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What do I love most about weddings, it’s the little tender moments between the couple. Being able to capture the love and joy of an event is just a true honor and I really do get to witness some amazing things. Here is just a short little clip of the first look from Aaron and Carries wedding. Such a beautiful day I can’t say enough about how awesome this day was. I am wrapping up some amazing images of their wedding and will have a highlight slideshow out later today.

Aaron and carrie – a preview from mark stagi on Vimeo.

Fine art wedding photography by Stagi Imagery

Wow, labor day is almost here! Crazy, I remember when we had all of those cold (for Ca cold is under 70 days back in April and May wishing for summer to be here and now it’s almost done. We have had some really fun shoots lately and will post a ton of images over the next week. But in the meantime here is a quick image from a very cool portrait shoot at one of my favorite places, Hawaii. Hawaii is one of those spots that I just love and can never get enough of, the tropical air, warm water, soft sand, the list goes on and on. So much beauty there and to photograph portraits (or weddings) on the Islands is just always a special treat for me. Check back soon for lots of images!

I know it’s been awhile, sorry to all of my blog readers. I haven’t been neglecting you on purpose it’s just been a crazy few weeks. We have been able to capture some amazing moments the last month at some really great weddings. We have worked with some great families this summer so far and at some of our favorite venues around the bay area. I don’t have any photos ready to share today but wanted to drop you all a quick note to say thanks for stopping by and look out for lots of photos coming up quick! Also if you don’t want to miss any of our posts you can subscribe via email, just enter your email in the form below. Don’t worry we won’t spam you or send you anything other than our blog updates.

Actually I can’t post something without an image, so here is one of my fav’s from a recent wedding at the Ranch Golf Club in San Jose.

Reminder everyone this Sunday is the Una Bella Sera event. This is it’s 3rd year and is definitely the event of the year for the wedding industry. If you haven’t registered yet be sure to do so online:
http://www.unabellasera.com/

Join us this year at the design showcase of the year by Amazáe Special Events and Nicole Ha Floral Design, UNA BELLA SERA.
Enjoy the talents of many amazing vendors at the beautiful waterfront Craneway Pavilion on Sunday, April 25th.
Space is limited, so be sure to register. Also enter the contest and you may see your design vision come to life at the event.
http://www.unabellasera.com/

Join us this year at the design showcase of the year by Amazáe Special Events and Nicole Ha Floral Design, UNA BELLA SERA.
Enjoy the talents of many amazing vendors at the beautiful waterfront Craneway Pavilion on Sunday, April 25th.
Space is limited, so be sure to register. Also enter the contest and you may see your design vision come to life at the event.
http://www.unabellasera.com/

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

It was awesome this year to have a wedding on a wednesday (9-9-9), the creativity of a wedding always inspires me and I honestly think I could shoot 5 weddings a week and just love it. Sometimes I get bummed that weddings are only during the weekends (or Fridays). This was a treat to get out and be creative in the middle of the week and it was a great wedding for Nancy and Andrew. The wedding was at Crystal Springs Golf Course which has beautiful views of the mountains and a lake below. The light after the ceremony was getting a little bit low so I was able to create some really cool backlit shots of them in a dry grass field that was right to the side of the ceremony location. Here are a couple of shots of the day:

We had such a great wedding with Alex and Sarah. It was a beautiful day from start to finish and really a fun group to work with. They were married at their church and had the reception at her parents house which was a perfect setting for a wedding. They had so many really cute details from the table cards hanging from a lace ribbon to the homemade jam on the tables it was really a perfect day. There are a lot of shots that are my favorite so I will try and keep it to my top 10.

Alex watching Sarah walk down the Aisle

a cute moment during the ceremony

Stained glass

the happy bride!

Doing the Frankenstien move

bride and groom outside the church

playing the guitar for her groom

Bridesmaids

Loved the light at the end of the night

Bride and Groom with Guitar

Bridesmaids having fun

wedding escort cards

escort cards

father daughter dance

The light at the end of the night was so amazing. We setup a few quick lights to light up them and then let the sun just glow in the background. There is one more with the sun that I think was my favorite out of them all, i’ll post that one later along with some tech details of the shot for all of the photo buffs out there.

– Mark

Here are just a few of my favorite shots from our wedding at the Half Moon Bay Golf Links a few weeks ago.  Congrats David and Wynn, your wedding was such a perfect day!

I love it when I have such a fun and happy bride and groom, David and Wynn had lots of time for photos of them and we got to take a golf cart around the property for awhile to capture some really fun images of them.  This will be part 1 I picked out too many images that I want to share and don’t want the post to scroll forever so will break it down into 2 posts.  Post #2 coming on Monday, i’ll post the slideshow soon!

half moon bay golf links wedding photos

The bride and groom right before the ceremony

Love the Ritz Half moon bay as a backdrop

half moon bay golf links wedding

what a fun bride and groom

half moon bay golf links 18th hole and Ritz Carleton

– Mark

Congrats to Luis and Maria who were married at Willow Heights Mansion in Morgan Hill.  The theme for the wedding was classic hollywood and  they fit the part of a classic glamourous hollywood couple!  What a beautiful day from start to finish.  We started out with Maria and the girls at Santana Row for some getting ready shots and then headed over to willow heights to shoot some cool shots of the guys around the country looking roads by willow heights.  Maria showed up in style in a classic Rolls and the ceremony was a nice afternoon ceremony at the outdoor gazebo.  After the ceremony we had some family shots and then a few minutes for some photos of Luis and Maria in from of the Mansion with the car.  The wind kicked up a little so we also were able to grab some fun shots of the veil in the wind and with the help of Amy from Twitterpated weddings got some cool veil shots!

Here are a couple of the awesome vendors we got to work with that made the day all come together:

Amy – Twitterpated wedding wedding consultant

Jens Cakes (Awesome red velvet cake)

And here are just a few shots of the day: