If you are a wedding photographer looking for some really cool wedding slideshows for your clients check out http://www.motionslideshow.com.  They are just finishing up their site and have some demos up for you to check out.  I think the demos online look really great (and have some awesome photography  so check them out!  Here is one of their demo shows:

Cinnabar Hills Wedding Photo from mark stagi on Vimeo.

We had such an awesome wedding at Casa Real last year we have to show a few more shots of the wedding.   This was such a fun bride and groom to work with and also a great bridal party.  They all just had a blast all day and were open to do whatever to get some good shots.  Also one tip for future brides, if you really want some good photos of you and your fiance along with your bridal party make sure to plan enough time in your day for photography.  Also if you don’t mind seeing each other before the wedding it can be a perfect time to capture some great images of the two of you.  I know some people think its a tradition to not see each other or that the groom will not be amazed and surprised when he sees you walking down the aisle but it can really work to your advantage to take photos before.  Not only is there not as much stress and craziness going on because you aren’t surrounded by people but it can be a great opportunity to capture some images of the two of you alone and those times really can create some beautiful images.  A lot of weddings when the groom first sees you walking down the aisle he is standing in front of hundreds of people and normally is pretty nervous.  That takes a lot of emotion out of his expressions during this part of the day.  If the first time he sees you is alone without the hundreds of people staring at him it can be a really beautiful and genuine moments between the two of you that is captured on film.  No matter what you decide we will capture great shots of you but just something to think about for your day!

and here is the slideshow from the day:

Casa Real Wedding Photos from mark stagi on Vimeo.

I am excited to announce we are building a brand new website to showcase our wedding work and it will be unveiled soon!  This will be our 4th major update to our website in our 10 years of business and wow has it come a long way.  Right before the release we will be showing off some screen shots of our first blogs so check back to see some shots from the past.  We are going to release the new site in a few stages with lots of goodies along the way.  There is going to be some video added to the blog and lots of big images, I can’t wait to have it finished up and share it with everyone!

Here are a couple images from Simon and Shan’s wedding at Testarossa.  They had such a beautiful intimate wedding in the wine cave, a perfect setting for a wedding.  It was the first wedding I have photographed out at testarossa where the dinner was also in the wine cave and it really gave a nice feel to the dinner.  Everyone was seated at one large table so really were able to converse with the rest of the guests in a nice family style atmosphere.  Congrats again guys!

– Mark

Thanks to all of the great brides we met today at the Bridal Fair.  It was a fun event and we are excited to meet so many great bride and grooms.  It looks like there are some awesome weddings planned for 2010 and we are looking forward to being a part of many of these weddings!