Today we’re looking back at my picks for the top wedding images I shot in 2009!
I’m already looking forward to 2010…it’s going to be a wonderful year to get married!
••This entry was cross-posted here automatically from Molly's Official blog, located here: http://www.luminaireimages.com/blog••Angie & Rob were married at the Vellano Country Club in Chino Hills. Matt and I were subbing for Happy Photos.
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Many thanks to Jason Meyer for inviting me to help him photograph this brilliantly-colored wedding. Here are a few of my favorites from the bridal room prior to the ceremony:
I keep wanting to quote Jon Stewart and present this photo by saying, “Here it is, your Moment of Zen,” except it’s more a Moment of Joy, really.
That cake was delicious. Shout-the-heck-out to King’s Hawaiian Bakery for producing some heavenly chocolate chiffon.
••This entry was cross-posted here automatically from Molly's Official blog, located here: http://www.luminaireimages.com/blog••Last week Matt & I drove to Vegas to celebrate with my good friend Nickell as she married her man Angel. Nickell and I go WAY back, there was no way I was gonna miss it! We had some fun too—normally when we’re in Vegas it’s during the mega photography event WPPI, so it was nice to relax, hang out in loose casual clothing, enjoy the humid heat and thunderstorms, and generally be Vegas tourists.
Our hotel room on the 28th floor had a great view, especially during the lightning storm. Can you guess which hotel we stayed in?
Nickell shows off the goods. When we first met as freshmen in college, I made a snide remark about the week-long freshmen orientation in front of her. Her response was, “Ah, sarcasm. How I’ve missed it during all these stupid ‘ice-breaking’ events.” I knew then we’d be friends for LIFE, haha!
Nickell & Angel…happeh day!
Matt bathed in the glow of glorious Vegaslight.
Pretty much how it is!
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Coming soon!
••This entry was cross-posted here automatically from Molly's Official blog, located here: http://www.luminaireimages.com/blog••Andrea is like my one-woman fanclub. I’ve known her since college, and if there is one person who heralds nothing but praise and admiration for what I do, it would be Andrea—she must be the hands-down the most supportive person I know. Zach is a lucky duck to have nabbed a gal like her…and he knows it!
Location: Weins Family Cellars (winery) in Temecula, California
Flowers: Allison Stevens of Magnolia Flower Shoppe
Additional photography by Matt (of course), and Temecula native Amy Boring.
When anyone learned about Sharine & Carolyn’s wedding from me, they often asked how it works, not only due the passage of Prop 8 in November, but also because right now same-sex weddings are just not as common as straight weddings and many people are purely curious about what happens at a gay wedding, as they have never actually attended one. In response, I’m glad to say that like any other wedding, gay weddings can be anything the couple want them to be, and fortunately it isn’t gay weddings that have been prohibited by Prop 8’s passage. Gays can still get married in the same manner that a straight couple can get married, from the full traditional ceremony right down to the commitment the couple makes in their hearts to each other. The only difference is the piece of paper they cannot sign afterwards to receive joint benefits as a couple from the U.S. and the state. It may sound like an insignificant detail, but considering that legally married couples receive approximately 1,400 legal and economic benefits between both the U.S. government and the state system, denying a gay man or woman who is just as capable as loving their partner and faithfully remaining with them monogomously for a very long time (right now often without a paper trail to legalize their union, even!) then it seems both ridiculous and discriminatory.
In the face of all this controversy, on April 5th surrounded by supportive loved ones and the twinkling lights of the Tivoli Hacienda, Sharine & Carolyn said their vows to each other. This is precisely what I believe same sex couple should do, with or without their government’s support—if it is a wedding you and your partner have always wanted, then who’s to tell you that you can’t have one! My hat is off to Sharine, Carolyn, and ALL their family and friends who were there to celebrate with them.
Many many congratulations to the two beautiful, lucky ladies!
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