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    Hi, welcome to our blog! We are Julia and Brandon Williams, a husband and wife team based in San Diego. Thank you for taking time to look at our work! Our blog documents our wedding and engagement work, as well as our personal life - including (but not limited to) travel, dogs, and our new baby Alex.

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Tammy + Eming, Tea Ceremony, San Francisco Wedding Photographer

Tammy and E-ming didn’t just have a wedding… they had a wedding extravaganza, and we were lucky enough to shoot (almost) all of it!  Tammy and E-ming were legally married in city hall in San Francisco on the appropriately auspicious day.  Since it fell in the middle of the week, they had TWO other wedding ceremonies (in addition to myriad other wedding activities).  We’ll be blogging other parts of their weddings (yep, more than one!) over the next few days.  First up, they had a small ring exchange, followed by the tea ceremony, at Tammy’s parents’ house in San Francisco, on a beautiful sunny day.  While the ring exchange wasn’t a “formal” ceremony, it had just as much (if not more) emotion.  The light at Tammy’s parents house was simply divine, the excitement was palatable, and gave everything this amazing bright feel.  I don’t think we could have asked for a nicer SF day.  Stay tuned for more!


Alex, 4 months Old

I have two sets of four month “portraits.”  On Saturday, we dressed Alex up in his little Christmas outfit – for what was likely the last time ever.  Since no one can rock the argyle/plaid combo like Alex, I grabbed the camera for some quick pics.  It was almost dark out, and our house lighting was less than ideal (and we were already running late), so I knew the “formal” four month pics would have to wait.  We managed to squeeze in his real four month pics Sunday afternoon.  I know there are so many photos, too many photos, but its just so HARD to narrow them down!  The range of faces Alex makes, the way he shows excitement, the big gummy smile… I just want to share everything with everyone.  To my little man: I love you more than words can express, and I am constantly amazed at how I love you more each and every day.

First, the real portraits!  Raise your hand if you are excited:



But Alex decided after a few that he was really more excited about his toy.

The argyle sweater vest. My fashionable little man:)

Daddy got behind me and made funny faces and noises… Alex liked:
But of course, at the end (like all true models), he ended up playing it cool!

Amie + Victor, San Diego Wedding Photographer

Another one of my ‘i’m REALLY catching up this time!’ posts! Early last summer, I shot Amie and Victor’s wedding with Emily.

Amie and Victor held their ceremony and wedding at her father’s home in San Marcos. The backyard was amazing – totally meant for entertaining! They had the awesome Natalie there to make sure everything ran smoothly. In addition to their wedding coordinator, they had a DJ AND a band, who were both amazing. Even better? The circulated hors d’oeuvres, which were absolutely delicious (so delicious I kept making the servers stop so I could take pictures of the food… then snag one. Hey, I was pregnant and constantly starving!) And even better than that? The bride and groom! While Amie seemed really nervous earlier in the day, I could see her relax after she saw Victor – she just basked in Victor’s presence.

The ringbearer was adorable!

And the groomsmen were some of my favorite ever – just hilarious. Like neverending jokes, kung-fu fighting, having such a good time hilarious that I was laughing and crying while trying to take their photos.

Look at the butterflies!  This went off much better than the previous wedding where the couple had released butterflies… but we’ll get there (someday, hopefully before the summer!)

Mmmm…see… delicious food!

Molli + Noah Wedding, La Jolla Women’s Club, San Diego Wedding Photographer

As the storms rolled through last Saturday, there was at least one couple who was taking it all in stride.  Molli and Noah had the most awesome attitude about the rain and windy weather on their wedding day, held at the La Jolla Presbyterian Church and the La Jolla Women’s Club.  Molli and Noah had their first date under unusual circumstances, after an incident with water and her phone… which should have clued us all in to that water would then be apart of their wedding day!  Molli and Noah’s first date, set up by a friend, was supposed to be at a Gordon Biersch Brewery.  Molli was supposed to confirm the date first with a phone call. But – due to her dropping her phone in the water while getting a pedicure – she couldn’t make the call.  As luck would have it, Noah decided to go anyways – just on the off chance that she would be there.  She was.  And they both described it as love at first sight!  As time passed, the relationship grew, until they approached the point in the relationship that Noah knew he was going to propose.  Noah planned a big trip to Santa Monica, with the intent of proposing under the fireworks, but what he hadn’t planned on was his impatience in his desire to propose.  While sitting at the top of the ferris wheel on the Santa Monica Pier, he popped the question.  And (as the pictures below illustrate) we all know the answer!  Molli and Noah – I know only Brandon shot your wedding, but I can see from your wedding images that you two are truly in love!  We wish you wonderful honeymoon in Spain and all the best in life together.



DJ Sunset Sound Productions got the first dance started.

CASSIE + JUSTIN part 2, Hyatt Mission Bay, San Diego Wedding Photographer

As I promised yesterday, here is the second part of Cassie and Justin’s wedding!

They had a signature cocktail consisting of something green (and from what I heard, yummy, although I did not partake)

While I couldn’t partake in the signature cocktail, they also had a candy bar, which I partook in…. profusely!

The amazing cake (and groom’s cake)

Cassie and Justin had an awesome entrance, complete with a line of high-fives!


Midway through the first dance, they broke into a choreographed dance celebrating the 90’s (think the running man, set to ‘Poison’ by BBD)


The toasts were super emotional

Cassie danced with her father…then her mother… then her stepfather… and combined, I think I saw more tears then i’ve ever seen at a wedding!

And I can’t believe i’m showing this, but you can clearly see ME, giant and pregnant (check out the swollen cankles! I had real shoes, but I had to switch to sandals because my feet swelled up so badly)

While Brandon was taking that picture, I was capturing this moment:

The rest of the night was filled with fun and dancing!



Some final details:

Congratulations Cassie and Justin!