Ceremony Magazine blogs about our Open House

Checkout Ceremony Magazines website, they blogged about our Open House, Thursday November 4th in Newport Beach. I just blogged about this quaint event where clients who are planning a wedding or event can come and have intimate one on one time with various vendors. Checkout the vendors and the amazing discounts they are giving that evening. It is an honor to be on Ceremony Magazines Blog!

http://ceremonymagazine.com/blog/

Capturing Moments Offices in Newport Beach

I am really proud to finally show off pics of our new consultation office in Newport Coast. I share it with two other wedding vendors, A Good Affair (wedding planning and design) and Simply Sweet Cakery, (Awesome gourmet wedding cakes and other goodies.) We all contributed to put this office together, it is humble but really cute. Love the shabby chic modern flare. I mostly love the airy industrial feel of the office building itself. It is not a closed in building, which brings in the beach breeze so it feels very fresh and hip. The pics don't do it justice. We will be having a bridal show there the night of Thursday, November 4th and would love for you to stop by and see it and all the wonderful vendors we have in the area. Each vendor will be giving a substantial discount that night, and it will be quaint so you will have an opportunity to have "mini" consultations with all the vendors! More info to follow on that. Thank you Natalie and Brooke for all your hard work! Love this place~

http://www.agoodaffair.com/ - Wedding Planning and Design

http://www.simplysweetcakery.com/Simply_Sweet_Cakery/home_sweet_home.html - Custom Gourmet Wedding Cakes

                     Thanks for stopping by our office!

American Idol Finalist, David Hernandez, performs at Laguna Beach Wedding!

Congrats Lisa and Erik Bartik and their recent wedding! On My Birthday, 6-5-2010, I shot their on-sand wedding in Laguna Beach, Ca. Their wedding was simple and intimate. The reception was held at Hush, in Laguna Beach, Ca. This restaurant a really hip modern restaurant in downtown Laguna. David Hernandez, a former American Idol finalist, performed at the reception, and he sang beautifully! I really enjoyed shooting this bride, she was very photogenic. This is a great wedding to look at as well if you are on a budget. As you can see the wedding ceremony and romantics shots are beautiful, and the reception was classy yet simplistic. The groom planned this wedding in a matter of weeks!

http://www.americanidol.com/archive/videos/?vid=897 - American Idol David Hernandez page

http://www.hushrestaurant.com/ - Hush restaurant in Laguna Beach

 This last romantic was shot near dark. I could barely shoot without my flash anymore, I had about 10 minutes to shoot all of the romantics, then darkness.

David Hernandez, American Idol finalist, performed many songs at the reception. He sounded awesome!

Inviting Occasion Designs Wedding at Surf & Sand

Congrats Lisa & Kevin on their recent wedding on June 12th, 2010. Surf & Sand Resort in Laguna Beach, California is a very popular beach side wedding venue. With a modern Spanish style feel and parked right against the sand, this venue offers a breezy relaxed high end venue. Ceremony sites overlook the beautiful ocean, and the grounds are lined with greenery and a rustic Spanish style atmosphere for great wedding pictures throughout. The ballroom, big and small, are perfect for any wedding and the hotel rooms are modern, airy, and the suites overlooking the ocean are breathtaking. I was also very impressed when I arrived at the wedding to see the design work of Larrissa with Inviting Occasion. From the ceremony to the table tops, Larissa's originality and creativity floored me. I see a lot of weddings, and these days it is getting harder and harder to impress me. It seems I see the same 5 weddings done over and over again. Not this wedding, and not with Larrissa doing the design. If the bride would have told me she was doing babies breathe as the centerpieces I would have been mortified, but when I saw what she did my jaw dropped......it was amazing! I have never seen design work like hers before, very inventive. Wanted to share this venue and wedding designer with you since I was so impressed. I will blog about the wedding soon.

The designer used glass stands, and hung the tier dropped glass globes with orchids inside. The flowers were gorgeous, and so was the ceremony site!

These were also really cute! There were little black ball things in there, very cool!

Great beach wedding photos without even setting a heel on the sand!

Surf and Sand also has great little fountains, greenery, and nice common areas to relax and watch the waves!

Head table with long tables for bridal party instead of rounds. Love the babies breathe puffs!

The centerpieces were mixed with tall and lower table tops. I thought it was very creative that she wrapped these around the vase instead of putting them inside, at night they were beautifully lit.

Bride and groom at head table watching the parent speeches!