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Vanessa + Steve Out of this world

You may remember Vanessa and Steve from their awesome water, fire, sky, earth engagement session, you know the one with the helicopter. Well the wedding was just as out of this world. Vanessa and Steve constantly surprise me, and I just love being in their company because I know anything can happen. I know the Walker family pretty well too so i was doubly happy to see Peggi's daughter get married. And on top of that double happiness is the fact that Peggi is none other than Peggi Walker of Metro Floral. So here's what happens when you combine 2 beautiful people with a great take on life and the industry scoop, Metro Floral, Lynn from Pure Planning, Tim Altbaum the DJ, Denise from Continental Catering, good food, good fun, good times, 2 families, and a whole lot of love.
Here goes nothing!!!!
xoxo suzanne

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Justina + Lindsay tie the knot ;) Estancia

Yay my friends Justina and Lindsay got married!! I love when my friends pick me to shoot their wedding, it's so so so much better than being a guest. I get to move around during the ceremony, i get to see everything from so many angles, and i get to look into their eyes on a close up lens and see their eyes fill with tears during the vows. My stomach catches just thinking about it. I met both Justina and Lindsay before they met each other and i couldn't imagine a better match. So I'm pretty darn happy to be blogging this post right now =)
The whole day was held at La Estancia in La Jolla. Shelly at Bella Sera Events created a beautiful day start to finish. The reception was a dream, beautiful lighting and linens, Haydee's flowers were gorgeous colorful arrangements that made the room shine. And I have to mention The Fabulous Ultra Tones, they were sensational, the dance floor was packed and nobody was ready for them to play the last dance. So here they are!!

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Staci + Byron Destination San Diego

Staci and Byron's wedding was fabulous night. The guest list was paired down to only their most intimate friends and everyone flew in from all over the states to be a part of their celebration. Natasha from ANF Events created a beautiful design and Staci was so thrilled when she walked into the reception. I loved watching her face light up. The florals were even more beautiful than Staci described them to me. Dawn from Embelishment did a stunning job.
Have a look!

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Courney + Ryan We are situationist artists

Courtney and Ryan are rad, they crack me up. Seriously, i don't think that there is anything I can say that they won't get. This shoot was a blast, we went around interacting with the environment and having a good time!!
check check check em out!! wahoo

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Tara + Jonathan Washington

Congratulations to Tara and Jonathan!!! The wedding was so much fun, it was great to finally meet Tara in person after so many long chats on the telephone.
The balloons under the chairs for all of the kids was such a sweet touch. Check out their cake toppers, i loved them!!
xooxsuzanne

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Little Luca wakes up

What a treat it is to meet and photograph little babies! Baby Luca is so cute, check out these photographs, he was sleeping when i arrived and it was really neat to watch him wake up. He had a smile on his face before he even opened his eyes.
tadahhh here is little luca!!

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Sat - October 6, 2007

Lisa + Josh The Omni 9.29.07

Starfish... When i first met Lisa, i thought wow what a really striking stylish girl and then as she was describing her downtown wedding she mentioned starfish, and i thought hmmm urban-beach-chic, if anyone can pull it off Lisa can. Well she did. The roof top wedding had gorgeous giant leaves on either side of the aisle in between the rows of black chairs. The reception was gorgeous with uplights, custom linens, and a starfish touches on each table. And.. on one of the back tables was a frame with 4 pictures in it. The first picture was lisa holiding up a starfish as a small child, and the second josh holding up a starfish as a small child, and the third and fourth high school pictures of each of them. They knew each other in high school, how cute is that.
I guess I just thought it was amazing that they could incorporate so much of themselves in a gorgeously decorated ballroom. It was an emotionally filled day and I was really happy to capture some of the layers of LIsa and Josh.
Enjoy!
suzanne

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Jesee + Dallas at the Del 9.22.07

These girls got style and did the whole wedding their "own way." The ceremony was outdoors on the lawn and all white, and had all the fun and sentiment that you would expect from Jesse and Dallas. The reception started with a red carpet entrance into a gorgeous red room with a modern twist on the classic red rose. Jesse and Dallas knocked our socks off with their first dance and set the stage for a dance floor that was hot all night.
Enjoy!
suzanne

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Tue - September 25, 2007

hayley + eduardo Hilton Torrey Pines

oh i want to say so much, i am swamped with shoots, so here are the pics!!
xoxo suzanne

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genevieve + brian Casa Del Prado

still blogging away...will chat later but first a sneak peak!!

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Carrie + Will Fairbanks Ranch Country Club

Suzanne loves will and carrie....i'll blog more later but i at least want to show the pics!!!
xoxo suzanne

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Jim Jimmy

Jimmy is a rockstar with the personality to boot! His mama runs the coolest shop in town! If you haven't been to Babycakes then your missing out. They have the coolest clothes for the hippest kids.
And knowing Sabina she will use the paul frank underwear strategically when Jimmy starts dating. I'm glad to be a part of that moment!!

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Sweet Stella

Check out Sandra Melville's first granddaughter! Stella is the cutest sweetest.
xoxoxo suzanne

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Sat - September 8, 2007

mad libs

wahoo!!

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Tue - August 21, 2007

Hayley + Eduardo downtown

We had a ball it was a blast.... =) Seriously Hayley and Eduardo are good times. Despite the hot sweaty weather these two were all about making some cool pictures. Hayley was an endless source of ideas, my job was easy =)
check them out!!