Joey photographed a great wedding out at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga.  What a great place to get married at and they have recently finished some pretty huge renovations over there that were done very well.  Now along with the perfect views of the valley, there are some nice new details to the venue like new stonework and a great backdrop for your ceremony. 

Check out the slideshow here, Mountain Winery wedding photos:

Testarossa Vineyards is one of our favorite places to work at.  It’s such an intimate setting for a wedding and the stonework and wine cave are just amazing for a wedding, it really creates a romantic feel for your special day.  Here is a slideshow from the last wedding we did out there, congrat’s Dan and Tina!!!

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OK, I admit I might not really believe in the infamous Chupacabra (the legend says it is supposed to eat goats blood or something like that).  But today I was a little perplexed by some foot prints I found in our pool.  With wedding season going full blast for the past few months and a newborn baby my free time is long gone.  So some of my fun  household to-do’s have been totally ignored for awhile.  One of them being taking care of the pool.  During the busy season I never have time to use it anyway but still try and keep everything nice and clean just incase I have the urge to jump in.  Last week I noticed the water looking a little murky so wrote a little post it on my desk so I would remember to clean it.  Well a few days later and the post it is covered with other papers, then the weekend comes packed full of weddings and I totally forget about the pool. 

This afternoon I take a little break from editing and walk outside to see some nice green algae forming on the sides of the pool and the steps.  I grab some pool shock and head downstairs to take care of it, when I find some very strange footprints set in the algae on the top step.  

Our neighbor came over yesterday to warn us she saw a bobcat on the street and to keep our cats in so my first reaction was it must have been the bobcat looking for a tasty dinner and trying to get our cats.  After I looked close they were very strange prints almost looked like a little human foot for the back print and a bear claw for the front foot.

Being a little sleep deprived along with too much coffee in my system I started to imagine all kinds of crazy creatures hanging out in my backyard.  Maybe it was a baby bigfoot?  The Chupacabra?  Lock Ness?

After doing a couple quick google searches though I found out it was just a boring old Racoon.  I think i’ll let the cats out and let our big cat take him down.  Even though they have claws our big cat can take him.

Have a great week!

Mark

This weekend we were able to shoot some awesome weddings.  It was a full weekend of weddings so i’ll just post a small overview and will update with some of the good details later on.  Also we should be done with a few more slideshows to add to the blog this week so keep checking back!

Friday started off with a wedding at the Corinthian Center, a local venue I have been to many times over the years and just love to photograph there.  The main room always has such a romantic feel to it with the tall ceilings, candles and lighting create a beautiful place for a wedding.  Jason and Janelle were so nice to work with they make a perfect couple.

On Saturday we started the day at the Mountain Winery for Linda and Scotts wedding, what a blast!  It was a beautiful fall day with perfect clear skys the views from the Mountain Winery were just amazing.  The wine was flowing at the wedding and everyone really had a great time.  There were so many fun moments of the day, the bridal party had us cracking up all day.  The day ended at Dynasty restaurant for a traditional dinner.  Congrats guys you really had a fun wedding!

We wrapped up the weekend with another sweet couple Greg and Sheren at Villa Montalvo.  I love shooting at Montalvo there are so many great spots to photograph at and its just an amazing place to have a wedding.  They were married at the Oval garden and had at the dinner on the front patio of the mansion.  There were lots of tears of joy throughout the day and Greg and Sheren are just a perfect couple and so much in love, it was really a great way to end the weekend.

Lots of editing to get to so more details to come later.

– Mark

What a fun wedding Nicole and Jason had, the wedding and reception were at Cinnabar Hills  which is such a beautiful place to get married at.  Nicole and Jason’s day was perfect, filled with many great photo ops.  The bridesmaids did a great  job doing their “Top Model” poses and Jason has a special pose also that made its reappearance from the engagement session

It was an awesome day and we got to capture some great moments.  Here is a slideshow from the day:

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– Mark