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Shanell & Eric

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:41:15 GMT

This adorable couple will be getting married later this year!

Check out their on-line Gallery

Andrea & Marc

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:13:53 GMT

These two cool cats were married at Sun City Lincoln Hills Golf Club in Lincoln in April.

I am curious if you notice anything a little off about these two photographs? Not sure? Notice that the groomsmen are dressed up as baseball players. One might wonder why the groom's cake is a basketball, well the happy couple was wondering the same thing. At least the cake arrived in one piece!!

A photographer can only do so much to get everyone in the bridal party to look at the camera and smile. Althought the ring bearer is a little out of the pack at least we got one photograph with him and the bridal party with out tears.

The happy couple...full of personality and love!!

Feeing eachother can be romantic or a complete disaster. I love how these two are look at eachother eye to eye!!

So a photo of a photo? Sorry, I just love baby photographs!

I love it when a couple sings to each other during there first dance!!

Catching the bouqet is an honor at any wedding!

Of course no wedding night would be complete with out alarms going off and the fire department arriving full force. Unfortunately Andrea & Marc had the last hour of their reception interrupted by a faulty alarm. They kept smiling and posing for photos! Such a great couple!!

See the rest of their photographs in their on-line gallery

As you may have noted, these photographs are from an April wedding. I still have 8 weddings to process and post along with an engagement session and a little post wedding bridal session. Check back soon!

Sarah & Jeff

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:40:03 GMT

These two will be getting married in August of this year in Sacramento. A couple of weekends ago we went to Empire Mine in Auburn to take a few engagement photographs. They were fabulous to work with! Take a peek at a few photos.

Take a look at their on-line Gallery

On another note, I have seven weddings and a few other sessions and albums to process and post. It is amazing how fast one can fall behind. Check back soon!

Jennifer & Brian

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:43:50 GMT

These two were married at the Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church. They were so sweet and fabulous to work with. Take a peak:

This was also the first wedding I worked with Hilary Gruber ( You may remember her as Hilary & Travis, one of my previous brides). Here are a couple of her images she took during the day.

Check out their Gallery

Guestbooks

Sun, 18 May 2008 01:59:13 GMT

In 2006 I began creating guest books from engagement sessions. These books are used in place of frames and other guest books at weddings. These books incorporate photographs from the bride and grooms engagement session as well as other snapshots from their time together. The space on each page allows guests to leave messages or sign their names the day of the wedding as well as take a peak at a few photographs of the couple. The fabulous part about these books is that they aren't just a lined book with a bunch of signatures or a frame you can place on your wall. These Guest books allow you to place your engagement photographs and messages from your friends and loved ones on your coffee table to browse when ever the fancy strikes.

They are not only incredibly fun to create but they are a fabulous way to tell a story. This year alone I have been privileged enough to create eight guest books for my clients using their engagement photographs. Take a peak at the gallery.

http://pechan.smugmug.com/Engagement/388297

Do be careful when creating any book with on-line book companies. Make sure you have a copyright release or license to use the photograph in the book. As Blurb.com would say..."you don't want to mess with Mickey Mouse"

I am finally sitting down at my computer to process weddings. I have 5 to share from the last month or so...check back in the next couple of days!!

Best wishes,

Jen

Kim & Kurtis

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:11:27 GMT

These two adorable people will be getting married late may! These are just a few photos from their engagement session last month. They will be getting married in Sacramento and their reception will be at the Auburn Country Club. They are just too cute together!!

We Moved!

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:37:00 GMT

This week has been absolutely crazy!! We finally got the keys to our new place...last friday at 5pm. We got everything in and then my hubby left for 2 weeks for training in WA. The indoor photos are nothing we would want to share at this point but here are a couple of the outdoors....

We have been waiting almost 2 years for the market to improve while living in one rental after another. Every night my hubby would sit at his computer and look at home prices in certain areas, tracking what has sold and for how much. He had been tracking the area we were renting and he found a few bank owned properties. Well, one thing led to another and we made an offer we thought would surely be turned down. To our surprise (and the realtors) they actually accepted it!

I can't tell you how excited we are to finally have our own place where we hope to grow old together in. We have been absolutely blessed in our lives with two beautiful children and two careers that keep us running and smiling every day.

Janelle & Joey

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:23:17 GMT

You may remember January 2007 I flew out to Colorado to photograph the engagement session of these two adorable people. Well they finally tied the not this past Saturday at Arden Hills Country Club here in Sacramento. There were surprises the entire day and everything went fabulous well. These two have absolutely fabulous friends and family that made the day beautiful and fun!

Check out a quick slideshow of the day (click photo). A few of the images are from my assistant Andrea Herman who is new to the photography industry but learning so quickly!

On another note, I am moving this weekend (if we get our keys on Friday). I have so much to share once we get settled in!

Carissa & Matt

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:55:46 GMT

There are few things more fun then shooting an engagement session on private property owned by the happy couple's family. We explored every nook around the ceremony/reception site. Here are just a few of my favorites. I am so excited for the wedding day!!

On another note, I have 2 more engagement sessions to post as well as 3 weddings. However, our family will be moving once again next weekend. I know we have only been in this rental for 6 months, but if everything works out it will be well worth it.

Matt & Ellen

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:12:13 GMT

I have been terrible at posting during 2008, but there is no time to remedy that like the present! Today I will share with you an engagement session taken back in January...this fabulous couple were married mid-march. I will post their wedding photographs in a few weeks. I just have too much to catch my Xanga friends up on!

We took these photographs at a park here in Sacramento the day after the terrible storms. The ground was soggy wet but the day was beautiful. We were interviewed by Channel 3 news (talk about the weather), my first 5 seconds on T.V. I even saw the News caster slip and fall just after he got out of the truck (sorry Mike!!).