Oh gosh! I’m leaving for vacation tomorrow and was working on this edit today and just HAD to post some of these before I leave town! I LOVED this wedding and can’t tell you how much I was in love with the back of Deborah’s gorgeous gown! Casa Real was the venue and Katherine of Custom Celebrations was the fab. coordinator. Taylor Pham did hair and makeup. More when I return on the 30th!
Sigh. Gorgeous! More to come and off to the midwest for a week and mom and dad’s 50th wedding anniversary!
Posted on 6/22/09 in Wedding | No Comments
Congratulations to Laura and Dave! I went home the night of their wedding and told my husband the day was a total “love-fest” for me! Honestly. So much love between family, friends, Laura and Dave, I loved everyone, I loved everyone on the vendor team and it just went on and on. It was a great day! The wedding and ceremony were at Temple Isaiah in Lafayette, CA, the wonderful coordinator was the ever attentive Michelle Kimmons, I always love working with Barbara Llewellyn Catering, the florals were by Anne Mendenhall Flowers and the always amazing Katrina Rozelle did the cake.
This is my favorite tradition of any wedding. In Jewish weddings, the bride and groom circle each other seven times before going under the Huppah. There are always seven blessings in the Jewish ceremony and I think this tradition when the ceremony starts is so sacred and wonderful:
I couldn’t have one, but those mojitos sure looked good!
Posted on 6/17/09 in Ethnic, Wedding | No Comments
What do you do when it turns dark and stormy during the engagement shoot? Use it to your advantage! Jodi loved the shoots I did for Deborah and Kwong and Gena and Ryan, so we went to the same locations and got a different look! We had a blast on this shoot and I’ll look forward to their July wedding at Kohl Mansion!
Loooooved Jodi’s boots!
Posted on 6/16/09 in Engagements | No Comments
I love traditional ethnic weddings and am always amazed at the variety of weddings I photograph! Ethnic weddings are always so festive and full of ceremony. George and Carole were married at the Cathedral of the Ascension in Oakland, CA and they were such a nice couple to work with. Both so calm! What a wonderful wedding!
I loved the little gold bridesmaid’s purses. They echoed the bride’s:
One tradition is for the family of the groom to come and welcome the bride. They do an interesting sound with their tongues in addition to singing:
I always direct my assistant to shoot from the balcony if there is one and Breck got this great shot utilizing the flash from my camera down below:
Pretty all in white theme:
Love the Greek tradition of throwing money!
This little guy had all the moves on the dance floor!
Posted on 6/16/09 in Wedding | No Comments
I’m thrilled to be featured on yet another gorgeous bridal blog! Style Me Pretty is another one of my favorites and all of you brides should check it out for ideas and planning details. Abby is the editor and is so very enthusiastic about weddings! Erin and Mark’s Vashon Island wedding was posted as well as Annie and Ryan’s Cornerstone Gardens, Sonoma wedding. You’ll find both in yesterday’s entries:
Here’s a link to Annie and Ryan’s wedding on my blog: http://juliemikos.com/blog/?p=1116#comments
Here’s a link to Erin and Mark’s wedding on my blog: http://juliemikos.com/blog/?p=1036#comments
Posted on 6/12/09 in Wedding, Press | No Comments
I’m so pleased that the gorgeous wedding blog Green Wedding Shoes has posted a story on Holly and Gilbert’s wedding! I just love this blog and for those who don’t know, there are some wonderful bridal blogs out there these days which can help you with images and ideas for your wedding planning. Here are a couple of photos from my post on my blog last month, but be sure to check out the Green Wedding Shoes website!
Posted on 5/27/09 in Wedding, Press | No Comments
Speaking of good sports and fun on an engagement shoot, it ended up pouring on the day of Gena and Ryan’s e-shoot. Luckily we were scheduled to shoot in Northbeach and they didn’t mind ducking in to a cafe for some drinks and fun shooting inside while we waited for the rain to calm down a bit!
Posted on 5/13/09 in Engagements | No Comments
I just love all my clients! Joanna, Padraic and I had such fun on our e-shoot. They chose the Marin Headlands and boy was it windy and chilly, but they were great sports!
Posted on 5/13/09 in Engagements | 1 Comment
Thanks so much, Holly and Gilbert for being such fun and having such a fun bridal party! Holly and Gilbert were married at one of my favorite venues: Headlands Center for the Arts in the Marin headlands. I think Katie Powers who is the exclusive caterer at the venue is one of the nicest people I have ever met and work with and her food is always wonderful. In this case, they were serving afternoon hors d’oeuvres after the ceremony and then the wedding was heading to a Chinese banquet at the Koi Palace. I was also thrilled to be working again with one of my favorite florists. Melissa of A Simple Ceremony is so very creative!
I loved these games the bridal party played. Gilbert had to try to break into the house with his groomsmen to try to find his bride and the bride’s attendants had to keep all of them out and occupied:
BTW, I offer this self-portrait setup as an addition to any package. Guests have a lot of fun with it. In this case, our ever-fun bride and groom brought props:
or in this case played with one of Melissa’s floral balls!
Posted on 5/08/09 in Wedding | 3 Comments
I photographed sweet Ruby a couple of years ago when she turned one and now it was her sister Greta’s turn. Family was in from Australia, so we did a big family shoot, but it was mostly about Greta. Thanks Sharon and Mark. Your girls are so lovely!
Posted on 5/07/09 in Family, Portraits | No Comments
