On September 5th, we were at the Admiral Kidd Catering & Conference Center in San Diego for the ocean view wedding of Evelyn Gutierrez and Michael Hayes.
After Evelyn got ready in the hotel, we zipped over to Balboa Park for the “reveal” where she sneaked up behind Mike by the koi pond and he saw her in her dress for the first time.
It was about 100 degrees outside and even though Evelyn said she was “sweating my balls off“, she was a real trooper while we raced through some quick romantic shots there.
Evelyn had always dreamed of getting a photo of her and her groom in front of the huge blue doors of this particular museum at Balboa Park. But, on this day, when we walked over to it, the doors were opened wide. So, I went inside and sweet talked the guy behind the front desk to allow us to close the big doors for just a minute to catch the shot Evelyn had dreamed of.
Then it was off to Admiral Kidd for the wedding and reception where my second shooter, Shannon Edmonds, and I made the most of the beautiful venue and the equally attractive couple. Some people have asked me if it is important to have a second shooter for a wedding or not (including other wedding photographers). I say “absolutely”. Besides helping with posing and organizing the formal and romantic portraits (which helps them get done much quicker), while I’m at the front at the beginning the ceremony, getting shots of the groom watching the bride approach, like this:
… Shannon was in the back, catching different angles of the same moments like these:
Evelyn and Mike were willing to do just about anything to get some cool shots together including lying down in the grass! Okay… so, it was fake grass, but still…
I just love these next few shots as well…
Click the PLAY icon below to view a slideshow of the highlights from the day.
And, here is a quick video testimonial that Evelyn and Mike graciously offered at the end of the evening:
Congratulations Evelyn and Mike!
