Maricar & James | St. Raymond Church | San Ramon Community Center | Wedding

During their engagement shoot, I was really excited to learn that James and Maricar own five chickens!  Oh man, I couldn't wait to see them.  I love chickens!  On the day of the wedding, James showed me how to wrangle the chickens and pick them up.  We took pictures of them with the chickens, but Maricar wouldn't get near them.  And that's pretty much how we began their wedding shoot.  

Oh and the funniest thing happened during the ceremony.  The men in James' family has had a long history of crying first at weddings, well not just crying, but bawling even.  James and Maricar had a bet on who would cry first.  So the moment James opens his mouth for his vows, he lets out this big cry/laugh at the same time.  And most of the audience knew about this bet too, so everyone was cracking up together. 

Our friend and photographer Liz Song also shot with us.  She got so many great shots, I can't wait to work with her again. 

The dress shot, done a little differently. 

I love this picture because it was the exact moment that Maricar heard her top clasp click.  It's always an ordeal to get the dress on, and she was so happy, she pumped her fists in the air.

Cool cats in a coop of chickens.

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We crossed a construction zone on our way to the mall.  Thought this went well with their wedding colors.

Liz brought the wedding party to the nearby grocery store to grab some drinks and popcicles.  I love this shot!

Maricar couldn't help but laugh at James losing his bet.

Do you guys know what a trust fall is?  Here is Maricar showing that she really trusts her wedding party.  Team building exercises before the reception!

Some sweet details.

There was an overload of cute children at their wedding.


This technicolor wall was a great idea.

Veronica & Paul J | Villa Del Sol D'oro | Pasadena | Wedding

We've been excited about this post for a while now.  I mean, holy smokes, look at those details.  And Veronica and Paul J, we love them so much!  Everything was done in such good taste.  The extremely talented wedding coordinator, Angel from Events of Love and Splendor put it all together and made sure everything ran smoothly, even through the blistering L.A. heatwave.  Veronica and Paul J were amazing as always, some times I wish we can do their wedding over and over again. 

Veronica and her family love to read.  We found classic hard cover books throughout the whole villa.  Props to Angel and Kristin from Treasured Petal for finding gorgeous ways to incorporate the books with the flowers.  Along the lines of the book theme, wedding favors featured ultra cool notebooks that you can link together by Esther Mun from Start Here.  Needless to say, this massive post deserves tons of juicy images. 

Coordinator: Angel from Events of Love and Splendor 

Florist: Kristin of Treasured Petal

Bridesmaids Dresses: Anthropologie

Venue: Villa Del Sol D'oro

Favors: Start Here Notebooks 

Dress: Pronovias from Mon Amie in Costa Mesa

Shoes: Jessica Simpson smoking hot red heels

We love the blue room.

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 The day was ridiculously hot.  The boys kept cool by keeping a sock handy, since socks are better at absorbing moisture than kleenexes.  Very handy! (They were clean socks.)

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The ridiculously gorgeous couple. 

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Veronica wanted a photo booth station where people could dress up and take pictures during the reception.  We happily obliged, since what could be better than dressing up like pirates?!?!  Nothing! 

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The chairs they are sitting on are hand made by their friend!  Wow.  They will go in their new house.  

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Before Veronica heads down for the ceremony.

      

Someone's little boy was just chillin in the ratan chairs during the ceremony, eating his lollipop.  Sometimes it good to be a kid. 

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The gorgeous reception area.  

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They look awesome in their Paebaek costumes.

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It's photobooth time!!!!!!!

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