Aaron Dieppa

This beautiful wedding was held at South Shores Church in Monarch Beach, and the Surf and Sand Resort in Laguna Beach.  Both locations were absolutely gorgeous and were perfect for taking lots of wedding photos.

Kelly and Dustin’s ceremony at South Shores Church was accompanied by live violin and cello music and the cocktail hour and reception that followed were hosted outdoors at the Surf and Sand Resort with a view of the ocean for their guests to enjoy.  You could hear the crashing of the waves below and even smell the ocean from where we were at.

I can’t say enough about how much I enjoyed working with Kelly and Dustin.  It was such a pleasure getting to know them and their families.  If you remember their engagement session earlier this year in Laguna Beach, it’s obvious that the beauty of the ocean is important to them.  And you can see how their wedding was influenced by it with their choice of colors, flowers and location at the Surf and Sand Resort.   And to top it all off they spent a week on the island of Kauai for their honeymoon.

Everything came together wonderfully on their wedding day thanks to an amazing wedding team:

Wedding Planner: Chelsey Dane - Bride-Associates

DJ: Elevated Pulse Pro

Flowers: Jennifer Cole Florals

Cake: Susie Cakes

This wedding was especially meaningful to me because Lisa and Mark are family.  I’m not going to lie, I got kind of emotional during their ceremony.  It was sort of a surreal moment for me to be simultaneously photographing and watching Lisa get married through the lens of my camera.  During the ceremony Lisa’s mother lit a candle in memory of Amanda, Lisa’s sister (and my wife) who battled cancer until 07/19/2005.  I know that she was there with us and shared in the celebration.  Lisa and Mark’s wedding was a beautiful and joyful celebration of love.  Love for eachother, family and friends.  And I feel lucky to have been a part of it in so many ways.

Diane calls Brandon her lobster. If you’ve ever seen the episode of Friends when Phoebe insists that Rachel is Ross’ lobster … then you’ll understand why. You see lobsters are one of the only animals that mate for life. (female readers may now commence the ceremonial “AWWWWW!!”)

My favorite part of photographing Diane and Brandon was watching them interact. Actually to be more specific, my favorite part was watching Brandon watch Diane.  She has such a super bubbly personality and Brandon’s personality is the perfect compliment. And the way he looks at her…you know they were made for each other.  :)

And so without further ado I present to you some of my favorites from their beautiful wedding at Lantern Bay Park in Dana Point.

Sidney and Jon got married in the beautiful St. Denis Catholic Church in Diamond Bar. The interior of the church is breathtaking and provided the perfect backdrop for their wedding ceremony. I can always feel the overwhelming joy coming from the families of the couples whose weddings I photograph and Sidney and Jon’s wedding was no different. It was a beautiful day filled with love and happiness.

After the ceremony was over, everyone went to the Pacific Palms Resort where they were greeted with tray passed hour d’ouvres and live music by Christine Alexandra and Her Jazz Trio.

My friend, and fellow photographer Kim Le joined me for this wedding which was really nice. And when we got to the Pacific Palms Resort with Sidney and Jon all of us hopped into golf carts and drove around the beautiful grounds of the resort stopping along the way to shoot photos. It was a lot of fun! Right Kim!? I wasn’t racing Jon I swear!

Shortly after we rejoined the rest of the guests to photograph the traditional tea ceremony followed by dinner and dancing.

Ceremony: St. Denis Catholic Church
Reception: Pacific Palms Resort

Sidney and Jon’s engagement photos were taken in old town Pasadena and Diamond Bar. Here are some of my favorites: