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We won 2012 Brides Choice Awards for Best Photographer!

We’re thrilled to announce we’ve the 2012 Brides Choice Award naming us amongst the top 5% of all studios nationwide. We’ve won this award for 3 consecutive years now!

The WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards ™ recognizes the best local wedding vendors from the WeddingWire Network who demonstrate quality and service excellence within the wedding industry. Unlike other awards in which winners are selected by the organization, the WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ are determined by the quality, quantity, recency, and consistency of reviews from over 1.2 million WeddingWire newlyweds. The 2012 award recipients represent thetop five percent of WeddingWire’s vendor community, which consists of over 200,000 wedding professionals throughout the US and Canada.

Big Thanks to our clients for their votes!

 

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Heli-rigs for DSLR

I’m a bit of a gear head. I see new products like this and get excited.  This video I saw online stood out as one of the coolest new inventions I’ve seen in a long time opening up huge possibilities for aerial coverage. I don’t know I’d feel safe mounting this 50K camera to the heli-rig, but hopefully they have good insurance.

OMCOPTER – Flying Epic from omstudios on Vimeo.

Villa Bellissima Wedding Cabo San Lucas | John + Irene

I just returned from yet another wonderful wedding in Cabo.  It began with a rehearsal dinner at the Hacienda del Mar followed by a White Party at the Sheraton Hacienda del Mar in Cabo. Irene and John were such a great couple. I couldn’t believe how calm and cool they were on wedding day. They were surrounded by a super fun wedding party and close friends and family. They married at the incredible Villa Bellissima Estate located in the Pedegral overlooking the Pacific. John’s father served as the officiant which was a really special touch. The Villa provided many levels to get creative angles and it was such a unique property for a destination wedding. We shuttled down to the beach for a few fun wedding party pictures before the ceremony and both the sunset and moonrise were spectacular that evening.

As my time was up, I got inspired and wanted to photograph Irene in the serene infinity pool  because it was so beautiful with the moon rising behind her. She agreed and then before I knew it, the entire wedding party jumped in the pool fully clothed which was awesome! That’s the sign of a great destination wedding.

A few highlight pictures are below.

To Reserve Villa Bellissima, contact Cabo Villas.

If you need a fantastic wedding planner in Cabo, you must call Rachel Hansen of Infinity Weddings.

And we all love photo-booths right? Dino at Memory Makers does a great service!

 

 

Sheraton Hacienda Del Mar White Party

 

 

 

Impressive Villa Bellissima in the Pedegral Cabo San Lucas

The gorgeous Bride!

 

 

Pismo Beach Pier Photo HDR

I’ve been wanting to photograph an HDR image of the Pismo Beach Pier for awhile now and I finally had the chance to last night.

 

Rancho del Cielo Wedding Malibu | Karen + Daniel

B+G: Daniel and Karen

Venue: Rancho Del Cielo Malibu, California

by Andrea Schmitt:

We were so excited to be able to shoot at one of our favorite locations in Malibu, Rancho Del Cielo. Rancho Del Cielo is an amazing intimate wedding venue high in the mountains of Malibu with a 180• view of the ocean, where you feel like you’re on top of the world.  Despite the overcast weather, it was still a beautiful day. Daniel and Karen’s love resonated throughout the day and I am always moved by the moments when tears of happiness start to flow. For those of you considering doing a “first look” or “revel” , you can see below that there isn’t any emotion lost when deciding to do these! One of my favorite details of the day were the gorgeous flowers by Flueretica. Specifically the use of succulents for the guest favors/table cards and centerpieces. I couldn’t get enough pictures!  Daniel gave a very heartfelt toast and you could tell their close friends and family that came from around the country enjoyed every moment.  Malibu’s night air, romantic hanging lanterns, roaring outdoor fireplace,champagne and dancing were a perfect end to a perfect day.  Thank you to Teissia from firefly-events.com for coordinating a wonderful event and being so great to work with!

 

 

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