I’ve known these guys for quite some time now! We drove up to Oak Creek together to take their maternity session pictures and then enjoyed some lunch at the brewery after. The weather was much nicer up there and the food was great! Little Beckett had a short attention span, but we still got a few cute pictures with him as well!
They met in Copenhagen and kept up a long distance relationship for a few years. They had a very small ceremony in Copenhagen, but decided it was time to have a ceremony and celebration with wedding traditions. They decided to have it in Phoenix since that’s where they got engaged. This was my first Danish wedding and the biggest difference is their first dance, called Brudevalsen. The guests form a circle around them during their first dance and slowly close in on them. Close to the end of the song, they pick the groom up and cut off a corner of his sock. They had their wedding at The Secret Garden, which is a great venue with lots of shade. Everyone was thankful for that since it was July. Renee from Fred’s Flowers did an amazing job on the flowers and Jimmy from Starz Entertainment kept the party going with both a mix of American music and Danish music!
Michelle works at the old court house in downtown and she loves the architecture inside. It was also going to be in the hot summer, so she figured inside would be the best! 🙂 This was my first time inside this building and it was amazing inside. After we took photos inside, they changed and we went outside for a brief few minutes in the heat to get a couple of outside shots as well. Check out the photos from this cool urban engagement session.
They had a gorgeous downtown Monrovia wedding at the Monrovian Family Restaurant! They were supposed to have their ceremony close by off of a trailhead, but the fires in the area made it so they could no longer have it there. It still turned out nice inside the Embassy Suites though, just a different look than they were going for. I loved all of the rustic details they had for their ceremony and reception! We actually photographed Andrew’s brother’s wedding back in April, so there were quite a few familiar faces at this one and they loved to dance too!! DJ Keelez kept the party going all night!
This Balboa Park Wedding was filled with lots of love and laughter! Syd surprised Megan with a toast to her after all of the other toasts were done and there wasn’t a dry eye in the reception! It was a gorgeous day for this entirely outside wedding! Instead of a cake, they brought in an ice cream food truck. That’s the first time I’ve seen that and thought it was pretty fun!
Albert Court Ltd. needed some new architecture photos for their equestrian property. They wanted to update their website, so new pictures were a great option for them. It was so peaceful walking around this property taking photos, I could have stayed. 🙂
They got married a year ago and wanted to have a Small Catholic Church Ceremony. So they got married at Brophy Chapel. Jeremy went to school there, so they were able to get married in the chapel. It’s a very cool old chapel with some nice spots around the property to take pictures.
Their small intimate wedding started at St. Patrick’s Catholic Community Church with some getting ready and a full Catholic Ceremony. We then headed over to Starfire Golf Club for photos. They also had their reception there, but the most important photos to them were of the ceremony, family, wedding party and their photos. So my coverage ended right before the reception started. It threatened rain all day, but we got lucky it didn’t start down pouring until right before the reception when they were all heading inside. They did one of the most fun jumping shots that I’ve seen in awhile, everyone looked pretty believable!!
They had an indoor Catholic ceremony at Good Shepherd Catholic Church and then had a gorgeous outside reception at Hilton San Diego Resort and Spa! The church had these gorgeous windows that we couldn’t pass up taking pictures at and the Hilton had amazing picture opportunities almost every where we looked! One of the best men is a magician and put on a show for everyone at the reception! I thought that was pretty cool! Here are the photos from Rachel and Tuan’s awesome San Diego outdoor wedding!!
Rachel and Tuan had a casual tea ceremony the night before their wedding before heading out to their rehearsal dinner. This was my first tea ceremony and I loved learning about the traditions and watching the events happen.
