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Eric & Mari’s Wedding!

Joy — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:21:55 +0000

the beautiful wedding of a filmmaker and his bride. the day was full of bliss and comfort, eric and mari made it a big priority to be able to truly enjoy the event with their friends and family from start to finish with no strict schedule or rules for the day (loved this). the location was out of dreams, heritage square museum (swoon!) and the icing on the cake was that they gave donny and i two hours to be able to photograph them there (!!!) in the lovely late afternoon sun. i would be happy to photograph these two every day of the week. e & m, hope you love them.

Mary & Mike’s Wedding!

Joy — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 05:01:01 +0000

we all had butterflies at this wedding. you may remember mary and mike’s engagement session (see it here) with a very june carter and johnny cash vibe and a few butterflies flying about. well, they pulled that vintage music theme into the whole wedding with a lot of romance! everything had a touch of the butterflies (of course), they gave biscottis as parting gifts (their last name), had a custom hand painted canvas of the two of them as children singing to one another at the ceremony (one of the coolest and more precious things i’ve seen at a wedding), had a ton of unique crafted vintage inspired decor by rosemary olson (beautiful!), the spectacular silver lake chorus sang hip tunes throughout the ceremony and reception (it was a serious party), they rented one of a kind antique furniture, had a polaroid and photo booth, had the coolest dessert “table” all set up around an antique piano with a background of vintage sheet music and delish desserts done by my favorite shop – the cupcakery, and it all took place at calamigos ranch which is pretty much just a playground in itself. aside from the fact that we were in photographer heaven, i have known mary for years and years and in getting to know her journey with mike, well, it was all so wonderfully special. mike’s vows to mary were some of the most beautiful i have ever heard… at one point he took her hands and told her that he had loved her for her whole life – even when he didn’t know her, knowing her now and hearing and learning about her life, well, he just loved who she had been ever since she was a little girl and just adored her whole life. doesn’t that give you butterflies, too?!

Featured in 805 Living Magazine!

Joy — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 01:47:46 +0000

i am so very honored to have my images from lynnette & james’ wedding and a little quote about passion featured in the january/february edition of 805 Living magazine! check out the magazine’s site for the digital edition or pick one up pretty much anywhere in the 805.

Angela & Mike’s Wedding!

Joy — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 07:20:12 +0000

angela and mike were married in nipomo, ca at the amazing dana powers house. every detail was perfectly rustic, fall inspired and romantic. orange leaves, old rusty tractors, pumpkins, homemade wine, wreaths made of wheat, vintage lace, sunflowers, sweet potato pies, butternut squash soup, apple butter, mason jar chandeliers, a warm gusty wind and a very passionate couple. the whole day could be summed up as just all warm and fuzzy in every way!

Betty & Jon – The Wedding Portraits!

Joy — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:20:30 +0000

this wedding was a wonderfully fun mix of elegance and playfulness. the theme was loosely based on betty & jon’s love of board games so after the ceremony we all sat down in front of this amazing fallen tree as the sun was setting and played a while!

Kylee & Paul’s Wedding!

Joy — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:00:45 +0000

a very lovely wedding for two lovebirds! you may remember kylee & paul from this princess & the pea themed engagement shoot we created for them and their two little girls, gracie & paisley a few months ago. well, their wedding was a beautiful expression of that same vintage simplicity and every detail in their wedding was so perfectly them… homemade, warm, hippie chic, beautiful, eclectic and fun! it really was as though a caravan of flower children had come to town! unfortunately, i wasn’t able to be there on the big day, so, donny (the other half of wildflowers photography and my handsome hubby) had the honor of capturing their beautiful day. it was almost torture seeing the images and not being there… i may have to talk the happy couple into putting their wedding clothes back on again for me some time (check out her handmade dress and that embroidered sweater! lovely). xoxo

Whitney & Mark got hitched at the pumpkin patch!

Joy — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 08:14:30 +0000

from the first moment mark saw whitney on their wedding day, he could barely speak. he was breathless just at the sight of her. i caught him just staring at her many times over the course of the day and wiping tears from his eyes, just simply overwhelmed that he was marrying her. and she couldn’t stop grinning.

i met mark and whitney last year and i fell in love with them over sugar cookies. they held hands and giggled and shared how they wanted their wedding to be fun, vintage and just to feel like home. i was so honored to have been picked to document their big day and their vintage engagement session (see it here) only made me more excited for the wedding! they were married in the walnut grove at tierra rejada ranch in moorpark on a brisk fall day. the whole wedding party was so wonderful to hike out in the muddy pumpkin patch and into the corn field and i am so happy we went for it! i love a bride who doesn’t mind digging her heels into the mud a bit. ;) it was a really beautiful rustic wedding with great details, homestyle bbq, a swoon-worthy dessert bar, a dreamy farm backdrop and a very GIDDY couple that took center stage and laughed and danced the night away like school children. what an honor it was to witness such a sweet love…

Emily & Morgan – THE WEDDING!!!

Joy — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 20:06:45 +0000

you may remember emily & morgan’s day before the wedding shoot that we shot at emily’s family’s summer cabin in sonoma, ca (dreamy!). well, i thought that location was awesome, but, goodness, the wedding location was AMAZING (held at lancaster estate winery in healdsburg). first off, emily and morgan love to have fun and seeing that most of their guests would be traveling from quite a distance to be there (many from london, wales, new york, los angeles) so they wanted to make the wedding into a week long event! it was basically like a week of fun summer camp for grown ups followed by the party (wedding) of the year (or century). :) the whole thing was out of a dream… thousands of lovely flowers arranged in antique vases, teacups, sterling silver platters, crystal chandeliers hanging from above and vineyards for miles. the whole night wrapped up with everyone dancing until the wee hours of the morning in the wine caves at the estate. aside from all of the visual amazingness of the wedding, one of the most touching moments was when emily’s sister recited the following quote during the ceremony. it has been one of my favorite quotes for a very long time and was even more touching because it fit emily and morgan so perfectly… they love each other madly. congrats, you two. xoxo

Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being in love which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two. – Captain Corelli’s Mandolin

Leeanne & Jacob – The Wedding!

Joy — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:22:53 +0000

there is no way of putting into words how awesome this wedding was. every moment. every amazing guest. every tiny little detail. i know i am not the only person that attended this wedding and has asked leeanne and jacob if we could do it again next month. the whole day start to finish was filled with laughter, family and homemade goodness. their wedding took place in the backyard of close friends and we snuck off before the whole thing started to get some wedding portraits not far from there. it had been raining for days and although it was gloomy and we were all a bit muddy, we still went for it. in perfect timing, the sun came out to meet us just as we started shooting. magic. besides these wedding images, you bet there will be a full post coming soon of the photos from their epic reception and photo booth. a ridiculously fun time to say the least. xoxo

Charles & Amanda’s Wedding… Sneak Peek!

Joy — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 22:08:24 +0000