The fusion is here!!! One thing I am super excited about is a brand new thing we are going to be offering this year. Reel life videos are a hybrid, part photography and part HD video fused into one amazing storytelling movie. I have been wanting to do these for quite some time and think these are such a great way to tell the story of your day. We can add these to any engagement session or wedding coverage (or even lifestyle family portraits). Just give us a call or email if you are interested and for more info. I am really excited for the creative opportunities these movies will bring this year!

I’ll be posting some samples up on the blog over the next couple months but in the meantime check out the really fun and cute couple Dustin and Sharon below. I had the best time shooting their photos around downtown Los Gatos and love how the video aspect just brings their personalities to life.

Sharon and Dustin e-shoot from mark stagi on Vimeo.

We had too many great weddings in 2009 I have to break my review of 09 into multiple posts. Here are a few more weddings from 2009, it was a great year thanks again to all of our great clients for letting us into your special day.

Lovers Point Wedding, Monterey

Healdsburg wedding shoot

Wine and Roses wedding

Alex and Sarah, san jose wedding

Orinda Country Club Wedding

I am excited an image of ours was published in the Ritz-Carlton Weddings magazine. They include these magazines in all rooms at the Ritz so next time you are staying there check our photo out! The funny thing is I got a call from the editor there looking for some images for a spread they were working on the week after I shot a wedding out there. During the shoot we were taking a few shots of the bride and groom in their room and I saw one of the wedding magazines lying on the table. I though it would be a cute shot to get them reading the magazine in bed and it really was the first time I noticed these little magazines. Then randomly the next week the phone rang with the editor looking for photos for the next issue. Always funny how things work sometimes. The details for this wedding were awesome and everything was coordinated by the wonderful Amy from Twitterpated weddings.

Here is a peek at their latest issue:

I wanted to share a few more highlights of 2009, there are way too many great couples we worked with and locations we shot at so I am spreading this post out to a few different posts over January.

Willow Heights Mansion, Morgan Hill

Mountain Winery, Saratoga

Martinelli Events Center – Garre winery wedding

Villa Montalvo, Hakone Gardens and St. Claire hotel wedding

Also you can view a slideshow from Villa Montalvo here; Villa Montalvo wedding photography

Half Moon Bay Golf Links

Our last engagement session for 2009 was such a perfect way to end the year. We had a perfect Northern California day, a little chill in the air but that fresh clean feeling that you get with fall/winter. No rain or cold, just a perfect day to shoot. I am excited for William and Veronica’s wedding coming up later this year, I photographed Veronica’s brothers wedding in 2008 and they are all such great people! We photographed their engagement session at the Lafayette Reservoir which is a place I have never been to and beautiful. They both like to go for walks and runs in this area and it was a great spot to shoot at. Here are just a few highlights of the session: