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Our New Location | There’s a new photographer in town

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We are so exited to be sharing this with all of you.  We have finally found a new place to call home (well at least our photo home).  It is located in downtown Campbell on a block I swear is the littlest western town in the west.  The charm of this old saloon just screamed fun at me and I couldn’t resist the gracious offer given to me by Deanna Graham to share her photography haven.  I just thought I would give you a sneak peak. I’ve hardly moved in but I have a couple of prints up and a key. You have to start somewhere right?  Many new things are in store for this wonderful space and who knows what it will resemble in the next month or two.  I am above thrilled on this new adventure and can’t wait to open it’s doors and welcome you in.  In fact, I hope you’ll be able to belly up to the bar for a Sarsaparillo and a good chat soon.  I’ll keep you posted so stay tuned for updates.

Our new address is 145 Dillon #A in Campbell, CA

*disclaimer dancing girls, card games, and shoot outs will cost extra :)

 

All American Elopement| Red, White, and Blue Wedding in Sausalito, California| Featured on Ruffled blog

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Oh say can you see…….. the fun and beauty you can have with a red, white, and blue theme.  This idea was something that popped in to my head a while back and I was so happy that we were able to pull it off in such a short time.  Nothing screams summer then the colors of the flag and all of the fun that summer brings.  We had a wonderful time putting this together quickly and as with any shoot with the fabulous Tia there is always an adventure.  Our favorite this time was the naked guy sleeping below the deck of the boat that we photographed on.  I think he may of forgotten we were coming but it sure made for a very interesting afternoon.  He was so sound asleep he didn’t even know we were there until we were already packing up.  The best part is he said ” I thought you guys were gonna use the boat?” and I replied “we just finished!”  But good ole Tia couldn’t resist “yelling nice butt!”.  Jeff (the naked guy) just shoot his head and laughed.

A special thank you to Rachel at Sweet Tooth Confections for the sweets and whimsical cake  and to  the girls at RBK Creations for creating such fun accessories at a drop of a hat.  Your button bouquet, boutonniere, shoe clips, and windmills just worked perfectly in to the look we wanted and enhanced it greatly!  Last a special shout out to JE Models in San Francisco and Cast Images Talent Agency in Sacramento for helping us find beautiful talent for this last minute inspiration.

Last we were so thankful to Amanda at Ruffled Blog for hosting this shoot of love we created.  To see more please check out her wonderful blog on wedding inspiration.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Independence Day.

Cherry Blossom Wedding Inspiration featured on Style Unveiled

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The Cherry Blossom shoot has been a project that I’ve wanted to do for quite some time. It has also been a huge lesson in patience.  Last year we missed them,  so when my good friend Ingrid Marayag called and said let’s do the shoot I was all for it.  We started planning it and I was so excited that so many talented wedding vendors in the business wanted to jump on board.  For months, we collaborated and waited on Mother Nature.  God Bless Ingrid because she drove by the fields everyday to check on the blooms. I had to laugh because by about week two Ingrid’s children could be heard in the car “Again!” as she drove by.  Everyday or two I waited for the update, and the photo text of what stage they field was in.  I felt like a doctor waiting to deliver a baby.  With such a small window where the blooms look great we held our breath as vendors traveled out of town and the rain kept falling.  Because of rain and waiting for the ground to dry out a little bit we missed full bloom by a couple of days but it didn’t matter we were all so excited about beautiful the images that came out of our months of waiting.  This session was a true labor of love and we couldn’t of  been more thrilled when the wedding blog Style Unveiled decided to run it.  The best part was how excited they were.  To see their post and more of the photos please click here on Cherry Bloom Wedding Inspiration

Thank you so much to the wonderful team of vendors that helped pull of this amazing shoot. All of their information is listed below.

Flowers and décor: Fionna Floral; Wendy Melrose; www.fionnafloral.com

Linen: Alexis Party Rental; www.alexispartyrental.com

Dessert: Edith Meyer Wedding Cakes; Edith Meyer; www.edithmeyer.com

Make Up and Hair:

Ingrid Marayag Makeup Artistry; www.ingridmarayag.com; ingridmarayag@gmail.com

Mimi of Taylor Salon; www.mimi-taylor.com; weddings@mimi-taylor.com

Stationary: Crescent Moon Paper Company; Sarah Marsh; www.crescentmoonpaper.com; sara@cresentmoonpaper.com

Photography/ Cinematography

Jill Johnson Photography; Jill Johnson; www.jilljohnsonphotography.com; jill@jilljohnsonphotography.com

Luke Goodman Photo + Cinema; http://www.lukegoodman.com/; luke@lukegoodman.com

Design: Coastside Couture; Heidi Hughett and Karissa Paxton; www.coastsidecouture.com; Heidi@Coastsidecouture.com; Karissa@coastsidecouture.com

Attire:

Gabrielle’s Bridal Atelier; www.gabriellesbridal.com; appointment@gabriellesbridal.com

Eli Thomas for Men; http://www.elithomasformen.com/; Info@EliThomasForMen.com

Male model; www.HMMODELS.com

HMM/Halvorson Model Mgmt

Style Unveiled | Samantha and Jeffrey get featured!

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I was so excited when Heather contacted me to let me know that Sam and Jeff’s wedding was chosen as a feature. What is even more exciting is they are the first feature for Style Unveiled’s  new Michigan Real Wedding section.  They did such a fantastic job on making this wedding their own.  I’m so glad they get to share it with everyone.  To see their whole feature click here.

Hotel DeAnza| Come Join Us at the Event Fair

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Just engaged and looking for a venue for your wedding? Looking for a place for your corporate event?  Come out to Hotel DeAnza in beautiful downtown San Jose, on Monday September 13,  from 6-8p.m. to check out the venue and to meet me along with some great vendors in the business.  You’ll have the oppurtunity to meet with many people who can help make your party a success.  To RSVP for the event and to find out more please click on the link here. We hope to see you there.  IF you would love to see an event from Hotel DeAnza please click here.