Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Jose and Vivian's First Anniversary Renewal of Vows Sneak Peek...

Here is Jose and Vivian's First Anniversary Renewal of Vows Sneak Peek at Scribner Bend Vineyards...

It's times like this that I really LOVE my job! I believe a wedding photographer should be chosen with the future in mind. It is an honor to be able to be apart of the most important day of a couples life and to be able to follow them in their lives capturing all their important events. I was so excited the first time I met Jose and Vivian and they hired me to photograph their wedding on May 16th, 2010. We had a blast shooting their engagement shoot in Old Sacramento (believe it or not it was my very first shoot in Old Sac and has become to hottest most popular place for my clients to choose to do their engagements!) (To view Jose and Vivian's engagement shoot on this blog go to: http://amomentofjoyweddings.blogspot.com/2010/08/jose-and-vivians-engagements-in-old.html )

When their wedding came it was beautiful and Jose and Vivian were awesome and became two of some of my favorite clients. I still show their album to potential clients when they interview me for their wedding. (To view Jose and Vivian's wedding on the blog go to: http://amomentofjoyweddings.blogspot.com/2010/08/jose-and-vivan-married-and-on-blog.html )Anyways...I know that my brides and grooms become close to my heart, but it is thrilling and job rewarding to know that they bring me back for their milestones in their life.

I was asked a month ago to photograph the private and intimate First Anniversary Renewal of Vows for Jose and Vivian. It is rewarding to me to be chosen to be there for these moments...as you can see Vivian is pregnant so I am looking forward to their next milestone photo shoot we will have in a few months.

So here we go...Vivian walking down the isle a year after the first time...



These are some of my favorite. Jose and Vivian from their very first shoot with me did perfect "movie" like photo's...which means they are SO interactive with each other that if you take 10 photo's in a row quickly...it's like watching a movie!!!




Here are some formals we did at the vineyard...we had 45 minutes of a break in the rain...you can see the clouds coming in...as we got in our cars when we were done...they rain came down...and frankly since this was just last Sunday..it hasn't stopped since!

If you are a follower of my blog or Facebook you might remember Jose and Vivian's AWESOME dipping pictures in their engagement shoot...so we wanted to try it again...pregnant and all!

And here again is the "movie" pictures again...just perfect...



These are so cute...


These are my FAVORITE of the whole day...


Vivian carried the dried bouquet that she carried on her wedding day...


Thank you Jose and Vivian for asking me back to share your special day with me so I could share it with you with my gift of photography!!! See you in July!!!

To check out the beautiful Scribner Bend Vineyards where this renewal took place go to: http://www.scribnerbend.com/our-wines/where-to-buy-our-wines/

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

WE GOT 3rd RUNNER UP in the SacBride Magazine cover contest!!! YIPPEE!!!

I am so excited to say that I have just been notified this afternoon that one of my entries has won 3rd runner up in the Sacramento Bride and Groom cover contest for the Fall/Winter 2011 issue!!! Yippee... thanks to all of my wedding business peers who voted for my picture! I am honored to have moved up from my last spot as 5th runner up a few issues ago!!! So if you are one of my current clients...you can tell everyone YOUR WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER JUST WON 3rd RUNNER UP!!!

And a BIG thank you to the gorgeous bride who helped me win...Kiley...you may recognize her as she is actually on all my advertisements currently...here is the winning picture...

Chris and Victoria's Old Sac Engagement shoot SNEAK PEEK!!!

Here is a sneak peek for Chris and Victoria of their engagement session in Old Sac a few weeks ago. They will be getting married this fall...can't wait!!!


Just love these!!!



Again...can you get any better of a background and perfect lighting then this spot? NOPE!!! PERFECT!!!


Moving over to the steps...


And the famous RED WALL...these I think are pretty much my favorites...



ACTUALLY...these ARE my FAVORITES!!! GO GIANTS!!! Was so excited they were not only Giants fans but needed to take a few pictures in their Giants attire!!!



Thanks guys for a great shoot!!! Can't wait till October!!!