Some couples plan thier weddings for a year or more… others… in no time at all ;o)

Meet Melinda and Mike! Melinda and Mike just booked with us last week for their 2-12 wedding. With not much time to get their engagement session scheduled and done, we jumped right in and were so thankful for a beautiful day to do it!

Mike who works as an elephant trainer at the San Diego Zoo… ok, so yes, there is a job that sounds more fun than mine… popped the question at Christmas and then wedding plans went into fast forward mode for the wedding.

Mike and Melinda brought along some great props to work with on their session and we had a great time working with them around Coronado.

Here are a few of our faves from the session……

M&M’s = Mike & Melinda ;o)

Packer Fans!

We had the best time working with this couple and can’t wait for the wedding day!

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Shadowcatcher Imagery and our sexy little division, Shadow Boudoir will both  be there in booth 522 right down the main entrance aisle on the left.

http://www.bridalbazaar.com/

Hope we see you there!

For those of you who know me well, you know it’s not often I am at a loss for words, quite the opposite. This experience  in my life has touched me in such a way it has me searching for the words to accurately bring the right words to tell this story.

Earlier last year, we were asked by the owners of Los Willows, Cathie and Al Ransom if we would like to participate in giving a wounded warrior and his fiance the wedding of their dreams. After hearing their story and all they had been through, we were so happy to be able to offer our services in any way that we could.

On Thursday December 1st we began our photographic journey with Lance Corporal Josue Barron and his fiance Debbie with  a vintagy feeling homecoming re-creation at the  Flying Leatherneck museum in San Diego.

Here is the link to that Blog post if you missed it….

http://shadowcatcher.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/a-vintagy-homecoming-recreation-e-sesh-for-debbie-and-josue-san-diego-wedding-photographer/

Debbie and Josue never really got to experience the homecoming and  this was a great opportunity for them to have a little of that feeling. It also gave us a great opportunity to get to know these two a little more before their big day. Our local paper picked up on this story and ran an article with all of the details of their story. If you would like to read more about this brave marine and read about what happened to him please follow this link….. - http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/fallbrook/region-fantasy-wedding-set-for-injured-marine-and-his-bride/article_1ba0c337-29fd-5682-8bf3-ed38a5fa659e.html#ixzz1iKaqK68F

Fast forward to the wedding day….. Los Willows, together with an extraordinary team of wedding vendors and friends including us at Shadowcatcher Imagery, pulled together a dream wedding for this fabulous couple valued at near $50,ooo. Our fellow vendors were….. Los Willows, Ranch Event caterers, Pro Sound DJ’s, Shadow Boudoir, Blooming Grace Floral, Black Tie Productions, Marqui Artistry and My Picture Booth. I don’t want to leave out the amazing ladies behind the scenes in the office at Los Willows who I know put so much into this…. Liza, Kendra, Nicole, Shelly, Maneesha, you ladies ROCK!  And Bobby…. who performed the service…. yeah! So many people pulled together to make this event such a success we are proud to be a part of such an amazing group!

When we arrived at Los Willows the day of the wedding, we met Mark “Coach” Soto… what an amazing man! Mark is very involved with trying to maintain focus and attention on wounded veterans. As part of this he had been following Josue and Debbie’s remarkable story from the beginning. If you have a minute, please check out The Day Remembered at http://www.thedayremembered.org/

On to the wedding images!  Los Willows never looked more beautiful! The rain stayed away….. it wouldn’t have dared rain on this day!

Since a picture is worth a thousand words I am going to continue now with the images that we feel captured all the special moments of the day…..

Our handsome  Groom- Lance Corporal Josue Barron and his groomsmen!

Colonel Al Ransom, one of the owners of Los Willows with Josue.

Our bride Debbie with her Dad in the brides room right before she made her way down the aisle.

At Los Willows the bride is chauffeured from her room in a Rolls Royce to the back of the property where a beautiful boat awaits to carry her across the lake making for a most dramatic entrance!

Josue and his Mom entering the ceremony.

Debbie’s entrance as the music played Ave Maria gave you goosebumps!

A champagne cruise around the lake for the new Mr. and Mrs.

Doesn’t she look FABULOUS!

A cathedral veil is always so great for photos!

What better way to invite your guests in for the reception than with a flash mob of Los Willows dancers showing you the way!

The first dance.

The perfect setting for a little alone time.

An amazing  group of Debbie and Josue’s friends from the 3/5

WOW!

Congratulations again Debbie and Josue, we too feel that you are so much more than just “clients” you have touched our hearts and opened our eyes!

Love you guys, and wishing you both the best. We have seen nothing can ever stand in your way!

Heather, Skip and Lori ~ Shadowcatcher Imagery

To view all of the images from the wedding, please visit http://www.shadowcatcher.wordpress.com AFTER February 10th.

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If your bridal party is made up of die hard football fans… YES, a game of bridal party football is always a must!

Congratulations agai Jeannie and Josh, we were so happy to have been a part of such a memorable day! To view all of the images from this wedding please go to http://www.shadowcatcher.photoreflect.com AFTER February 4th Shadowcatcher website- http://www.shadowcatcherimagery.com Email us at~ info@shadowcatcherimagery.com

Today Skip and I had our first engagement session of 2012 with Stacey and Scott. These two are getting married at Los Willows this summer in June!

The day was perfect for a e-sesh, very few people at the cove and perfect weather… who could ask for more?

Here are a few of our faves …

We cant wait to work with these two again at their wedding!

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From The North County Times January 2nd 2012…

Injured Marine Cpl. Josue Barron and Debbie Salazar are receiving a free fantasy wedding package from Fallbrook’s Los Willows Wedding Estate and several vendors. The Jan. 15 event is something the couple dreamed about after the courthouse ceremony they had before Barron deployed in 2010 to Afghanistan, where he lost a leg and an eye to a roadside bomb. Photo courtesy of Shadowcatcher Imagery

Fifteen months after losing a leg and eye to a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, Marine Cpl. Josue Barron will walk down the aisle and marry the woman he met a few months before heading to war.

Barron and Debbie Salazar plan to wed before dozens of friends and family Jan. 15 in a fantasy wedding package valued at close to $50,000 —- provided free by Fallbrook’s Los Willows Private Wedding and Event Estate and several vendors.

“It means a lot,” Salazar said last week. “It’s especially touching, given everything that’s happened.”

Barron, a Los Angeles native, was a rifleman with Camp Pendleton’s 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, which had 25 of its men killed in Afghanistan last year.

More than 140 were wounded during the regiment’s seven-month assignment in the deadly Sangin district of Helmand province. Like Barron, many of the injured became amputees.

Barron was hurt in late October 2010, just days into his first combat deployment, when he went to help a fellow Marine who had fallen in a canal while his unit was on foot patrol. That’s when the bomb —- a type the military calls an improvised explosive device, or IED —- detonated.

“As I was pulling him (the Marine) up, the IED blew up,” Barron, 22, said. “He lost both of his legs and a couple of fingers, and I lost my left leg and my left eye.”

Both Marines were flown to a hospital at Camp Leatherneck and then on to Germany and Bethesda Naval Medical Center, where Barron spent about a month before being transferred in December 2010 to Naval Medical Center San Diego.

He and Salazar had married in a quick courthouse ceremony before Barron deployed, but had vowed to family and friends that they would have a more traditional wedding after he returned from Afghanistan.

“Our honeymoon was at the hospital in Bethesda,” Salazar said.

When the owners of Los Willows, retired Marine Col. Al Ransom and his wife, Cathie, learned of the couple’s story, they and several of their regular vendors decided to provide the dream wedding.

“There isn’t enough we can do for these young troops that put their lives on the line,” Cathie Ransom said. “What is truly inspiring is how these magnificent wounded warriors have stood and faced their injuries.”

In September, Barron and Lt. Cameron West, a platoon leader from the same battalion who also lost a leg in a roadside bombing, arranged a lunch at Los Willows with Salazar.

“She said it would be amazing if they could get married there,” West recalled of that gathering.

A few minutes later, Barron presented Salazar with flowers and proposed again. She readily accepted and learned the wedding would take place at Los Willows.

West —- whose path to recovery was featured in the North County Times in February 2011 —- was one of the first to greet Barron when he arrived at Naval Medical Center San Diego.

The two didn’t know each other, but Barron had served in the platoon led by one of West’s best friends, 1st Lt. Robert Kelly, who was killed in fighting in Afghanistan in November 2010.

“I went and saw him as soon as I could get in the wheelchair and get to his room,” West recalled. “He was pretty banged up, and we went through a lot of rehab together, and that kindled a pretty good friendship. He’s an awesome guy.”

In October, the two competed as hand cyclists in the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C. In a couple of weeks, West will serve as Barron’s best man.

Like West, Barron continues to receive treatment for his injuries as an outpatient.

“I’m doing pretty good,” Barron said. “I’m really looking forward to the wedding, and we’re going to have a lot of other wounded warriors there as well as some of our therapists.”

Salazar said the wedding, food, drink, music, photography and other amenities —- provided by Los Willows, Ranch Event caterers, Pro Sound DJ’s, Shadowcatcher Imagery, Blooming Grace Floral, Black Tie Productions, Marqui Artistry and My Picture Booth —- are far beyond what she had envisioned.

“I wasn’t expecting this at all,” Salazar said. “It’s even more special, because for a while we didn’t know if he would be able to overcome his depression, which he has, and if we would live a normal life again.”

There’s something else she has long wanted, Salazar said.

“Having him see me in a white wedding dress has always been my dream.”

Read more: http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/fallbrook/region-fantasy-wedding-set-for-injured-marine-and-his-bride/article_1ba0c337-29fd-5682-8bf3-ed38a5fa659e.html#ixzz1iKaqK68F

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Today Skip and I got to have some time out of the office and enjoy a beautiful afternoon with Jennifer and Adam! Jennifer and Adam are getting married at Los Willows next summer. They currently reside in Texas and were back in California for the Holiday!

They brought along their sweet little Dachshund who is just 5 months old and……. ADORABLE! YES… you can bring your furry babes along to the session… but YES… I will be super distracted wanting to play with your pup the entire session ;o)

Here are a few faves from the session…….

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Today we were out at Los Willows for our last wedding of 2011. Today was Vannessa and Ryan’s wedding day and it was SPECTACULAR!

Their theme of Old Hollywood glam was soooo beautiful!We were so excited to be there to capture all of  these amazing details and sp[ecial memoires!

Here are a few of our faves from the day……

Here comes the Groom!

LOVED these centerpieces, sooooo Hollywood Glam!

Photo Booths can be so much fun at the wedding, AND a great place to hide… until your photographer finds you!

The 1929 Durant Vannessa and Ryan had for their Get Away Car, fit the theme beautifully and gave us some amazing photo ops!

Congratulations again Vannessa and Ryan, your wedding was fabulous and we are so happy to have been a part of  it!

To view all of the images from this wedding, please go to http://www.shadowcatcher.photoreflect.com AFTER January 12th.

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