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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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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!

Cassie + Justin, Hyatt Mission Bay, San Diego Wedding Photographer

Cassie and Justin used to be co-workers at the Islands in Mission Valley, while each was in college.  Cassie’s mom went to lunch with Cassie at Island’s one day, and asked about Cassie’s cute co-worker.  ’You should ask him out,’ Cassie’s mom pushed.  Cassie did.  And thus began a relationship that was truly meant to be, pushy moms aside.  Cassie is Brandon’s cousin, so we’ve seen a lot of her.  I remember meeting Justin for the first time at Cassie’s graduation party.  She seemed a little nervous about subjecting him to her very large and very open family.  When he got there, though, she just glowed in his presence.  I wasn’t surprised when we heard about their engagement, and we were thrilled when they honored us by asking us to shoot their September wedding at the Hyatt Regency in Mission Bay.

And now… pictures!  They are such a good looking couple, and there were so many awesome images, I am splitting the pictures into two posts.  So enjoy the first half of their wedding day!





Isn’t Cassie gorgeous?!



It isn’t super obvious, but the bridesmaid on the far right was 38 weeks pregnant!  I was proud of myself for shooting a wedding at 33 weeks pregnant… but she upstaged me by far!
Cassie and her dad are adorable together.

This is unusual processing for me, but I really liked the antique feel of the photo on the left.


Justin was equally good looking.

Some ceremony details:



Cassie was giddy walking down the aisle

Cassie’s mom Gail, the woman responsible for it all!







Married!

Pictures of the happy couple and the reception coming tomorrow!

Jenna and Nick, the Grand Tradition – San Diego Wedding Photographers

Last Sunday, Brandon shot his first wedding of the year.Jenna and Nick first met in high school. He was a senior boy, she a lowly freshman girl.  Years later, they were (appropriately) married on Valentine’s Day, the day of love, at the Grand Tradition in Fallbrook.  Disney-o-philes, they had a Cinderella-blue cake covered in bows and table numbers reminiscent of Disney cartoons.  And naturally, they celebrated their wedding day by going to Disneyland!

The beautiful bride:



Isn’t she stunning?

Some details:

Jenna’s grandmother recently passed away, so when Jenna’s father gave her a hankerchief belonging to her grandmother, she was understandably emotional.








Reception details:

The First Dance!


Jenna slipped into shoes that were a little more comfortable so she could dance up a storm!  DJ Paul Peterson from High Energy DJ got things going.


Matching Disneyland hats, so cute!


My favorite image of the night – Jenna’s face is just priceless!

FAQ: Wedding Albums

Brides frequently ask us about whether they should get an album with their wedding collection, and why they are so expensive.  The answer is a resounding yes, you NEED an album!  While wedding albums through your photographer might be more expensive than something like a Shutterfly book, they are well worth the extra costs.  We use an album company that makes divine handmade albums, with plush leather and thick flush mount pages.  In addition, to better serve our customers (and to help with juggling our family and work), we use professional graphic designers for all albums (check out a few sample pagespreads and an entire album below).  As you can see, your albums are well worth the money – quality items meant to last forever.

You can just see the fantastic print quality – these prints will last your lifetime, as your heirloom wedding album should. The prints are bold and bright, making a lasting impression:

The thick pages and leather binding:

Our wedding albums have “seamless” pages, with no splits in each pagespread:

Here are a couple of spreads from our favorite album designer – albumesque!

Check out the entire album below!