Category — photographers

I haven’t talked about this tidbit of my life yet, but aside from my design job I do some freelance editing work for a wedding photographer friend of mine, Matthew Morgan.  It is such a great experience, editing wedding pictures while planning my wedding. You only ever see a handful of someone’s wedding pictures, and it is a blast to see every image from start to finish, and to see how different brides have such different and unique weddings! 

Some of the latest ones I have worked on are still making their way to their brides, so I have taken some (ok, a lot) of my favorite images from his blog. 

There you have it, my favorites Matthew works out of Southern California but is open to shooting anywhere and everywhere so if you are sill looking for your photographer, check him out, you won’t be disappointed! Thanks again to Matt for the beautiful images!

There are so many great wedding photographers out there, and so many more great wedding photos.  Here are just a few images that I would like to have of B and I from our day.

I’m not sure why you started reading wedding blogs, but I am pretty sure it started like this: “Holy Crap, I’m engaged!!!!!!!!!!! ………… Now what?” And then you turned to your faithful computer, and to the even more faithful google, and typed in “wedding”.  We all started in the same boat, and thanks to the girls over at Elizabeth Anne Designs, that boat just became a yacht with a full bar and shrimp cocktails. Here is a little tidbit from them about their new library:

“We are incredibly excited to announce our new project, The EAD Library.  After months of development and research, we are launching a new resource for brides tomorrow, Tuesday July 22nd.  The Library is filled with hundreds of useful links, from photographers to shops to stationers.  Our goal is a simple, comprehensive list of vendors.  The Library will help every bride, no matter her location, find the vendors and inspiration she needs for a beautiful event.”

This is a very, i repeat, very useful resource! The library is super extensive with lists upon lists of all kinds of vendors from photographers to calligraphers to bakers. Everything you need to plan your wedding! And on top of their new library, the EAD blog itself is full of inspiration. Go check it out!

Some more mission garden images from Eric.

Below is a picture of where the original church in the mission was. It was destroyed by an earthquake but the very end of the church is still semi-intact. You can see the places on the wall where the sculptures of people were.

I’m so excited to be married in such a gorgeous place! Hope you enjoyed the pictures as much as I did!

Here are some more gorgeous pictures from Eric Stoner. 

And my favorite:

A big thanks to Eric for all of the gorgeous photos!

Since Bryan is Catholic we will get married in the parish he is a member of. Luckily for us, he is a member of the San Juan Basilica Mission Parish. The church is very old, and is located right next door to the San Juan Capistrano Mission (you know, junipero serra…) So yeah, I am pretty stoked. Here are some images from a wedding that the very talented Eric Stoner sent me. Be sure to visit his site, he has a very photojournalistic approach to his wedding photos, which I love!

They recently re-did the flooring and all of the pews (lucky us!). 

And about a year or so ago they shipped the beautiful Retablo in from Spain. It is so gorgeous. They have a ‘no flower’ policy due to the new pews and such, and I really don’t mind. The church itself is so beautiful and ornate it really doesn’t need any decorating. Plus it saves a lot on flowers! 

Once married, you have access to the mission gardens for pictures!  I would highly recommend this church for people looking to get married in Southern California.  If you aren’t a member of the church there is a  much higher ceremony fee (I believe about $1,500) and I believe you can only get married at 10:00 AM on Saturdays in order to save the more ‘desirable’ times for members. (How great would a 10:00 wedding with a brunch afterwards be though?!) All in all, I am very excited about this. Now we just need a reception venue… Any recommendations for the Southern-Orange County area?