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A FABULOUS year in Weddings, Engagements & more!

Here at YStudio we take great pride in serving our clients in the San Francisco Bay Area with gorgeous portraiture.  Be it a newborn, graduation, birthday, wedding or a lifestyle session, we dedicate ourselves to YOU and we dedicate ourselves to the celebration!  

2011 was a very difficult year for many, but we are grateful to all of the fabulous people we photographed last year and we wanted to share a glimpse of some of our favorite moments in 2011.  We wish everyone health, happiness, prosperity, and most importantly …. L O V E!  And thank you for sharing your precious moments with us!

Cathy & Ray – A Celebration of God and Love

 

Congratulations again to Cathy & Ray Hawthorne….a FABULOUS couple indeed, we think you will agree! More sneaks from the photo shoot as well coming soon!

 

 

We met Cathy and her lovely mother Verdie at the Claremont Resort & Spa bridal faire hosted by Modern Bridal which we exhibited at earlier this year. And we were ecstatic when Cathy contacted us to photograph and videotape her wedding. I haven’t shot a wedding at the Claremont in some time and I was looking forward to her day with great anticipation. The ceremony location was uber fabulous and I recommend highly to any bride looking for a church in Oakland, to consider the great historic First Presbyterian Church. I knew her day was going to be amazing! Boy was that an understatement.

We were honored to have met most of the families the night before at the church reception and on the day of it flowed very nicely. We would also like to thank Frank and Herb of Red Lily Studios on our first video collaboration together, they did an awesome job with the fusion and sneak peek, and more will follow! Stay tuned for the Highlight Film of the entire day.

We’d like to send a heartfelt congratulations and thanks to Cathy, Ray, and the entire family for making us feel like part of the family, and for choosing us to cover their ever so important milestone! Cheers to the happy couple! Can’t wait to hear about your Hawaiian Honeymoon! Aloha!

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Bridal Makeup Nechelle Turner
Church First Presbyterian Church, Oakland, CA
Florists Lyal Nikals Floral Design, San Leandro, CA
Reception Claremont Resort & Spa, Berkeley, CA
Cake Wedding Cakes by Katrina Rozelle, Oakland, CA
Chair Covers Especially Yours Chair Coverings – Beverly Yip
DJ/Emcee DJ Renee Ortiz, Vacaville, CA
Photography YStudio Photography, El Cerrito, CA
Video Red Lily Studios, Frank Perez and Herb Wolfe

CONTEST – Telling stories of love

HELP THEM WIN!!!

We are currently running a contest on Facebook, and here is how YOU can help these couple win something NICE! See below for details. Make sure you scroll to the bottom of this post and leave a comment naming your favorite couple! The couples are all having fun playing this game! Contest ends Friday, March 18th!

Have fun!

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As a San Francisco Bay Area and Hawaii wedding and lifestyle photographer, I love what happens when I meet my clients, hear about their stories, how they met, how they became engaged, family traditions, cultures and their dynamics. I also relish in hearing about special locations couples love to visit and why it means so much to them. If it means so much to them, it has to mean something special to me because this is my canvas, this is where I begin to tell…..their wedding story.

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I love that each one of our Wedding Collections includes the Engagement Session , these are essential sessions for my couples as it helps them to see themselves in a whole new light, and I love the extra time we have to get to know each other. Telling stories of LOVE through photography are nothing if they don’t speak out about the couple and their love for each other. Embracing all of these elements will produce a lovely wedding/engagement album which will become heirlooms and one of the most cherished things a bride will possess.

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Gone are the days that one hires their photographer to simply take photos, couples today are hiring wedding photographers to help them tell their story from the engagement session to the wedding day and beyond. To our FABULOUS couples….stay tuned, you will soon receive news on how you can win a fine art piece from your engagement session!

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Photography is one of the most important investments within your wedding planning. If you are not sure where to start, connect with our studio, we would love to speak with you!

See our CURRENT photo contest at Facebook! And be sure to post a comment for your favorite couple! Good luck everybody!



San Francisco Wedding Photojournalism

Often at weddings one only sees the obvious, one usually looks for what is there, as wedding photo journalists we strive constantly to do this, but we also strive to go a step further. Yes, we capture the moments that our clients expect, and those that are the standard, but often, we capture moments in between. The instances that involve family, guests, and even the bride and groom themselves.

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With this approach in mind, our clients come home after a wonderful honeymoon and shortly thereafter are presented with the wedding day from a different perspective. It is thrilling to see the reactions from our clients as they watch their slide show for the very first time. Usually there are tears of joy, giggles, and heartfelt laughter when they see their new spouses in anticipation of the ceremony, grandparents getting funky on the dance floor, a glimpse of their beautiful flower girl blowing out the candles on the wedding cake table, or an image of the bride’s father seeing his little girl for the first time in her wedding gown.

These are the moments that are usually observed by us as wedding photo journalists. It’s not about the obvious, it’s about anticipating what is about to happen, and following the moments that lead to that very instance. Another great reason why my husband and I make it a point to become well acquainted with our clients, their families, wedding party, their traditions, cultures, and yes, dynamics. We often direct our clients in our secret approach and this usually allows for an unobtrusive and smooth work flow on what is a hectic and emotional day.

We would like to share images from our recent and past work that shows the wedding photography from another perspective, our very own. We relish in capturing these moments and freezing time just for our clients. These moments are dear, these moments are there and these moments are cherished wholeheartedly forever and ever.

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If you are currently seeking your wedding photographers, we would LOVE to “connect” with you, and meeting you to hear how we can assist in telling your wedding story. You can also find us on Facebook


Thanks for a GREAT year in Weddings!

 

We are so blessed in having the opportunity of working with all the fabulous couples we captured in 2010, here are just a few of our favorites!  Cheers! And may you all have a Married First Christmas!

There is something magical about arriving to the bride’s home and finding her dress hanging there in the window,  a lovely way to display light, love, and beauty!

Looking for a wedding photographer? Connect with YStudio Photography, we would LOVE to hear from you. You can also find us at Facebook




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