and family were having a great time at the reception too, especially with the photo booth! So glad I got to share in their wonderful day. Also, thanks to 2nd shooter, Rob Snavely for his wonderful talent and hard work!

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Sande and Bobby’s Golfing Engagement Session

Posted on May 23, 2011 by

I have known Sande for a long time.  We go way back. We’re also friends on Facebook so it was extra fun to watch this guy make flirty comments to all of Sande’s postings. Well, this guy has gone from flirty comment maker to fiance and his name is Bobby. Sande and Bobby were friends in college and life’s roads and social media have brought them back in to each other’s lives, soon to be husband and wife! How cool is that?! And of course, I am extra excited to get to shoot their wedding. If it is anything like this engagement session, we’re going to have lots of fun!  We tried real hard to behave ourselves on the golf course however and must have been successful because the Course Marshall didn’t yell at us once!

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Kristina and Chris’s Engagement Session

Posted on May 16, 2011 by

This is Kristina and Chris! They’re getting hitched later this month so I got an opportunity to get to know these two a bit before wedding day. We spent a Friday and Saturday afternoon in 2 great iconic Sacramento area locations, Old Sacramento and Folsom Lake. This is a particularly great time of year to do engagement sessions too because it is so gorgeous out and not 102F! And Kristina and Chris were great to work with! It was a little tricky when directing these two for smooching shots however. Try saying “Kristina, kiss Chris” a few times! Not always easy!

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Nidia And Jesse Are Getting Married!

Posted on April 7, 2011 by

Nidia, Jesse and I finally got a chance to do their engagement session! Rain forced us to reschedule more than a few times but we finally got a drop-dead gorgeous day last weekend. We originally were going to do their engagement session in Berkeley, then at Capitol Garage in Sacramento (where these two met), but opted for some of Sacramento’s urban/industrial downtown backgrounds. It was loads of fun but I think these two were glad to be able to relax for this last shot….

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