Although Saturdays are still the overwhelming winner as most popular day of the week to get married, we have seen more and more non-Saturday weddings in the past year. (In fact, our own wedding was held on a Friday — last December 4th!) Another trend that continued this year for us, is that October was our busiest month for wedding bookings. We photographed six weddings this October! So, on Friday, October 22nd, we found ourselves at the California Citrus State Historic Park in Riverside for the wedding of Helena Stevens and Jay Hakomaki.

Helena and Jay’s wedding was a very family-focused wedding, with two of Helena’s daughters acting as junior bridesmaids in the bridal party. Jay is a photography enthusiast and appreciates professional photography. Because of that, it was extra important to them that their wedding photography was of high-quality, which made me extra pleased that they liked my work and selected me as their wedding photographer. And, since I had so much fun shooting their engagement session in May, I knew that their wedding day would be a fun one, and it was! Here are some highlights…

On Sunday, May 16th, we had the pleasure of photographing the engagement session of Helena Stevens and Jay Hakomaki at Glen Arbor Park (better known as “the Dog Park”) in Murrieta, California.

The woodsy location was a perfect backdrop, and the sunlight through the trees created some amazing colors!

Rachel and I had a great time working with Helena and Jay. Their pictures look fantastic, and we can’t wait to photograph their wedding this October!