It was a great day. Thank you all for having me.

It rained and it rained HARD! Lucky for us the clouds broke and we seized the opportunity to go out and play a little.  We were in the eye of a category 1 hurricane in Orange County, CA of all places! The land of ocean breezes and 300+ days of sunshine I’m talking down pour mixed with sideways rain, thunder, lighting and a tornado watch. All that and we hardly skipped a beat.

It’s safe to say that Chenin is a tough act to follow but here are a few of the images I snapped of all of the vintage inspired goodness. You can see Chenin’s take on the event here.

….and a little bit of the action.

Day two was exceptionally beneficial with  a no holds barred Q&A session with the whole gang along with some down and dirty Photoshop work with the mastermind behind Totally Rad Actions. Thanks Doug. It was a great chance to meet other industry professionals both locally and nation wide.  There were even a few fabulous Canadians among us.

Through all of the pouring rain, thunder, lightning, and tornado warnings I would consider this nothing but a success. Thank you all so very much!

The awesomeness shown here comes from these fantastic creative professionals.

Styled By: Angel Swanson of Events of Love & Splendor

Floral Design: The Treasured Petal

Stationary: Wiley Valentine

Rentals: Classic Party Rentals

Dress Designer: Joan Shum

Makeup & Hair: All Made Up Team

Deserts & Goodies: Vanilla Bakeshop

Venue: Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club

Models: Amanda Rae and Matt

Also special thanks to all the rockin’ vendors that kicked down some great discounts and products.

My Funky Camera – Shootsac - ProDPI – Colorati – Finao Albums – Totally Rad Actions

Staus update: I venture out Wednesday morning up to San Fransisco to shoot a newborn. I am officially a traveling photographer. So just as a heads up… I will be out of the office with limited access to email and all that jazz until Jan 21st.

No, I won’t be in SF the whole time…. You see…I heard about this blog contest for a seat to StyleLab, (a workshop for wedding photographers) over at the Wedding Chicks blog site. Enter as many times as you like? It’s was ON! There were about 10 people that were not messing around. I was going.to.win. I could feel it. I was determined. I went nuts posting random facts of all kinds. Wedding facts, nutrition facts, state of CA facts, a bit of thanks and small talk with other competitors. I did manage to edit some photos in between. It’s the farthest extent I have even gone to win something. Let’s just say I probably would not speak a word of this if the outcome were different. HA! I am pretty sure we crashed the server around 9:30pm with just under 2000 comments. Or they cut us off. Either way I was relieved. I got off my computer feeling slightly crazy. Did I really just do that? Well, my time invested paid off. The winning number 1172. My new favorite number.

Weddings? Yes, I know I said I would never shoot weddings. Doing so was never in the initial game plan. Here’s proof of (excuse me while I eat my own words) that wise ole saying of never say never. Turns out I quite enjoy the challenge and honor of telling the story of “the big day” and doing my best at making it more memorable than they could ever imagine. With Style Lab and the Jessica Claire Workshop in February I guess you could say I am jumping in head first, much like Ashley in this shot I snapped while working with the wonderfulCourtney Allison back in September.

I can now see why wedding blog posts are so lengthy. So much to share! I couldn’t help but edit some of these right away. I was assigned to document the guys getting ready, the details of the dining area, the wine reception just after the wedding ceremony, and of course the party after.   So forgive me for not posting the main shooter shots.    So I thought I would remind you of the before and after the ceremony shots that were not displayed in the slide show Matt set up for the reception. Matt you rocked it!  Everyone loved what you put together in such a short amount of time.

Enjoy! I would love to hear what you think.

Zach informed me that he and Andrea share a love for German beers.  Hence the brewsky. I love the color.  The florist did an amazing job. Simple, colorful and beautiful all the way around.

Sweet socks Zach!

They decided to meet before the ceremony which was set up by Molly.  It was so nice to witness.

I adore these shots of Andrea and her Grandfather.  Makes my heart puffy with sun flare.

Andrea and her father in law.

I am so thankful to have been able to get a few snaps of Colby in the barrel room at Wiens Family Winery. I know Molly got some amazing images of the bride and groom in here that I can’t wait to see.

and the party begins….

I had too much fun with my fish eye party lens.  These shots kill me.

Thanks again to everyone for making my 3rd attempt at photographing a wedding a positive and memorable expirience.

Cheers to the happy couple and the friends and family that surround you.

xoxo,

a. boring

Images of the rehearsal dinner event can found here.

As always, 25 unique comments from friends and family and I’ll throw in an extra 5×7 on me.

Enjoy!