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Here is one two of my fav images I am throwin’ down of this previous weekend’s wedding in Sunnyvale, California.  I will blog more in the next weeks, as I have some processing to finish on some of my other weddings.  It was a classic wedding with excellent vendors, beautiful setting at the Historical Museum in Los Altos, California.  Phillip and Lena were gracious, loving, and casual.  They honored me as a photographer and person in front of all, which was absolutely unexpected, and I felt humbled.  It was also great to meet up and see Dana and Zui from the wedding I shot in October of 2009 (which is on my blog).  I am glad to write on this wedding, and I will write up more on this beautiful wedding after I finish other projects!

Gabe and Lu rocked their wedding this last weekend, Canadian, German, and American style!  Although they live in the Bay Area, (Mountain View, Ca.,) they married in Arnold, California (near Murphys, Ca.), and many flew out from Germany and Canada. Lu and Gabe were definitely in love, and they genuinely celebrated with all their family and friends.  The wedding took place on some beautiful property with a small lake off hwy 4, and a newly built beautiful log cabin, where I hope to stay soon.  Josh Heller and his family own the property, and they catered the event.  They worked hard for so many guests.  It was also nice to meet up with Jillian’s day spa once again. My photographer and I loved hanging out with our new friends, and enjoying the great salmon.  I learned from a guest that in Germany everyone in the family brings cakes to the wedding, so it’s not one giant cake, but all kinds and sizes.  Actually, I wouldn’t mind that at all.  Lastly, after displaying some of my images, a few asked if I am willing to shoot weddings in Europe, and I of course said definitely.  I do travel, and I love to travel, so hopefully I will be getting a few European weddings out of this… (wink, wink).  Anyway, here are some of the images from their wedding…

Wedding Photographer:  Charleton Churchill Photography
Location:  Josh Heller and Family
Catering:  On Scene BBQ and Catering
Cakes:   Family and On Scene BBQ and Catering
Make-up and Hair:  Jillian’s Day Spa
D.J.:  D.J. DAVE  (Dave Metildi)
FLORIST:  Columbia Nursery and Florist

Tony and Ashlie married in May 2010 in Roseville, California near Granite Bay.  I had the privilege of getting to know them on our engagement session in Sacramento, downtown, and I really like both of them.  I have gotten to know Ashlie’s family quite well, as I was invited to shoot their other daughter’s reception party, Ally, whom married in Utah the previous week.  Tony on the other hand is just a cool cat.  He’s got style and a good group of guys to make him laugh.  It was sad to learn at the wedding that his father had passed that week.  My heart goes out to him, and he was strong throughout the wedding and carried himself quite well.  We photographed the guys in the Hyatt Place hotel in Roseville as they were getting ready, across from the Roseville mall, which made for great interaction amongst all the guys.  The ladies were getting ready at Ashlie’s Aunt’s home.  I wanted to at least blog a few of the wedding images that were shot from that day.  Here are some from that day!

Wedding Photographer:  Charleton Churchill Photography

Make-up: Traci Lynn Makeup Design

Hair:  Robyn Kelley with Selah Salon in Rocklin

Catering: Piatti Ristorante and Bar, Roseville

Cake:  Nugget Market

DJ:  JukeBox Music (Cedric and April Freeman)

Ceremony Venue:  Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Cavitt-Stallman, Loomis;

Reception Venue:  Piatti Ristorante & Bar, Roseville

Grooms & Groomsmen Hotel:  Hyatt Place Roseville

Harpist: Pamela Pamperin

In this image below, some of the engagement shots I took are in nicely placed in these frames. They look pretty cool!

ooops,…is this little boy the next one?

Elegant and Vintage. That’s how I would describe this Valley Springs Wedding on the Watson Ranch. I must have passed several farms and open fields on the way. For those of you who know me, I love open space. Beautiful and simple. Wonderful bridesmaids and handsome groomsmen, all cooperated and stretched themselves this wedding day with me and my photographer’s camera’s in their faces constantly. I met Steve, a man who drove the large tractor out on the field, as well as made all the guys laugh. He almost looked as if he could be part of some mafia with the glasses I lent him and cigarette in his mouth. He told me at the end, he was thinking what in the heck is this photographer making me and guys go out into a dirty field to get photographs. At the end of the day when he saw the photographs, he shook my hand firmly and said that was well worth it! Mitch was a respectful man, a firefighter, a man’s man, who took responsibility of many details of the wedding for his wife to the point that even the bridesmaids were wanting him to be the wedding coordinator for their weddings. However both the bride and groom were relaxed and calm throughout the wedding. Candace was easy to work with and enjoyed laughing and smiling with the bridesmaids. My second photographer and I both had a blast mingling and meeting new people! Thank you Mitch and Candace for allowing us to be a part of your amazing wedding day! Here are some of the images from the wedding!

WEDDING INFORMATION:

Wedding Photographer: Charleton Churchill Photography

D.J.: Sound Extreme

Make up and Hair Stylist: Salon Serenity

Catering AND Cake: Lyla & Sage Bakery and Catering

Venue: Watson Ranch, Valley’s Springs