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Photobooth | Carmel Mountain Ranch Country Club Wedding Photography | Marissa & Craig

admin — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:34:39 +0000

When we flew down to San Diego to shoot Marissa and Craig’s wedding, we also packed up all of our gear to set up what we call “THE photobooth.” We decided a while ago that wedding receptions are WAY more fun for your guests (and your photographer!) when you have an activity for them to participate in. After all – who wants pictures of people eating? We set up THE photobooth and it’s open for business whenever there isn’t anything substantial going on during the reception (during happy hour, after dinner, during the dancing). It’s not an automated camera – one of us actually mans it (Chris took all these shots).

Craig and Marissa’s reception (at the Carmel Mountain Ranch Country Club in San Diego) was SUPER fun, and their guests got WAY into THE photobooth! Also, this gives your guests an opportunity to have a professional family portrait taken while they’re already dressed up and looking good…these images can easily become the Christmas Cards for the year, and they can always buy prints from us that we take in THE photobooth! They will thank you when they see the final images.

Brides and grooms planning your weddings…we strongly encourage you to add THE photobooth on to your package when you book us! You’ll be glad you’ll have those images of your guests having fun and being silly, and they’ll have a great time at your wedding reception. Enjoy!

The uber fabulous Erin Melton of Behind the Bride!

Ummm…could they be any cuter?!

Sarah, the Club CMR wedding coordinator – being lifted by her strong prince charming.

So, brides and grooms….THE photobooth is where it’s at! Your wedding reception won’t be the same without it.

Enjoy and thanks for reading,

Sara & Chris

PS – If you were at this wedding, we’ll be sending out a special link to view ALL the photos from THE photobooth….there are some good ones in there! Email us your contact info if you need access and didn’t give us your email address – you can fill out the contact form at the top of this page.

USD & Carmel Mountain Ranch Country Club Wedding Photography | Marissa & Craig

admin — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:12:10 +0000

We’ve been dying to show you these images from Marissa and Craig’s wedding! Marissa and Craig tied the knot at the USD Founders Chapel in San Diego, CA on July 25, 2009. The Founders Chapel is an absolutely beautiful wedding ceremony location at USD. The USD campus is so beautiful to begin with! But it paled in comparison with Marissa. She was a stunning bride and had her eye on every detail. The wedding party split up to get ready – the bride and her family were at the Doubletree, and the groom and groomsmen got ready at the Grand Del Mar (in Del Mar, CA) – and wow, is it GRAND! It was so wonderful to be back in San Diego to photograph a wedding!

Here are some of our favorite images from the wedding day. The entire event was coordinated by Erin Melton of Behind the Bride, who was not only super fun to hang out with, but was an amazing coordinator. She will coordinate wherever you are, so if you’re in San Diego or San Francisco, look her up! http://www.behindthebride.com/

Doubletree Golf Resort

14455 Penasquitos Dr

San Diego, CA 92129

(858) 672-9100

The Grand Del Mar

5300 Grand Del Mar Court

San Diego, CA 92130

The Grand Del Mar Website

USD Founders Chapel

University of San Diego

5998 Alcalá Park

San Diego, CA 92110

The flowers were incredible – done by Adina of Simply Adina. Absolutely stunning.

Carmel Mountain Ranch Country Club (aka Club CMR)

14050 Carmel Ridge Rd

San Diego, CA 92128

858-487-9224

Club CMR Website Ask for Sarah, she is incredible to work with and did a great job with the entire event.

I also want to give a shout-out to the DJ, Andy, from Disc Go Round DJ - the guy was AWESOME and had the party rockin’ all night! We also enjoyed working with Ashley Productions – the videographers – super nice people who were doing a great job!

Marissa and Craig, thank you for hiring us to photograph your wedding. We love you both and wish you all the best as you begin your new life together!

Much love,

Sara & Chris

PS – we had a photobooth at the reception….and that deserves it’s very own blog post. coming soon…