Thursday July 2nd
Today we got to do a Destination Wedding almost right in our own backyard! A destination for us… no… but YES for Christie and Doug!
Christie and Doug are from North Carolina and did some long distance planning to make their Ponte Winery happen. It was such luck that Christie found us. She was looking for a hair stylist online and found one of our fav stylists Tara from Studio 158. Tare and Christie hit it off right from the start with their shared love of horses and Tara happened to ask Christie if she had a photographer. She didn’t, and Tara recommended us right away! We have worked quite a bit in the past with Tara, doing a beautiful bridal session with Tara and her Fresian Horse out at Los Willows earlier this year.
We arrived at Ponte and were kind of surprised how really hot it was out there.. summer has hit for sure! The getting ready rooms were nice and cool though and by the time we hit Here Comes The Bride time… a beautiful cooling breeze was blowing through the vineyard!
We had an amazing day with Christie and Doug, we have known them for such a short time, but these two are the type of people that you can easily feel close too! The winery was beautiful, this is a really amazing place for a wedding! We got some really fun shots in the barrel room and some Shadowcatcher Classics out in the vineyard as well. It was also so nice to see Karon from Ponte again. Karon is the wedding magician out at Ponte, and the better half of Michael, the genius behind CAKE, the Temecula valley newsletter.
Sometimes you just can’t help getting in on the pictures ;o)
Christie and Doug… it was such a pleasure getting to know and work with you both!
Congratulations!
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Amazing Jobs. Thanks so much. Love the style, can’t wait to see the rest.
Heather and Skip,
Thank you soooo much for all that you did to help make the day what it was. You were wonderful, kind and patient, I cant thank you enough. The pics are such a tease and I look so pretty! Thank you! I have never felt or honestly believed that I could look so beautiful and with your help and Taras you made it happen. I wish I could share you with the world. You both are amazing and thank you for capturing all the splendid chaos. Now I get to see my wedding through everyone else’s eyes. There is sooo much gratitude and with my trouble with words its hard for me to share the gratitude I feel. All I can say is thank you for making my wedding a dream come true. Best to you both and thank you for being such wonderful people. I hope someday our paths cross again.
Fondly,
Christie Schulte
Doug great pictures! Wish we could of been their. We have a present for the both of you. Hope you are enjoying every moment you to have with one another! Congrats!
Tracy Priest
Doug, you look so handsome and your bride is beautiful!! Wishing you all the best!! Tammy & Daryl