Jill and Adam teaser....

In High School girls were not always nice to me. I was not some tragic cast off or anything but girls were never very nice to me. But when even the most popular girls wanted to shame anyone who was seen with me, there were four girls who didn't care. Jill was one of those girls. We have been friends since our freshman year in High School. Countless football games, Mr. Dubransky's English class, a twisted rendition of Romeo and Juliet where we used WAY too many "likes" and "dudes" and several swigs of Boones Strawberry Hill, oh and who could forget the many excuses to go to Jill's house to check out her hot brothers. Unfortunately we lost touch for a few years after High School but reconnected a couple years ago and I am so happy we did. Thanks Facebook! or was it MySpace? I've lost track??
Jill is and always has been a beautiful, fun, kind-hearted person. She was always the one I joked around with and had lots of fun with. Though 14 years has passed and a million things have changed, nothing about Jill's spirit has changed a bit. As my assistant photographer put it, "she is timeless, she has a timeless beauty about her, such style"
I met Adam almost 2 years ago. Immediately I knew he was a great fit for Jill. He is such a kind man with just the right personality to compliment Jill's. They make such a wonderful team.
I was more than happy to be given the honor of capturing the memories of their "big day" I flew down to Southern California, both kids in tow, and shot the first half of the day and let my assistant shoot the reception while I celebrated along with them as a guest. Now as I have begun to sort through the thousands of images we both captured I couldn't help but pull out a few of my favorites so far. There are many more but I just wanted to post a few as a little teaser....there will be many more to come! along with some old H.S. photos!! Jill, you know I have to post some old photos! I just have to! That is when this whole photography obsession of mine started! They are 35mm so I will have to scan them and they might date me a little bit!
Thank you Jill, for being who you are and for everything you've done for me.

Samantha and Ron

This is going to be a wedding to remember! I already know it! This couple is an authentic Wine Country Couple. They were High School "Sweethearts" they both went to Analy High School so naturally we started their engagement session there. But since times have changed since we were in high school, the school was gated up and locked down so the best we could do was a few shots infront of the school. But to my suprise they took me to a little gem of a spot! It literally made me stop in my tracks and call (ok text) my Dad! It was a wine country version of the Field of Dreams but replace the corn fields with vineyards. I'm not sure what the winery is called but when you drive to the far back, down this dirt road the road opens up and there is an old baseball field that literally is surrounded by vineyards. It was wonderful!

Class of 2011-Jill Scannell !!!

Jill is my best friend Laura's cousin. She is so sweet and so adorable. We had a great time just driving around Petaluma with no set place in mind, we just stopped as we saw fun places. Some worked, and some well....not so much! We plan to take a few more once she gets her cap, gown, and tassel but we took all the fashion-style portraits early in the year. Here are a few of my favorites!

Annie + Anthony

Coincidentally after finishing an engagement with this couple, Annie and I just had to mention how we both felt like we knew each other from somewhere. Well we finally figured out that we had played club Volleyball together at Top Gun at Cal Poly Pomona about 10 years ago!! Small world right??
These two couldn't have had better luck with weather, they were married on October 2,2010. One would expect cooler weather, especially at the beach during the fall. Well So Cal had a different plan in place for these two. It was 98 degrees outside and the ceremony was at 1 so it was blazing HOT and super bright! But it was a beautiful ceremony and I was so happy to be apart of it!
They had their reception at Anthony's parents home in West Covina. It was by far the most beautiful backyard reception I've ever been to or photographed! It was simply breathtaking and so much fun. From the kids room decked out with video games and baby sitters to the roasted pig and amazing buffet, it was world class!! To make the world even smaller, one of her guests was my date to his Senior Prom 13 years ago!! What a wedding! ...........and I just found out they are expecting!!!! Congrats Annie + Anthony!!!

Sara + Dom

I come across many different types of couples. This one seemed to be the typical young, sweet, adorable couple....and they are! Sara is about as nice as they come and Dom is a great guy!! I think it was their first dance that moved me the most. Not sure why but you could really just feel how much they loved each other and how intense it was. I think another reason why I absolutely love this couple is they actually smashed cake in each other's faces! No one does that any more! I am starting to wonder what the point is of cutting the cake in front of everyone any more! It was originally an "event" because people expected a mini cake fight so they'd gather around the cake when the bride and groom were about to cut it, hoping to get the front row seat to the event. Now it's a room full of guests watching two people cut cake and feed each other. So it was so much fun to see a couple have a little fun with their cake this time!! It reminded me of when I was a kid at family weddings, it always looked so fun!

....the cake, the yummy yummy cake was made by the wonderful Carolyn Besse of Your Sweet Expectations