Archive for the ‘Photography’ Category

I have soooo many things to share with you and am beyond excited to share gorgeous photos from our photographers, FS Photography, hilarious stories, lessons learned and much much more!

Here’s a wedding day photo our photographers have shared with us!  Talk about a teaser!!!! Ahhhh can’t wait for more!

Engagement Photos:

Jonnathan and I opted to have our engagement photos done at the same venue as our wedding.  We loved the natural beauty, the towering Oak trees and especially the field of tall grass (actually oats).  I had been going over many of the engagement shoots I had fallen in love with over the past year and felt that this was the best location to get the mood and tone we were going for: romantic, laid back, peaceful and naturally gorgeous.

You may recall my design board a couple of months back “Our Engagement Photo Session Plan”. With that in mind I emailed Ryan and Joelle from FS Photography our plans and they were completely on board!  I’m pretty sure they were just as excited as we were.  July 7th came fast – really really fast. I had started a new job and was working non stop and found myself scrambling for every free minute here and there to wrap up wedding details and prep for the shoot. The day before the shoot I rushed to the salon to get those stubborn gray hairs covered up and oops….instead of dark brown with natural looking auburn highlights…I ended up with black cherry…  Of course, I had to work and had no time to turn around and fix it. Little did I realize that the next day in daylight I would see just how red it was…

We drove down to Portland after work and my Mom’s first reaction to seeing me was: “OH! You’re hair is PURPLE!” Oh dear… She kept me laughing about it, even though I was ready to start crying.  We had to spend the next two hours trying on strapless bras that would work under my dress, I swear I tried on over 50!  While I’m trying bras on all I could think about was having maroon hair for our engagement shoot coming up in a couple of hours.  Photoshop can fix that right? Well, a few phone calls to the hair saloon and some hair experts we then spent the 3 hours shampooing my hair in the sink. Thankfully, we were able to get most of the pink/red out and it looked waaaaay better. Mom threw hot rolls in my hair and I ran to the car as we were late for our shoot.

Thankfully, Ryan and Joelle were AWESOME about everything. They calmed us down, eased our concerns and immediately got us into the right mindset for a fun photo shoot.  It was so wonderful to have time to be close to Jonnathan; to reconnect and refocus on us amidst all the chaos of work and wedding plans. We had so much fun! I even pulled off wearing a sweater in 90 degree weather! I’m completely in love with these pics! Hope you enjoy them!

Amanda with Celebrate Life Photography just recently featured Toni & Todd’s Engagement Session shot is Bend, OR. I am truly in love with Amanda’s work! She is so gifted and so perfectly captures the unique personalities of her clients and their relationships. These are my favorites from this session!

Be sure to visit her blog for more!!!

Absolutely Stunning!!!! I love the lighting!

After a long day at work I found myself in need for some serious wedding eye candy! Tec Petaja never lets me down! He recently featured some pics that left me drooling with sun hat envy! I want this sun hat and I want some sun…

Be sure to visit Tec’s photography blog! He’s incredibly talented!

Hands down this has to be one of the most beautiful weddings I have ever seen!

There is something in the way Brandon Kidd photographed this day that perfectly caught the love and adoration this couple has for one another.  You get an entire feel for the mood of the event, leaving you wishing you had been a bird perched above the celebration able to catch all the joy, laughter and love surrounding this beautiful couple!

Brian and Stephanie had their wedding at The Villa, built in 1920, in San Juan Capistrano.  Isn’t it gorgeous!? So serene, romantic and perfect for a vintage garden inspired wedding.

Photography: Brandon Kidd Photography
Venue: The Villa – San Juan Capistrano
Florist: Floral Occasions
Wedding Cake: Urth Caffe; Cake: Sweet & Saucy Shop
Caterer: The Ramos House
Bride’s Dress: Lazaro from Mon Amie Bridal in Costa Mesa
Stationary: Joycee Designs
DJ and Lighting: Jeff Holmes – Moondance
Photobooth: Renowned Events
Make up Artist: Taryn VanDon; Hair by Selleca Wong