With our last wedding of 2009 right around the corner, we are taking just a moment  out of our busy schedule to wish you all a very special and happy holiday! We want to thank all of our fabulous clients for making 2009 a year to remember. It was wonderful being a part of your special days, and capturing those moments that will last a lifetime! We are truly blessed and thankful for all of you!

We are planning on ending the year with a little time off for us to spend some time with our family and friends. We will be working a light studio schedule with just a few sessions scheduled from December the 20th to January 4th. We will be answering emails and phone calls, but might not be getting back to you as quickly as we usually do.

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Monday Dec. 7th

Skip and I went out to Los Willows tonight…. not for a wedding or interview, but for a Christmas Party! Los Willows first! And we had the best time ever! As you have seen on our Blogs, we do a lot of weddings out at Los Willows, we are their #1 recommended photographer and were just thrilled that they invited us to be a part of the party!Of course we brought along our cameras to capture the event ;o)

It was so much fun partying with the people we work so hard with all year long. So great to see all of the behind the scenes people, out on the dance floor having a great time! We were treated to an amazing Mexican dinner catered by Ranch… sooo  yummy! I dont know why couple never choose this  option for their weddings, the Carnitas were so authentic… yumm! Everything was great, we all ate like we had been starved for months! Alex DJ’d the evening and kept the party moving. The owners of Los Willows, Cathy and Al wowed us all with their smooth moves on the dance floor.. these are two of the most amazing people in the world… such a warm hearted, genuine, fun loving couple. Their warm hearts reflect so perfectly the feeling you get at Los Willows. And I could never forget to mention Lizza, the head coordinator there, her sunny smile pulls together every event.. and was not missing here… beautiful job Liza!

And a BIG Shadowcatcher thank you to all of our friends/family at Los Willows, we are all so thankful to be a part of your family.

Here are a few teasers from the evening……

Our wonderful Dj… Alex with is new equipment… nice!

We had a spot all set up for Christmas pictures and I couldn’t resist getting a picture with a couple of my favorite  LW ladies, Shannon who tends a wicked bar and one of the fabulous coordinators Gail…. I love these two!

Heres Cathy and Al- Owners of Los Willows!

Coordinators Gail and Debbie… Happy Birthday Debbie!

Lead coordinator Liza the lady that makes all the magic happen with Al.

Coordinator Deborah with DJ Alex.

Al leads the party through Y.M.C.A… nice job Al!

Deborah and her hubby swing dancing!

Thank you Los Willows…. we are so thankful for all of you! Merry Christmas!

Sunday November 29th-

Today Skip and I went down to San Diego to meet Jen and Mark for their engagement session. We had an amazing plan on some really great spots to shoot at, but unfortunately our couple hit some major traffic on their way down and we lost 5o much-needed minutes of light.  But… knowing how to do what we do, we were able to turn it around and get some really fun images… really fast!

Jen and Mark are getting married next month at the Hotel Del, in a winter themed wedding that sounds absolutely stunning… we can’t wait!

Here are a few of our faves……

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Saturday November 21st

Today Skip and I were on our own.. no assistants… missed you girls! We were at the Richland Schoolhouse in San Marcos for Laurel and Ed’s wedding. This is a venue that we have always wanted to work at… so beautiful, and so much history… we love that, it’s so inspirational!

Laurel and Ed’s day couldnt have been more perfect! We got to work again with our fave florist Bethany from Splendid Sentiments… here floral artistry always just wows us! And we also had a chance to meet and work with Opal from Allies party rentals.. what a ball of fire she is! Opal had everything running beautifully and on time all day!

One of my favorite things about the day was that due to the early sunset 4:40 pm we had a chance to work with our bride and groom right after the ceremony instead of  doing the groups first and then doing the bride and groom alone. It had such a different feeling.. these two were so giddy and off in their own amazing place together, I felt a little intrusive taking pictures, but honestly… I dont think they even noticed me ;o)

So… here are a few of our faves from the day…..

I love this generational shot! The similarities are amazing!

Some people can really work a dance floor!

Congratulations again Laurel and Ed…. it was an honor to be a part of your day!

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This just in the Shadowcatcher mailbox from our Bride Dolly, her session is the blog just below this….

Thank you Dolly, you made our day!

<<Heather those pictures are so beautiful..I really love that the both of you took these pictures I’m tearing up because I’m just so excited looking at them.  You guys are wonderful, we are absolutely blessed to have met you.  Thank you so much.>>

Tuesday November 18th

Today we got to do one o our very favorite types of sessions.. the post wedding Bride and Groom session.

No timelines to follow, no coordinators reminding us we need to hurry… ahhhh bliss ;o)

We met Dolly and Juan about a year ago now, they interviewed us to be their wedding photographers. Skip and I were both kind of sad when we didnt hear back from them after the interview.. well fast forward to almost a year later and I got an email from Dolly saying that they never did the big wedding they had planned, but bought a house instead and got married at the courthouse Dolly said she and Juan still wanted to do some wedding photos and wanted to do them with us… ahhh yes, they did love us!

We had a great time working with them at Balboa Park… here are a few of our faves…..

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Since we didnt have any weddings this weekend… it was a great time to get in some family sessions!

On Saturday we did….

Kimberly and her family in La Jolla…

Then it was back to the studio for a session with Katy, Mike and Avery… they did one of our Rockin Rockwell scenes for their Christmas cards!

Then Sunday…. we Jasmine and Wes’s family session at the park…..

And last… we finished up the weekend with Stacy and her family out in Cardiff…..

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For the month of November only, we are bringing back our 2008 Holiday Family Portrait sesh… at 08 prices

Your session will include- A half hour in studio family session, with one of our signature Rockwellesque scenes, these make amazing Holiday cards! A private on-line viewing gallery for six months. Your choice of (2) 5×7 or (1) 8×10 and 15 retouched websized images. All for $125.

We will have a limited amount of openings for these sittings, so please book your session early to avoid missing out.

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Saturday November 7th 2009
Carrie and Mark found us through one of our Shadow Alum Brides Diane whose wedding we shot a few years ago. From Diane’s wedding came, Helena…. Shannon… and then Carrie.
When we first met Carrie and Mark we knew they were going to be a really fun couple to work with. They had some really fun and creative ideas for their photography… and we were just the team to capture that!

We got off to an early start and met our assistants Janelle and Veronica at the ship. Veronica and I headed out to find Carrie while Skip and Janelle met Mark and his family for all of his “before” images.

The day couldnt have been more fun… we worked that ship from one end to the other getting some really great off the wall.. out of the box images. Carrie and Mark hired NR3 as their video team, and as always it was absolutely amazing working with them. I love, love, love it when photography and video can work as a team, the results are priceless!

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

Congratulations Carrie & Mark… it was sooo much fun working with you guys!

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If you have a minute, hop on over to the Shadow Boudoir Blog and vote in our Pin-Up session give away! There are 2 ladies there with two amazing stories, and we can only have one winner… we need your help!

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