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January 2011

On 1/8, we photographed Ashley & Othmane’s wedding & reception in beautiful La Jolla, California! As I said in my previous post, I LOVE to travel and I LOVE destination weddings so if any of you are interested in having us come with you to your destination wedding or event, please shoot me an email and we can work out the logistics! ([email protected]) It was 12 degrees back in Indy that day so we were glad to be in 50-60 degree weather and on the beach instead! 😉 They were great to work with though and the details were incredible! They had these adorable custom wine labels as well as personalized stickers and stamps on the invites too, it was really neat!

Ashley had some rhinestones on her bouquet so I figured it would make for a cool “bling” shot with her ring! 🙂

She also had blinged out flip flops – love them!! Othmane, you did good on that ring! WOW!

Putting the finishing touches on her veil…Lisa Leming & Lisa Schultz did a great job on everyone’s hair & make-up that day!

The lovely ladies…I LOVED their dresses!!

Ashley looked gorgeous!!!

I loved her bouquet too!! Adelaide’s Designs did a great job!

Meet Othmane, our handsome groom 🙂 (Yes, he should model, shouldn’t he??)

Ashley looked stunning that day!

Favorite!!

They might have been huddled together for warmth here, I think they were a tad cold but that’s ok, at least it wasn’t snowing there! 😉

Another favorite!!

Such a cute couple!!

I LOVE this black and white shot, you guys look soooo happy here, you have to put this one in your house somewhere, ok? 😉

Another fave…I felt like the luckiest wedding photographer that day…cute couple, great beach, fun family, great weather! Loved it!

Ashley’s sister Jessica (one of our former brides!) had these great parasols made for the girls…this one was monogrammed just for the bride & groom! 🙂 Love it!

LOVE this one…

Another favorite!! This one is going on my website for sure! 🙂

I think these are some of my favorite wedding party shots ever…yeah, I went there. 😉

Jessica had so many amazing details made for their ceremony & reception! I LOVED this idea…

Awwww 🙂

Ashley, you are adorable! I love this look you gave Othmane here…so cute!

Their ceremony set-up was beautiful!

Bryan Paul of California Barefoot Weddings was their coordinator & officiant and he did an amazing job! He was such a nice guy and I really hope we’re able to work together again!

YAY! I love rose petal tosses!!

They held their reception in a private wine room inside the Azul Steakhouse, dinner was delicious!

Loved their cake! Happy Tiers Bakery did a great job on it!

Jessica, you ROCK at the details and decor!! 🙂

They gave each of their guests these cute wine corks!

Another fun ring shot!

Adorable…

Proud daddy… 🙂

The outside of Azul was so pretty, we had them pose for a few shots there at the end of the night…

I love sparkler exits!!

Thanks for a great time everyone and thanks for allowing us to make the trip out there and be a part of your special day!! More pics coming soon! 🙂

We had the awesome opportunity to travel to San Diego from 1/6-1/11 for Ashley & Othmane’s destination wedding!! I LOVE traveling and LOVE destination weddings so if any of you are interested in having us come with you on your destination weddings and events, please shoot me an email and we can work out the logistics! 🙂 We had a lot of fun with this group…they decided to have a pre-wedding dinner the night before the wedding, it was kind of like a rehearsal dinner but without the rehearsal. They held their get together at The Marble Room in San Diego which was AMAZING and has some pretty funny history behind it. It actually used to be a brothel back in the day! LOL! (Click HERE to read about their history)

Cool chandeliers and lighting throughout the restaurant…

LOL! This reminds me of that leg lamp from “A Christmas Story” 😉

They had a live band performing that night, the place was so lively!

Ashley, April & Jessica posed for a quick photo after April SURPRISED Ashley that night! April didn’t think she’d be able to fly out to San Diego for the wedding due to her work schedule but she made it and everyone was so excited to have her there!

The whole gang 🙂

More pics from their amazing wedding coming soon! 🙂

Before we left for San Diego, we did an AWESOME engagement shoot for Jenni & Kevin, which turned out to be some of my favorite engagement shots to date! 🙂 They both work in a hospital so we thought some fun ring shots were in order!

One of their favorite pizza places is Pizzology! (which has since turned into one of our favorite places…their breadsticks are YUMMY!!!)

You know me – always looking for a cool ring shot opportunity! 🙂

Drinks at the bar…

Love this one… 🙂

Meanwhile, back in the kitchen….. 😉

Jenni, you are so adorable!! I can’t wait for your wedding!!! 🙂

Then we stopped by their house nearby since they wanted a few photos with their sweet pug, Alley. She is ADORABLE!!

LOVE this one! Alley, you are a funny girl! 🙂

“I’ll have a beer please…”

Yep, she drinks beer! (In very small quantities, of course) 😉

Alley loves her beer! LOL

Didn’t Kevin do an AMAZING job on her ring?! Kevin, you rock!! 🙂

Love this black & white shot of them outside in the snow! 🙂 You guys were so much fun to photograph and I can’t wait for your April wedding!!!! 🙂 Give Alley hugs from us and thank her for being a great little pug model! 😉