Ashley and Steve on the blog! Professional Wedding Photography

Here is the wedding of Ashley and Steve!!! I just love Ashley's getting ready pictures! She was a natural at posing...she could pose without even trying! This is always my favorite pictures of the day. There is something exciting about the anticipation of walking down the isle! Simple yet elegant...

Ashley's train is just awesome! It was her aunt's. It was a little old fashioned she thought at first...but oh my goodness...when you put the right old with something new...this was right and it was stunning (there are pictures later in this post that show off this long train). And the way these next few pictures happened wasn't planned. She was kinda down just fixing shoes or something and we had her kinda almost sit...well she just sat on down...and how lucky we were that she did!

The wedding took place at the Herold Fire Department, Steve is a fireman.

These I think are my favorite formals of Ashley...and I just have to mention her beautiful bouquet!!! Don't you think??? I am just mentioning it because  I MADE IT!!! Yes you heard me, THE PHOTOGRAPHER MADE THE BOUQUET!!! I know it's not perfect I AM NOT A FLORIST by any stretch of the imagination...but what happened was the girls were going to make the bouquets themselves right before the ceremony. Well Ashley was just about done with her make-up and the flowers hadn't even been started...soooooo  I decided we can't start pictures without the bouquet...so I got started! And they way we chose to wrap it, I had to hold onto it and complete the whole thing! I will also mention to those of you checking out this blog while looking for a wedding photographer...YOUR photographer has one of the most important roles on your wedding, especially if you DO NOT have a coordinator! I have curled hair, undone knots in necklaces, I don't sew but I carry thread and extra bobby pins, safety pins EVERYTHING!!! I have even loaned a bride an earring back...hello April..still have that??? j/k Anyways my point is...hire someone that understands that there job is so important that ANYTHING can become their job that day!!! Make sure your professional wedding photographer is one, a professional and two is a flexible person and jumps in EVERYWHERE needed!!! You will end up depending on your photographer more then you think! So make sure they a dependable!!!

And here is Steve...

I did mention Steve is a fireman...so we had a little fun!

I mentioned the veil above...here is a perfect picture of it!!! Love this one!!!

My girl Ashley was just a photographers dream in what she would do in a wedding dress!!! Yes she is sitting in her wedding gown in front of a barn...just love the shot we took of her after in this location!!!

Ashley and Steve congratulations and I hope you enjoyed your sneak peek!!!

Happily Ever After Never Looked So Good!!! Professional Wedding Photographer and Family Portrait Photographer

Here are a few updates from two of my past wedding clients!!! Their families are growing!!! I just LOVE photographing weddings..but the next best thing, is being able to see all the wonderful couples again and share with them the events of their lives. I was honored to be apart of their wedding days...and even more honored that they when they think of who they want to photograph their future..it is me!!!

Do you remember this jumping picture!!! I used it for a while on many advertisements. It is still one of my favorite jumping pictures of all time! I love how Veronica is just in focus!!! This was taken at Veronica and Bradley's wedding back in 2008...

Here they are with 4 month old Fallon...isn't she beautiful! I was so excited to hear they were expecting their first child (via Facbook of course!) So excited when they contacted me for her first Professional Photography Shoot!!!

Here is Ali and Greg during their first dance last October! I loved this photo because it captured their relationship with each other...

I was honored to be able to photograph their GROWING family!!! Ali is due in 6 weeks and I have already set aside her due date to meet them at the hospital to meet this blessed child!

Now the advantage to photographing someones wedding and then being invited to capture their lives following...is I am privy to little perks like knowing about these sexy and funky shoes Ali wore and we highlighted in her wedding photo's! I just had to have her pull them out for our shoot last weekend! I knew we had taken many photo's of her crossing her legs with these shoes so I was looking to put her in the shoes in similar poses to the ones we had done last year!

To see more of these Family Portrait Photography shoots and MANY more wonderful families I am proud to call my photography family...please go to:  http://momentsofjoywiththewee-ones.blogspot.com/

I hope if you are looking for a wedding photographer, that you are looking for that person to be around throughout your families lives...please keep that in mind when searching for that perfect photographer!!!

Jose and Vivian married and on the blog!!! Whitney Oaks Golf Course - Sacramento Wedding Photography

I had a hard time picking pictures for this blog post...because I absolutely love so many of them! So this is a pretty BIG post! But here are the highlights of Jose and Vivian's beautiful wedding!

Here is just about my favorite dress picture EVER!

Vivian's dress was stunning...

Here are a few details...

Just LOVE this shot of Vivian adoring her dress before slipping it on...

Here are a few details of getting ready...

Now I have included these gift exchange pictures because the expressions on these two's faces as the are receiving wedding day gifts from each other is priceless..and to be honest...these may be my favorites of the whole wedding...

Here come the beautiful girls...

Here are a few of Vivian's formals prior to marrying her man...

Theses pictures of wedding party are just so fun! We had a blast taking these!

This picture was Jose's request...he wanted one picture of the guys just a walkin' on the green...

Here are the wedding moments that my assistant Dina and I captured...

Vivian's last moments as her daddy's little girl... PRICELESS...

Jose watching his bride walk the isle as he gets his first look at Vivian..

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A close up of the hand off between father and daughter to the groom...

Now kids always in a wedding provide a side show to a wedding...this side show was the grooms son picking a few flowers for his sister...by the way, I only included this happening once, he picked flowers OVER AND OVER for his sister...

Here is the exchange of the rings...

And just about my favorite moment of all...the releasing of butterflies...as they all flew away, one landed on my shoulder for just a moment or two, reminding me of someone special...

Here are the bride and groom running down the golf course hill...

More formals... (FYI...this is a bluesy photo shop tone, one of my favorite that we use in my weddings)...

This is a NEW vintage tone that we used for Vivian and Jose for the first time...I love it...

Here are some moments of the reception that I love, I told you I had a hard time deciding what to put in the post and what to leave out! I meant it!!!

Here are some moments captured during the toast...

Here are some awesome shots of the bouquet toss, if you look closely the girls are all wearing bridal veils on hte heads and are actually dancing in a circle around the bride as she temps them that she is tossing the bouquet out to them...

And here is the REAL thing in action...

The guys did something very similar, only they wore aprons, got a lot of good shots of Jose with the guys...

And there you have it ... Jose and Vivian MARRIED and on the blog!!! Please let me know what you think in the comment area below...thanks!!!!