Thursday, April 28, 2011

Admiring a Princess...my little lady in waiting!

I know this is a wedding blog BUT I just have to share this in honor of the wedding of the year...THE ROYAL WEDDING !

This morning I mentioned to my 4 year old that a REAL LIVE princess will be getting married later today. She was all smiles and amazed at this news! I told her that when mommy was a little girl another beautiful princess got married and I remember it. I told her when she got home from preschool I would try to see if we could watch it in TV (I of course knew they would be playing the royal wedding of Princess Diana off and on today).

When we got home we found the wedding and it was at the point where Princess Diana was in her horse drawn carriage (wasn't that just the most magical part...aside from her stunning 25 foot train!). Megan thought it was magical too!!! She sat on the couch eating her applesauce and continued to watch as Princess Diana walked down the isle.

A few minutes later she left the room. When she came back she had a very long piece of toilet paper and asked me to attach it to her dress. I did. The she left the room again. She returned with her brand new Easter white glittered high-heeled shoes on. She had on a a red a white checkered dress on a declared that it didn't match and she needed a white dress on. I remembered a little white dress I had recently put away an got it out, helped her put it on and redo the toilet paper. Then I asked her if she knew where her tiara was, as she had gasped when she saw Princess Diana's tiara. We found it and added it to her princess attire.

I grabbed my camera and right when I was about to take the picture I noticed Princess Diana's train on the TV...just HAD TO SHARE THIS PICTURE AND STORY!!!


This was her just being a princess...


I liked this one too!!! She looks so admiring!


To be honest as I am now very tired...I had to re-attach the toilet paper twice as it ripped (of course). Then I remembered I have bridal net, so I attched a piece of that, thinking it won't break and be perfect. Well then she stepped outside and it blew away. So I cut another piece AND a veil for her tiara. And last but not least of course...she asked me to lay out something on the ground  (like a red carpet) for her to walk on, which btw I barely understood through her tears because she thought we had nothing that would do for a carpet...well being creative as I am, I laid out two dark red blankets folded over and lined them up so my lady in waiting could walk down her red carpet, in her tiara, glass slippers and train and pretend to be a princess!!!!

HAPPY WEDDING PLANNING AND HAPPY ROYAL WEDDING WATCHING!!!

Monday, April 18, 2011

Tish and Luigi's Engagement Sneak peek in Old Sacramento

Here is a sneak peek of Tish and Luigi's engagement shoot in Old Sacramento... love these first couple of shots on the steps...


I tried a few from above on the rocks across from the wall I really love. I couldn't use the wall I always use because it was just way too in the sun! I like the choice to go on the other side this time.


More on the steps...


Love these 3...like a movie huh..


Here is the wall I was talking about above...I like the effect the shadows made on these pictures, but overall this area was really not prime for the sunny afternoon day. Made for very dramatic pictures...wasn't going for that...but while editing decided I liked the effect after all, so I am glad I took them.


Here is the infamous "brick wall"...



Love the way I cropped these in my editing...looks cool...




Tish and Luigi's daughter joined us in a few shots...these I loved!


And on the train tracks...we were only told to get off the tracks,
we said ok and waited a minute and continued...


This one is really funny! It looks like she has no clothes on! I told them and the next picture...


...was their reaction to what I said! That is the key to make something be natural...tell her she looks naked...works every time!



These are my favorite of the whole shoot I think!



Here is another favorite place to shoot in Old Sac...


Love this!!!


I look forward to June!!!

Ruth and Justin on the blog!

Here is Ruth and Justin's wedding. They had a December wedding at The Forest House Lodge. I just loved the girls getting ready room.




Ruth's dress...

I like this picture. The meaning for it to me is, the safety pin they are using is mine. It was her something borrowed. It reminds me that my job can be anything...between photographing or making a bouquet or curling hair OR even finding a safety pin!



This room was great!


While I was running around figuring out where to do the formals when the rain moved us inside, my assistant Dina took these next 3 beautiful pictures...


I love this place that we found to do all the formals inside...just the right look for a Hollywood glam look...can't imagine how different everything would have been if it hadn't rained. Somethings just happen for a reason!




This was right at the beginning of the ceremony when Ruth's niece walked down the isle and her mom was so proud...great moment.


I love these next two pictures between Ruth and her dad...


Love this moment caught during the ceremony...


Here are Ruth and Justin's formals...again the in greatest location I could have asked for...




Love the interactions of this couple together!





This next one is my favorite of all the ones we took.
I saw the blue from inside my camera and was so excited!
And the shadows...just perfectly perfect in all the right ways. I always say NEVER discard a picture with harsh shadows...most of the time they make a picture uniquely perfect!



I loved these first dance pictures...



Just had to add one with Ruth and her dad...


Here is one of the dances AFTER the first dance...love these...