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wedding photography from 2009

March 12, 2010 – 11:48 am

I wanted to move this post back up to the top for a little while so everyone can view our last year in review. I also added a little shorter 2009 video so if you only have a few minutes check out the first video for some of my favorite moments of 2009. For all of our most current posts look below this one.

2009 it was nice to know you, you came quick, flew by in a second and are already a distant memory. We were able to shoot a lot of really amazing weddings in 2009, got to see some of our past clients and friends at weddings and made some new friends along the way. Thanks to all of our great clients for letting us into your lives, a wedding is such a huge day in your life and we are grateful to be able to capture memories of your day. It’s always hard for me to pick some highlights of a full year, I have so many favorites from each day that I normally have a list in the thousands of what I love. So here is a quick little show with some of our highlights of 2009.

Stagi Imagery 2009 Wedding photography from mark stagi on Vimeo.

And a little longer show with a few shots from all of our 2009 weddings:

Stagi Imagery 2009 weddings from mark stagi on Vimeo.

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Wednesday Weddings – Clos LaChance Winery

March 4, 2010 – 10:29 am

To continue our Wednesday feature of a local venue we love today we are showing a great winery tucked back in the hills of San Martin (and for everyone who doesn’t know San Martin its just a little outside of Morgan Hill). Clos LaChance is a definate gem, although it isn’t too far off 101 you feel like you are out in the Italian countryside. The grounds are spacious, they have 100 acres of lush vineyards and golden hillsides with majestic green oak trees. The also have an awesome Mulberry Grove with a fountain in the middle it gives you a very old world feel to it and is perfect for your cocktail hour. Dinner and Clos LaChance’s hand-crafted wines are served on the Terrace, surrounded by views and beautiful gardens. The terrace not only gives you a beautiful view of the grounds in the evening but also the detail to the main building all add to the charm.

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The Ranch Golf Club, San Jose

February 24, 2010 – 2:59 pm

To continue our wedding Wednesday’s posts I am going to highlight another venue I love shooting at, The Ranch Golf Club. The Ranch Golf Club offers stunning views of downtown San Jose and the distant skyline of San Francisco along with some great golf course views and a beautifully designed clubhouse. There are so many scenic spots around here to shoot at from the golf course views to the stonework and arches that go throughout the clubhouse.

Here is a little more info about The Ranch Golf Club:
The ranch golf club has many great reception options within the San Jose venues to choose from. Whether you are planning a small, intimate wedding or a grand gala event for your entire community, the Clubhouse at The Ranch Golf Course is the ideal setting for your wedding in the entire San Jose area. Our distinctive facilities have a rich warm and elegant style, creating the perfect ambiance for your special day. This cherished event can be both exciting and challenging. It is for these reasons that we have designed affordable, yet lavish wedding packages to simplify your wedding. Our catering staff takes pride in excellence and attention to details and will assist you from the rehearsal through the reception, creating memories you will treasure for a lifetime.

And a recent wedding from the Ranch (the ceremony was at St. Joseph’s Basilica in downtown San Jose.

Photos from the Ranch Golf Course from mark stagi on Vimeo.

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Love is in the air

February 18, 2010 – 1:40 pm

With valentines day just passing, love is still in the air. When we first started Stagi Imagery 11 years ago and were trying to figure out what to do for a logo my wife and I decided to have a heart as the logo. It doesn’t have much to do with photography but at the same time has everything to do with OUR photography. When we started this business it was all about the heart, being passionate about what we were creating and putting everything we had into creating the best images in the world for our clients. We still have the same basic beliefs today, we want to create the most amazing images for you and capture a slice of your life. Years down the road when you are looking through your wedding album we want tears of joy to come back to you or if you are looking at photos of your newborn to feel that excitement you felt when holding them in your arms. Photography is such a powerful art form and we are so happy to be able to be a part of all our clients lives.

So this year for Valentines day we are going to do something crazy, we are going to share the love with all of you. Any portrait session from now until 3-15 we are discounting to just $50. This is a huge savings compared to our normal sesison fee’s and a great way to get an awesome portrait session. To see more of our portrait work visit our Bay Area Lifestyle Portrait site. If you don’t need a portrait session for yourself no problem, give one away to a friend. You can give away as many of these discounted sessions as you would like. The only restriction is the shoot must be scheduled before March 15th.

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Wedding Wednesdays – Villa Montalvo

February 17, 2010 – 11:59 am

I am going to start a new series on the blog for everyone out there planning their wedding. The bay area has so many awesome locations to have your wedding at sometimes it can be hard to find that right place. Since we have been shooting weddings in the area for 11 years we have been to pretty much every venue around and know all the great locations to have your wedding at. Every Wednesday we will highlight a new venue and show some work from a recent wedding there.

For our first week I want to highlight one of my favorite places to photograph at, Villa Montalvo (now officially called Montalvo Arts Center) in Saratoga. Montalvo is a perfect location for a wedding, the stately mansion sits at the end of an expansive Italian garden and lawn area and the views around the grounds are just breathtaking. The mansion itself (built in 1912) is an amazing backdrop for a wedding, there are so many areas around this property that just inspire the artist inside me to create beautiful wedding images. And the grounds around the mansion are just as break taking, its nestled in the Saratoga hillside and common to see deer walking across the front grass as you and your guests are dining along the front veranda.

Here is a little history of Montalvo Arts Center:
Montalvo Arts Center was previously known as Villa Montalvo, a historic landmark built in 1912 by James Duval Phelan (1861-1930). Phelan, a passionate Californian who had been a three-term progressive mayor of San Francisco, went on to become California’s first popularly-elected U.S. Senator. Villa Montalvo was Senator Phelan’s favorite home and a center of artistic, political and social life in Northern California. Phelan invited leading writers and artists to Villa Montalvo to work on individual artistic projects in an environment rich in dialogue and fellowship. Jack London, Ethel Barrymore, Mary Pickford, Douglass Fairbanks, and Edwin Markham were among Phelan’s many guests.

And a little slideshow from one of our favorite weddings out at Montalvo last year:

Wedding at Villa montalvo and St. Claire Hotel from mark stagi on Vimeo.

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