So I totally know I keep slacking off with my blog - I keep telling myself I need to post as I finish a wedding.  I seriously even have an alarm on my cell phone that rings every Sunday at 6 pm saying: “WRITE ON BLOG TONIGHT!!!” And you know what I do every time I see that alarm?!?!  – you guessed it… I hit the ‘ignore’ button! LOL!  My husband keeps asking me what the point of the alarm is… and I keep insisting it’s the only way I’ll remember! I’m such a dork! ha! ha!

So here’s a wedding I did recently that I loved shooting!!!

First… the beautiful bride and handsome groom are the totally sweet Maria and Alfonso.  When I did their engagement session they seemed a little nervous and a little shy… so I was expecting a very shy Maria again.  Boy was I ever wrong!!! I absolutely loved both of them! They were so willing to anything we asked them to do and they totally rocked my world!! LOL!

Their wedding was in the San Fernando area… so we took their formals at the San Fernando Mission.  It was awesome!!!!  We started off taking care of the family and bridal party formals – then we had over 2 hours to shoot with Maria and Alfonso – all alone!! I loved it!!!  One thing I always tell my couples is that when we do the bride and groom portion of the day – I recommend doing it alone… away from family and friends.  The reason for this is that most people tend to get nervous if they have a crowd, and they may feel too ’silly’ to do something just because mom and dad are watching.  What does this mean for me as the photographer:  a bride and groom that might look stiff and a little too traditional.  If I can get them alone for a while… I know I can get them to laugh and giggle and just have tons of fun – and if we have more than 30 minutes to work with, that’s even better!! LOL!  To make things even better… the videographers we worked with were awesome too – we worked really well together and bounced ideas off of each other… which Maria and Alfonso were more than happy to try out for us :-).   So I was in photographer heaven: a beautiful mission, a super happy and excited bride and groom, and 2 full hours of alone time with them!!!  Awesomeness to the 10th degree!!!!!

So… without further delay – Maria and Alfonso!

We started the day with Maria in her home... I loved her wedding jewelry!!

Look at Maria just rocking it at the San Fernando Mission!!!

We then headed over to the reception… which was held at the beautiful St. Nicholas Ballroom in Northridge