I am so excited to post this engagement session!!

Damian & Adrienn were absolutely amazing! Not only are they super cute and totally in love, they are also the funnest couple ever.

The whole session they teased each other, goofed off and totally ROCKED IT! And I haven’t even talked about their son, Ethan, who came along.  He almost stole the show!! ok secretly he did but don’t tell the love birds Check him out:

and check out his hair!! LOVE IT!

He definitely is amazing in front of the camera. Here I told him we would play a little game of follow the leader.

I had a blast! I can’t wait until their wedding! I’m sure we are going to have so much fun.

If you want to see even more images check out their slideshow and see how silly they got!!

Adrienn & Damian Thank you soo much for being a super fun couple see you very soon!! Don’t forget to leave a note in the comment area.

ps… some of these images were shot on good old fashioned film. Want to guess which ones?

pss.. Here’s a slideshow if you want to see even more iamges!

Being the tease that I can be…. You get one image today and a promise of  tons more to come!

Esta historia sera bi-lingue. Como la pareja y la fotographa.

When I first met with this couple I immediately knew I wanted to shoot their wedding and was so excited! Not only are they super nice and great looking but also the bride knew and was born in my home town. As a note if you are from my hometown and you contact me you get much more love. Miguel and Elda were so cute when they were talking to me at our initial meeting. Elda super bubbly and excited. Miguel trying to be cool, but I kept catching him sneaking peeks over at her and smiling each time he did. They joked around a lot too. As they were telling me about their plans for the wedding day, my excitement grew! However I could never have imagined their wedding day would be this beautiful! Seriously a gorgeous couple, horses, charros, a super long train on her wedding dress, amazing music and the yummiest food ever!!

Cuando primero conoci a esta pareja, imediatamente supe que queria ser su fotografa y me llene de emocion. No solo son una pareja super amable y muy guapa, pero la novia conoce y hasta nacio en mi pueblo/cuidad natal. Como una nota, si eres de mi pueblo y me contactas recibiras muchas mas alagos. Miguel y Elda eran tan curiosos al platicar. Elda bien sonriente y muy emocionada. Mientras Miguel trataba de ser muy “cool”, pero a cada ratito yo lo veia que volteaba a ver a Elda y sonreia cada vez. Los dos son bromistas y me lo demostraron. Y al platicarme de sus planes para el dia de la boda, mi emocion crecio! Aunque nunca me podria imaginar que bonito iba a ser el dia de la boda. Una pareja guapa, caballos, charros, un tren super largo, musica phenomenal y la mejor comida!!

And who doesn’t love a serenade!

Y a quien no le gusta que les den serenata!

Miguel & Elda I wish you a lifetime of happiness!

Mguel y Elda les deseo una vida entera de felicidad!

You can view a slideshow & more photos of their wedding here –> xoxo

Pueden ver un video y mas fotos de la boda aqui –> xoxo

This post is a little long. It will have lots of words and lots of images and 3 slide shows at the end. Please be patient it might take longer to load than usual.

So first I will show you what is possibly my FAVORITE image from whole day.

I have known Amy..my whole entire life..practically. We met back in grammar school and went to the same high school. When she contacted me via facebook to meet regarding her wedding photography I was so excited for her. And I was excited to see her whole entire family starting with her mom to her sister Necy (my long lost friend) to a teacher’s aide I had way back when to an old classmates mom. You see with Amy’s family once you meet any member of the McEntee clan you pretty much become family and are forever a member. This is something Wayne didn’t read in Amy’s profile.

Wayne and Amy met online. And from the best man’s toast – Wayne has a long history of doing lots of things online from finding online game buddies, to roommates, to a place to live…and now with Amy he has found a his soulmate. If you remember from their surf engagement session they radiate happiness. You can’t help but to be happy around them. On their wedding day there was nothing but happiness!

Fashion before comfort!

The day was gorgeous! They were married in San Juan Bautista’s breathe taking Mission.

The beautiful ladies

And the handsome guys

We took a stroll through town and ran into a Harley Davidson Bike festival!! Have I ever mentioned how much I LOVE Harleys?? The couple looked pretty hot modeling on some bikes a few guys were kind enough to let us use. Thanks guys!!

The reception was an awesome b-b-q at Casa Maria’s a few blocks away. The reception was a blast. Did I mention the piñata?

Or the gorgeous and very Yummy cake:

At dusk things really started to shake rattle and roll with the first dance immediately followed by lots & lots of dancing and even some kareoking.

The following collage CRACKS me up! Necy who is a total clown and can be very embarrassing decided it was time to shake her groove thing, and embarrass her son since he was just “standing around”.

please note if noone ever hears from me again – it’s because Necy killed me for posting this!

Congratulations Wayne & Amy!!! I wish you a lifetime of happiness!

and now….

I ask for a moment of silence…..

Amy’s sister Mona lost her battle to cancer just a few short days ago.

(she’s in turquoise)

My heart goes out to the whole family.

Here is a picture of the newly weds with Amy’s mom and all her siblings.

In honor of her sister Mona, Amy is “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer” in an American Cancer Society walk against cancer. She had goaled herself to raise $350.00. Let’s help Amy meet and EXCEED that goal! IF you can please
donate by clicking here to reach Amy’s pledge page.

As an incentive I will be raffling off a family session once she hits her goal. If you donate please leave me a note in the comments section in this blog or on my facebook page (where I am also running this raffle). I will announce the winner Nov 1 after her walk.

Last but not least the slideshows!

Getting Ready

Ceremony

Reception

Everyone danced till they dropped!!

Sorry it’s been a while- I’ve been crazy busy.
-Perdon que desde hace mucho que no escribo- he esta tan ocupada que casi me vuelvo loca.

I am very tempted to leave you only this image as a sneak peek.
-La tentacion de solo ensenarles una foto es DEMASIADA!

However I know if I did Miguel & Elda would hunt me down and torture me for being such a Tease. So … I will give you a few more images.
-Pero, se que si lo hago Miguel y Elda me buscan y me dan coscorones por ser tan mala onda. Y entonces … Les dejare unas cuantas fotos mas.

And say nothing else but ..a full posting will follow!
Y no dire nada mas… pero les prometo mas fotos seguiran!

1 more available to facebook fans!

Film Friday took a little vacation..he he ..but It’s back!

I’ve mentioned a gazillion times and I’m sure I will mention a gazillion more I LOVE Polaroids!
I’m very sad though…my stock has depleted tremendously. And with this whole thing of it’s almost extinct I will be shooting less and less Polaroids. So each Polaroid I shoot is like Gold to me.

If you’ve booked me and you specifically want a Polaroid taken please be sure to mention it a few weeks before, so I can work hard to find more from the few people left who are reselling. IF you have some you are selling PLEASE let me know!

Today I leave you with a couple images I took at Doug & Grace’s wedding.

See you next Friday for more Film Friday!

You might recall this couple- from their awesome surf engagement session.

OMG! I could go on and on about this wedding starting with how long I’ve known the Bride and her family, or how awesome the groom is, or how much love they couple have for each other or how awesome all of the family & friends are or how the internet played a big part in the day.

But instead I will just leave you with a few images and promise a long long post …… later.

Wayne & Amy Congratulations!!! Have a fabulous time in Hawaii!! I can’t wait to hear lots of surf stories!!

You know when you just “click” with someone? That is exactly how I felt when I met with Miguel & Elda for the first time. I drove up to Sacramento to meet with them. Elda is mid college career at Sacramento State and while living up there she met Miguel.

They are both from Mexico, like me, and bilingual, also like me. It’s funny but every time I meet someone from Mexico I ask “oh what part are you from?”. Always hoping they say my random small town- um they never do.

Then I ask Elda where she’s from. And she answers oh a small town in Guanajuato. I then proceed to ask which town? She answers oh it’s small noone has ever heard of it. SO Excited I tell her. I’m from Guanajuato ( um yes – please note this is like telling a Californian from Grass Valley I’m from California and being from San Francisco or LA) so anyways she tells me the name if her town and low & behold: I KNOW WHERE IT IS!!! I then proceed to tell her I’m from the town right by hers and she giggles and says “oh I was born there, in there hospital.” EEEK! Seriously and I thought noone knew where my town, Acambaro, was.

After this exchange I knew I had to shoot their wedding. The rest of the wedding details are just a bonus. IT is going to be so amazing with many of my favorite things in life involved. But for that you will have to wait.

We shot the engagement session in Monterrey, California. It was an awesome time. They were up for ANYTHING!!! We played under the pier in the ocean (although it was kinda stinky),

rolled around in the sand,

then headed over to the BREATH TAKING 17 mile drive.

I would like to thank Elda’s sister & brother who came along and ended up helping scout locations (read here check the rocks to see if they were safe to climb and make sure we didn’t fall into deeper water than needed- although we were all up to our hips in the water) & provide outfit assistance to the couple.

Miguel & Elda I look forward to your wedding! See you soon….

This couple was a blast during their engagement session! I knew without a doubt they would be just as fun to be around on their wedding day.

This might be my favorite image from the day.

and I LOOOVED these shoes!!

The day was filled with so much love.

I always love all the feelings that are captured during the “Getting Ready” part of the day!

The very touching ceremony was held at Our Lady of the World in Bay Point, CA

and later we all drove to beautiful Walnut Grove to the reception at the gorgeous Grand Island Mansion.

It was a scorching hot day, but everyone remained cool!

And a Got LOW!!