When I go and photograph a Wedding I always get to know the story behind the Couple. Well in this wedding I have known about it first hand. Anna (the Bride) and I have known each other for many years. Almost as long as I have been doing Weddings. I would see her almost every month when I would get my hair-did from her colleague and friend Catie. Just to see her and how excited she got about her upcoming wedding was so awesome. So as the date got closer I remember talking to her about what she wanted from me. Her exact words were, “You do what every you want James, I totally trust you”. Anna & Scott I hope that trust in me paid off with some great visual memories for you both to have for a long and happy life together.
Anna and Scott’s Wedding took place at Saint Michael’s Church in Livermore California. It was beautiful. The Reception took place at the incredible Casa Real at Ruby Hills Winery in Pleasanton California. This place is one awesome venue. It doesn’t get better than this. The Flower arrangements and bouquets were from Delford West Flowers. They were all so very nice with just the right amount of color in them. So a party isn’t great until the music starts. The always fun and Incredible DJ Kevin Dennis of Fantasy Sound Event Services makes it all come together so perfectly. Oh and the lighting they do is out of control. Lets not forget to give the mother of the bride credit for the incredible alterations she did to create the awesome dress that Anna envisioned! Fine Alterations by Lynn Schmidt. With all the cast and characters with this wedding it all went so perfectly. It was a “Beautiful Beginning” to the start of their wonderful married lives together.
I do want to thank my awesome assistants at this wedding. I had Dan O’Hara. He himself is an incredible Filmmaker and runs the very successful O’hara Films. Well he has been asking me for sometime now if he could come out and be my second shooter. Well this one Wedding fell into an opening in his schedule he had. What a great time we had. I also brought in another Assistant Galen Ducey. From the start I fed him to the Guy’s. But from what I heard he fit right in. Thanks guys. I couldn’t have done it with out you.
