What can I say about this sweet and lovely couple Kelly and Ryan Whelan!? Natalie Good, with A Good Affair Wedding and Event Production, introduced me to this nice couple and knew we would be a great match! After an engagement shoot and boudoir session, I knew this couple well by the wedding date which is always a plus for everyone. This bride, Kelly, was the anti-thesis of Bridezilla, always smiling and trusting of her vendors. They actually thanked all of their vendors during their own toasts, which is very unusual! This wedding was fun to be a part of. The families where so close and it made everything that much more meaningful. I actually got teary eyed during the toasts, as there is so much love and admiration for each other.  I especially loved how much their family was a part and incorporated in everything as well. From the hanging wedding dresses of the Mothers and Grandmothers, to the wedding pictures of each displayed at reception, they had so many unique details that made their wedding more personalized personalized. If you are looking for a wedding venue in Southern California, especially one that overlooks the ocean, put Casa Romantica on your list as a must see, and then call Natalie Good for your design and planning. (Vendor List at bottom of blog)  You cannot go wrong with this venue, and coupled with Natalie, it is sure to be a wedding of your dreams!

Sorry these images are small, having blog problems! 🙁

Daddy’s first moment of seeing his only daughter in her wedding dress.

There was not a dry eye in the room. Such a special moment!

St. Timothy Catholic Church, Laguna Niguel, Ca.

Casa Romantica boasts an amazing room, perfect in showcasing the cake!

Natalie along with bride, also decided to showcase the wedding dresses of the bride and grooms Mothers and Grandmothers.

It was such a special and unique and sentimental touch!

The Cocktail Hour overlooked the Ocean and San Clemente Pier and was conveniently timed at sunset!

 The Bride and Groom chose to have a gourmet Popcorn Bar, first time I had seen that, so fun!

Casa Romantica has an outdoor courtyard which is perfect for a quaint and lovely reception!

Event Design and Coordination: A Good Affair, Natalie Good, 714-915-3315 www.agoodaffair.com

Photographer: Capturing Moments, Jaimee Hubert, 714.985.9954 www.capturingmoments.com

Florist: Flower Allie, Allie Becker, 714.738.0100 alliebecker@aol.com
Catering & Rentals: Carbonara Catering, Christina Carbonara, 949.293.0387 christina@carbonara.com
Bakery: Van’s Bakery, 714.839.1666 (Philippe, 714.785.6410)
DJ: Just Imagine Entertainment, Andy Nation, 949.939.4390 http://www.justimaginedj.com/
Hair & Makeup: Lo & Geneva, 909.579.9022
VENUE: Casa Romantica, San Clemente, Ca.  http://www.casaromantica.org

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I have been on a bit of a blogging hiatus due to technical difficulties and traveling this summer for some amazing destination weddings. I thought this 2 part wedding would be the perfect wedding to blog about to get back into the swing of things. As you can tell my images are small, so still trying to work out the kinks of my custom blog, my apologies. However, I hope you can see the genius in this wedding by A Good Affair Wedding and Event Production. Natalie’s weddings are always over the top and done with amazing taste and style, especially when you get amazing wedding venues like these. The Mission San Juan Capistrano is a dream wedding venue for any Southern California Wedding Photographer. The Spanish landscape is breathtaking and romantic boasting endless places to capture dream wedding images. The Mission is also the oldest building in all of California, so it is a very special place dripping with history and wonder. The Batista is a small Catholic Chapel on the premises and Victoria & Greg chose to have their military wedding there. Since this wedding is so awesome, I have way too many images to share in just one blog. I will blog first about the mission and their romantic images, and in the second blog I will showcase the Classy Wedding Reception at the Newport Hyatt Regency. I will link the part 2 blog here when it is published. Thank you Natalie and all the other vendors featured below for another GREAT wedding!

Coordination: A Good Affair, Wedding & Event Production,www.agoodaffair.com
Ceremony: Chapel at Mission San Juan Capistrano, Lisa Dittmer, http://www.oldmissionsjb.org/
Reception: Hyatt Regency Newport Beach, www.newport.hyatt.com

Photographer: Capturing Moments, Jaimee Hubert,www.capturingmoments.com
Florist: My Floral Bliss, Holly Cellini, http://myfloralbliss.com/
Bakery: Tom Girl Bakery, Lisa Tom, http://tomgirlbaking.com/
DJ: Honored Occasions,www.honoredoccasions.com
Lighting: Honored Occasions, Steve Shanahan, www.honoredoccasions.com
Draping: The Finishing Touch, Doug Geisen,
Hair & Makeup: Design Visage, http://www.designvisage.com
Cigar Roller: El Canito Cigars, Edward Carmona, http://www.thecigarrollers.net/
Photobooth: SoCal Shutterbooth, http://shutterbooth.com/southern-california/
Linens: La Tavola Linens, Carly Mitchell, http://linens.latavolalinen.com/
Luminaries: Vessel Décor, Napoly Salloum
Transportation: Classique Limos, Carolyn Kent,  http://www.classiquelimo.com/

Don’t Miss Part 2 of this blog to see this AMAZING wedding Reception at

Hyatt Newport Regency

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I have been shooting this family for over 8 years now. Veronica’s parents happen to be my old neighbors and I have become their family photographer. I shot Veronica and Daniels Orange County wedding a few years ago and now they have a little one, so family shoots are next of course. This shoot was shot at the Fullerton Arboretum. I was personally married there over 12 years ago, so I most obviously LOVE shooting there. It is gorgeous for family, engagement shoots, bride and grooms, etc. A wonderful shoot, at a wonderful place, with a wonderful family! Thank you for the continued support in my photography work. I look forward to watching Dominic grow up!

I LOVE shooting at the Angel’s Stadium, this is my second engagement shoot and my couples rent out the entire stadium for an hour. This Fall I will shoot a huge Angel fan family for their Christmas cards. It is super harsh sun shooting there with very little shade and you are on a time crunch, but it is such a fun, colorful, and absolute unique engagement shoot to do. You sort of have to know someone to rent the stadium as they do not advertise it, but they do it! I really had a great time shooting this. The grooms absolutely LOVE shooting here. My first groom actually did a cart-wheel on the grass he was so excited, I had never had a more excited groom and huge Angel’s fan!

Congrats to my long time childhood friends Amber & Matt from Corey Elementary school in Buena Park, Ca. I have known these two for over 20 years. The grooms Mom drove my school bus growing up. I am of course honored to be standing in front of them on this special day. Amber and Matt are to be wed in August, and their lovely wedding will be held at The Turnip Rose in Orange County, California! I know this will be a fun time as Matt is a blast and was actually chosen as “Class Clown” our senior year…..hehehehe!

Jaimee Hubert (Left), Amber and Matt (Right)

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Welcome to my new custom blog, where images are larger and each blog is thumnailed, so you can see more blog entries per page. I am still working out a lot of little kinks, but much better then the blogger blog I had with very small images and limited tools. I hope you enjoy it!

Congrats to Kelly and Ryan on their engagement and upcoming November Wedding in Orange County at Casa Romantica. I have the honor of shooting this super sweet couples wedding with Natalie at  A Good Affair as the coordinator, which always makes for an amazing wedding.

An extra big Thank You to David Tosti with Tosti Studios for shooting this engagement shoot for me. David and I have shot weddings together for over 5 years and he is one of the best. His style has always been very complimentary to mine. David has a more masculine and edgy take to his wide style of shooting. I tend to be more feminine and romantic and love close-up. David has always made my weddings look that much better and he is super cool to work with.  I don’t typically feature other photographers on my blog, but considering these are my clients and timing coupled with traveling did not allow me to do their engagement shoot, so I put them with one of the best and knew they would have a great time!

As you can tell by the images below, David has a way of making the couple look like they just stepped into the pages of a magazine. He mixes edgy with funky, but he also catches details, real moments, and the couple as they really are. I Love this shoot as it is a great mixture. Engagement shoots are great to me when they have  a mixture of it all. This rooftop and bar engagement shoot certainly makes for a unique engagement that is not cookie cutter or like everyone else’s. Great job David!

All Images Taken By David Tosti with www.tostistudios.com

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I know I always say this, but I LOVE this couple! Congrats to Matthew and Christine on your engagement and upcoming December wedding, I know it is going to be awesome! We had a great time doing this photo shoot of them in a secluded rustic park in Fullerton, California. This is a simple “mini” engagement shoot that I offer to my couples at half price every couple of months. I shoot in one location and do back to back photo shoots and I happen to love shooting at this park. We had a great sushi dinner afterward and got to know one another, we had a great time doing their day of timeline. I can’t wait for December, they have such great taste I know it is going to be amazing.

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The longer I shoot weddings, the more I shoot new baby and family shoots! Most of my wedding couples start a family soon after the wedding, and I have gotten to shoot some of my families for 6 years now. Their children look forward to their photoshoots every year, and they are awesome models for me by this point. The shoots actually create tradiotion and family memories, and I get to be apart of that year after year. Love that part!

Giannina and Aaron wed last year at one of my favorite wedding venues of all time, Calimigos Ranch in Malibu California. I actually made their wedding one of my wedding galleries on my website I liked it so much, I included the link below to see their wedding gallery. It is so fun to start a journey with my couples. Starting before they are married, I had the privilege of shooting their engagement shoot, then their amazing wedding, and now of course their super cute pregnancy shoot. They drove all the way from Las Vegas to Orange County just to do this shoot. I love my loyal clients! Cute detail, the chalkboard used in this pregnancy shoot was the same chalkboard used at their wedding. 🙂 I can’t wait to do a photoshoot with the baby and I will see you guys in June when I shoot your sisters wedding!

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Thank you so much to The Knot and A Good Affair for choosing me to photograph the Knot Party OC 2011. It was a great night full of wonderfully amazing vendors at one of Orange County’s best wedding venues, Rancho Las Lomas. Natalie with A Good Affair Wedding and Event Design. Natalie really out did herself on this event, it was over the top spectacular. David Tosti with Tosti Studios shot with me and we had a great time. I was truly honored to shoot this event and to appear in The Spring Issue of The Knot 2012. I attached the previous blog on this event and the unique vendors that participated. The blogs are really worth looking at, there are super unique wedding ideas!

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Here is your chance to order your Wedding Album that you did not include in your wedding package at the best price ever!!! These flushmount wedding albums are simply amazing! We do all custom design of your favorite wedding photos, so your album is unique to your wedding. The albums come in 10×10 and 12×12 and start at (15) page or (30) sides. My album studio is having a sale, and I am extending the offer of 25% off any album ordered by December 1st, including any upgrades. If you want to have the album in time for Christmas to surprise your spouse the images must be received by November 11th, which is only a week away. All I need is your approximately 100 images, or 150 for a (20) page. The album does not have to be paid in full, you can put down a deposit of your choice and the albums usually take 4-8 weeks depending on how many changes you want in the design and how diligent you are in getting back to us to send it to print. So you can save up or make payments if you don’t have extra right now. These albums sell upwards towards $1,200 to $2,500 in studios…..but I am starting these gorgeous flush mount albums at less then half of most studios. Again, all I need to get your Wedding Album design started is your top 100 images and a deposit as low as $100. Below is a sample of a recent design. They can be simple or intricate. The album below happens to be intricate, as there were a lot of details to this particular wedding, and this album was one of the biggest.  Also, anyone can order as long as you own your images. Please inquire on how to place your order and pricing for the album of your dreams at: capturingmoments@hotmail.com or call 714-985-9954.

Michelle & Joseph

12×12 (25 page album)

These albums showcase your wedding and are classic and last FOREVER!!!

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