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Right above this post you will see Chris & Jen’s “Twitters” Twitter’s website describes itself as a service for friends, family and co-workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?

And frequent they are! We update our twitters several times a day, and have found it a GREAT way to share the fun, interesting, and sometimes crazy things that happen throughout the day that aren’t big enough for a blog post of their own. There are often times links in our twitters that will share a quick photo we snapped on our phone of what’s going on as well. You can scroll through our recent twitters by clicking the “read more” button below each twitter, OR you can follow us directly by heading over to the twitter website and signing up for your own free account! You can read and upate your own twitter from the web, or send and receive updates through text messaging on your phone!

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Last night Jen and I had a chance to go out on a date.  What is a date??  Can someone please tell me what that is?  Give you a hint on how long its been since we have gone on a date.  Our good friends Ben and Lauren offered to watch our kids for us and we took them up on the offer.  On top of going out, I wanted to get Jen’s wedding ring fixed.  It had broke about a year ago and she hasn’t been able to wear it since.  I even bought her a replacement ring for the time being but it just wasn’t the same.  On Tuesday I went over to Kenny G’s Jewelry store and was referred by another good friend of ours Angela cause her dad, Fred, works there and will give you a honest quote and truly help us out.  He did just that.  Not only was I able to give him the ring on Tuesday, he had the ring fixed and looking so much better by Thursday!!!!  THURSDAY!!!  That is crazy service.  So before we went to dinner, I wanted to take Jen over to get her ring, but little did she know that I was going to propose to her all over again and ask if she would Re-marry me again and renew our vows for our 15 year wedding anniversary.  So we get the ring, it looks amazing but before Jen puts it on, I grab the ring from her and tell her “just hold on a sec I have something for you”

I give my point and shoot camera to Fred  and ask if he can take a few pictures of this.  Jen still doesnt have a clue whats going to happen.  So I have the ring in my hand and I tell her ” so I have something for you and its something I have been wanting to give you.  babe you are a awesome wife, a terrific mom to our children, you complete me in every way and I am so blessed to have you in my life.  And I know when i proposed to you 12 years ago it was nothing romantic or fancy, but I want to give you that”  So i got down on one knee in front of her and I’ll admit i almost started crying cause she was tearing up.  I got down on one knee and had the ring in my hand and asked her “babe will you re marry me again and re new our vows on our 15th anniversary?”  She said yes!!!  I was worried there for a second.  NOT!!!  One of the ladies in the store that worked there starting crying, Fred gave us a huge hug, and the night was great and Jen’s ring looks fantastic.  We went and enjoyed a nice dinner together, and then came back home and had a great night visiting with Ben and Lauren till like 1:30am which we love cause when you have great conversation going on, you don’t want to stop. I am truly a blessed man with a great wife and I cant wait to grow old with her and continue our journey together.

THANK YOU SO MUCH BEN AND LAUREN FOR WATCHING OUT KIDS AND GIVING US A AWESOME DATE NIGHT, AND ANGELA THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REFERRING YOUR DAD TO HELP US GET JEN’S RING FIXED!!  HE IS A  AMAZING PERSON!!   Here are the pictures from the proposal.

This is where i was telling her how much I loved her and how special she is to me.

The ring placement.

The kiss.  I like that!! 

Have a great day everyone!

Chris

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Oh my gosh can I say that this wedding was so dang fun.  Zack & Sarah know how to have fun, and so do their wedding party- fo sho!!  When Jen and I photographed their Engagement session last year,  we wished we could photograph their wedding the next day, because these two were SO FUN.  Zack has a sense of humor like me. (which is scary but very cool and probably why we connect and get along so well)  Just saying   And Sarah is gorgeous and her style is so cool.  Jen and I started the day going our separate ways, as I dropped Jen off at the salon where Sarah was getting her hair and make-up done, and I took off to meet up with the guys at Greg’s house (one of the groomsmen).  Now I show up to the guys house and I see turtleneck sweaters on the table and immediately i say “NO WAY”.  A few months back when we met up with them at our house Zack had a idea for all of his guys to get into old school turtle neck sweaters and have fun taking cheezy photos like we all had in elementary school, well that’s what we did and it as SO funny!!  Not only did they wear turtleneck sweaters, all they could find were women’s sweaters so they fit super snug.  HAHAHAHAH  I still laugh when I think about it.

Ok, back to the wedding…

It was a awesome day.  We got to Granite Bay Golf Club and I got the guys into their room to hang out and chill and went to go see Sarah, and I was FLOOOOOOORRRREEEDDDD!!!!  She looked stunning!!!  From the start of the day, everything was amazing.  From the special handshake Sarah’s Dad and Zack incorporated into the ceremony when Dad gave Sarah to Zack, to seeing Zack cry when Sarah walked down the isle, to the touching toasts and speeches and first dances, it was an amazing day!!

Zack & Sarah enjoy your blog post and we can’t wait to show you the rest of your awesome wedding day photos soon!!

OK so remember when I told you the guys wanted to wear those awesome turtle neck sweaters…….yah this is just one of the many shots we took.  So funny.

BLING BLING – RING RING

This was a cool idea.  Each of the bridesmaids wrote her name on the bottom of Sarah’s shoe.  The tradition says that at the end of the night, which ever name is darkest, that girl will have good luck through the coming year.  So the question is, Sarah….. who’s name was darkest at the end of the night???

So Lovely!!!

Right before the ceremony a proud dad smiling and waiting to walk down the isle with his daughter.

So here is Sarah and her dad walking down the isle………..

and this was Zack’s reaction to seeing Sarah for the first time that day!!

Love this moment!  Zack was whispering something to her right before the ceremony started.

The Kiss!!!!

LOVE.THIS!!!!!

and THIS!!!!

I love this moment.  Sarah was doing a short speech and thanking everyone that made their day happen.  She looked over at Zack and just was so happy that she could call him her husband.

Party time!!!

Would you like to see all the photos from this wedding once they are ready? Go to their gallery now!

Have a great day everyone!

Chris

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The other day I was sitting at my computer working, and started thinking about all of the great people that Jen and I are surrounded by in this amazing industry.  Pros that really care about sharing with others their trademarks, and know how and not holding back on that.  One person in particular is Colin Michael.  Jen and I meet Colin back a few years ago and he has become a great friend to us.  There is so much that he has shared with us that we now implement into our business that we are truly grateful.  I have had the opportunity more then a few times to be able to help out Colin at a few weddings and engagement sessions over the last 2 years and I learn something new each time.  Colin has a serious talent in photography and he is by far one of the best when it comes to using flash.  He makes it look effortless.  A few weeks ago I got a email from him asking if I was available to help him with a engagement shoot in downtown Sacramento, and I was stoked.  I didn’t photograph much this time around but that is totally cool.  I like to hold light stands and just watch Colin do his thing.  I am very fortunate to meet all these great photographers and like I said before, Colin is one amazing photographer and great friend.  I was able to shoot a few pictures of his couple Laura and Nick while helping him out.  Check out Colin Michal’s work when you all get a chance.

Haven’t we all heard that comment before?  I came across a great article today that addressed just this. Not written by a wedding photographer, but by an amateur photographer, who tagged along at a wedding with 2 wedding photographers, and learned just what goes into wedding photography.

Now I know that our wonderful blog readers, and clients understand the importance of hiring a seasoned professional photographer to memorialize the important memories of their wedding day.  So if our blog readers, and clients understand the importance of hiring a professional, why post this?  Because maybe you know a friend or loved one who is getting married and you’ve heard them say this.

The wedding photos after all, are often times, the only memories a bride and groom has to remember their day through.  The day is such a blur of activity and emotion, it’s often hard to remember any of it.  At least that’s the way it worked for Chris and I!

Please take a moment to go and read the article Pros of Hiring a Pro

What are your thoughts on this topic?  Would love to start a discussion in the comments below!

Have a great day everyone!

Jen

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Last weekend I met up with one of the coolest kids EVA!!!  His name is Erick and this kid was DA BOMB!!!!!  One of the coolest things I noticed about him even before I met him was a question he answered on the questionnaire we send out to our clients to get a better idea of their personality.  The question on our questionnaire was “Introduce me to yourself, your likes, dislikes, joys, fears, hobbies, what you enjoy doing in your free time, etc.” Erick Answered ” I’m a pretty simple. I enjoy video games, music (almost everything except country), mainly alternative rock, I enjoy Hockey. I am new to learning the guitar, but enjoy it. I believe in non-conformity when it comes to high school social aspects. I don’t follow, I tend to do my own thing.” LOVE THAT!!!!  Already I was stoked to photograph him.  We met up at my house and drove around to some  cool places in Old Roseville.  From the beginning Erick was awesome to chat with, and by the end of the session we were joking around and having a good time.  One of the coolest things that happened while I was photographing him, A young woman walked by on the phone, stopped, and asked Erick ” what are you getting photos taken for?’  He replied “senior portraits”.  The woman replied back ” cool I think your very cute” and then walked on.  That was so awesome.

Enough talking,  time to show Erick rocking it out!!!

Meet Erick.  This kid is so rad!!

Last week we met up with Chris & Madelyn to photograph their engagement session in Fair Oaks.  We met them a few years back at our church while  Jen and I were working in the High School Ministry.  They are super cool and laid back people.  Chris is a good friend of mine, and he shares the love for photography too.  When they had contacted us a few months ago to see if we would be interested in photographing their wedding day we got excited.  The session went very well and these two were a blast to photograph.  Chris & Madelyn enjoy your teaser and we cant wait to show you the rest of your photos.

Meet Chris & Madelyn.

Love that!!!

Seriously look at the AIR Chris got.  Holy smokes!!!

OHHHHHHH SOOO GOOD!!!!

Love this too!!!

So they were trying to pull each other on the swings to kiss.  Here’s the start.

Getting closer……..you can do it…….

BAM!!!!

Then they dared us to get on the swings and do it.  I showed dem up!!  HAHAHAHAHA

I SOOOOOO LOVE THIS!!!