Maria and Mike - san diego, ca

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i remember driving back from san diego after having dinner with maria and mike thinking that there are not enough hours in the day to describe this couple, their family and this wedding day! ! maria is the first of her generation to get married so karen and i, needless to say, were prepared to photograph the wedding of the decade!


this wedding was filled with “old school” traditions, charm,

class with the fun, energy and hip fashion of today’s generation. . from the moment we arrived to the moment we said good night the bride was glowing,

filled with love, emotion, joy and 100% pure energy. the couple loves fashion and we celebrated this throughout the day with our photography! they let us do our thing unscripted, unplugged.

i can not even begin to highlight the day within the time of this post. what does come to mind is a moment that was a turning point in my career. after spending sometime with the bride and groom FAMILIA was a huge part of their day of celebration and a moment that embodied this was photographing maria’s bridal portrait in her parents master. after photographing a few frames and wanting to share my excitement and joy that the bride was so radiant on film i showed maria an image of her.

she viewed the image on the back of my camera and was overcome with emotion that she shed a tear. her reaction overwhelms me to this day.

poignant moments only became more vivid from then on.

from the father walking his princess down the aisle,
to having over 400+ people holding hands in prayer,

to the groom pumping his fists in the air after saying i do,

to an amazing editorial shoot with a 22 person bridal party,

to the extremely passionate and loving embrace after the 1st dance,

to the mother son dance that brought on a joyful laugh from being surrounded by a swarm of family,

to the march to the cake during the tarantella was definitely full of life…you almost had to be a paparazzi to keep up with them,

to a romantic “make-out session” in a old classic olds… one of our favorite “signature” images to date.


maria and mike… there are not enough hours in the day to describe this couple, their family and their wedding day...however, just ask me or karen anytime and we’ll both give you more than an ear full.

siete veramente bravi!
grazie mille

-joey




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