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We are very excited at the studio about one of our favorite weddings from last year being featured in a four page spread in the latest issue of San Diego Style Weddings. We really enjoyed working with Rachel and Adam on their wedding photography at the Coronado Marriott last August. In this great article Rachel Welland of Bliss Events shares her experience getting ready for her wedding day and letting go of the wedding planner state of mind so she can enjoy her own wedding. She also shared her "Do's and Don'ts for a Fabulous Wedding Day".
Make sure to check out the article. It's on newsstands now!
 October is pretty much my favorite month in San Diego...It's still light later into the day, the weather is perfect, the skies are usually clear, and it is nice and busy!!! AnneMarie and Adam probably knew these things when they planned their wedding for October 3 and it proved to be a perfect plan! We started the day at the Grande Colonial Hotel for the preparation which was great because the colors in the room were so complimentary and cool. It's also a great place to do portraits...obviously! They decided to see each other prior to the ceremony so we could maximize our time with them and it was a fun the way they got to see each other for the first time with the vintage car they had rented for the day! After a few portraits with them and the wedding party, and family photos, the ceremony started at the Museum of Contemporary Art - Such a fun place for ceremony and/or reception. With Events By Design at the helm designing and coordinating the evening and Willem-Aidan florals, the wedding reception was hit and everyone got out on the dance floor right away!                       
Happy Halloween, from all of us down here :) Enjoy a safe and fun haunted day :)
What's more ordinary than a sandwich for lunch? In the U.S. maybe not much. This week we visited The Sandwich Emporium on Clairemont Drive and their specialty sandwiches put a delightful twist to the lunch tradition of putting stuff in bread.
The popular choice was the Spicy Julio which included roast beef, pepperjack, avocado, grilled onions, lettuce,tomato, mayo, dijon mustard on a toasted roll. Three out of six of us ordered it and were very happy with it. It was also a very good deal for only $6.49 and for $2 extra you could double the meat for double the happiness.
If you are in the Clairemont area and in need of a delicious sandwich I totally recommend this place.
The wedding of Stephanie and Jonathan! For me, this was an unexpected treat. Steph and Jon had other arrangements for a photographer that, at the last minute, fell through. Steph called me while I was in Monterey for a different wedding, and I'm so glad that I was available for to do their wedding photography. From the beginning, you could tell that this couple cared about enjoying the wedding day. They built the entire day around ensuring their family and friends would thoroughly enjoy themselves. This permeated through down to how they acted throughout their wedding day. Steph and Jon seemed to be in their own little world, and it was so much fun for me to sit back and document it. Jon is a comedy writer for some pretty major shows on TV, and Steph is an actress in the L.A. area. It wasn't hard for me to sit back and watch them entertain each other :) My favorite part of the day was the time alone we had with the two of them. The lighting and location really complimented their unique attire. Their reception was flat out hysterical . . . most to all of the groomsmen are professional comedians, many with Emmy's for the comedy. You can imagine what the toasts were like . . .
It was a beautiful afternoon for a wedding in San Diego. The skies were a rich blue with patches of accent clouds and there was a warm breeze. I was excited to finally get to meet Jessica and Michael, a great couple who flew across the country to exchange their vows and become one on the Hornblower Emerald in the San Diego Bay.
The Emerald left the dock and their ceremony began shortly. The boat cruised through the bay and the sun began to set behind the hilly Point Loma peninsula. Jessica and Michael exchanged vows and rings, then kissed for the first time as husband and wife. It was a magical moment.
Mother nature took out it's finest paint brushes that afternoon and painted the skies in bright blue, orange and purple. Our captain pointed the boat in the right direction and we were able to capture some awesome sunset portraits.
The celebration continued in to the night as we cruised back and forth throughout the San Diego Bay from Point Loma to Coronado.
Congratulations to Jessica and Michael!
NOLA BABY!!!! Chalk up another great New Orleans wedding for the Bauman Photographers team. You probably will not recognize Patricia, but she is actually on our website - she's one of the many Vera Wang covered bridesmaids in the wedding I shot in the Dominican Republic -
This time around, the wedding festivities were all held in or around the French Quarter which is the quintessential New Orleans experience. Melissa Mullen, a friend and fellow wedding photographer from Maine joined me for the experience and we were able to spend lots of quality time around the city.
The whole event began at Broussards where they had a cocktails and dinner - The next night was another awesome cocktail party complete with live music, dancing, and the upstairs of Arnaud's all to ourselves. Everyone loved hanging out on the balcony above Bourbon St.
 
 
   Tricia and Kevin made it so easy on us - they are such a fun couple and have such a quiet yet intense respect and patience for each other and those around them. The wedding prep kicked the day off at Waldorf Astoria's Roosevelt hotel where the flower girls were having tons of fun getting dolled up and taking advantage of the props that would later make their way out to the dance floor that evening.
 After that, Tricia and Kevin had their first sight right in front of the church where they had their ceremony - The Immaculate Conception Jesuit Parish basically it was a breathtaking cathedral the likes of which I've never seen in Southern California. That is the great thing about New Orleans...the history.
We made our way through a nearby hotel and then to the French Quarter for portraits where so much inspiration took place - and as Patricia put it, "it was worth the sweat" 90% humidity will do that...At one point, a few kids ran through the shot which was the best thing that could have happened! Couldn't have been planned better...
            After a beautiful ceremony, we headed to the Roosevelt for the reception. Heading to the reception is half the fun of the wedding - They call it a Second Line and it involves a Police escort, a marching street band, and dancing through the crowded streets. It. is. Awesome. I've found it to be typical with the New Orleans weddings and any wedding where there are Cubans, that the dancing is OFF THE HOOK! they have so much fun and really get into it. What a blast.
This is true on the dance floor at the reception too!
 
 
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