For Nicole and Sean’s after session we picked two beautiful Sacramento parks – McKinley Park, with its rose garden, and the luscious Capitol Park.

Meet Nicole and Sean!

The roses were in full bloom!

Nicole.

Sean.

Put a great bride and groom together in a beautiful park and you just know it will be fun!

I just love this image of Nicole and Sean on the Sacramento Capitol steps!

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It was raining cats and dogs on Easter Day in Sacramento! That’s the day Tyreina and Fred had scheduled for their bride and groom after-wedding photo session – but we wisely moved it out a week – and we ended up with perfect weather!

Tyreina and Fred wanted an urban feel to their photos, so I picked an area with lots of shops and lofts near L Street and 18th as a starting point. These next eleven images were all taken in about a three block area. There is so much going on in a city and so many different backgrounds for a shoot!

The image on the left with the old-world feel was taken at the St. John’s Lutheran Chuch and the image on the right with the vibrant colors was taken on the same block.

Meet Tyreina and Fred!

Tyreina.

Fred.

We had to get a photo in front of this colorful mural!

Tyreina and Fred are a lot of fun!!

The rest of these photos were taken downtown Sacramento about a mile from our original spot.

I love their connection! And, Tyreina’s wedding dress is gorgeous!

Tyreina.

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It’s an awesome thing that I get to meet and photograph couples from all over the world. Part of it comes from living near a major international university, part of it comes from being a wedding photographer in a part of California rich with diversity, and part of it is probably just luck! And I am lucky, since I love to meet people from all over – it’s great! In just the last year, couples have shared their galleries with family and friends in Russia, India, Pakistan, England, China, Taiwan, Poland, Germany, Brazil, Ghana, Canada, and all over the US.

So, when I went shopping for an online wedding gallery and print ordering solution a few years ago, one thing I insisted on was that no matter where in the world my couples’ family and friends are located, their family and friends could order prints for direct shipment. In today’s world a bride and groom shouldn’t have to do any extra work to share prints with their family, no matter where they are at.

Other requirements were that the printing was absolutely top quality and the customer service fantastic. Further, the user experience had to be intuitive so that any friend or family member, regardless of their familiarity with computers, could view and enjoy a couple’s wedding and engagement photos – and if they wanted to order something – the ordering had to be simple to accomplish.

That all turned out to be a tall order!! Most solutions fell apart in one or more categories and few offered international ordering. But I kept looking and finally found a great place last year that has it all – a first-class pro lab, an intuitive user experience, great customer service, and the ability to place and fulfill orders anywhere!

I’ve been using it for a year now and it’s been great for couples. So, no matter where your family and friends are located:

Rome…

Tongli China…

or even Sacramento…

…your friends and family can enjoy your images and, if they love an image, they can order their own prints and you don’t have to do a bit of work to get their prints to them!

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I’m really excited!! I have an even better way to share photos with everyone now!

Bigger is better, right? Well, I thought I’d start maxing out the sizes of blog images and wow! I really like the new size!!

Wedding photos look great big!

Check out this big bridal portrait of gorgeous Tristina:

and compare it to the photo size I was posting before:

And I think the energy in Emily & James’ engagement session breaks out in this big photo!

The energy is in this version, too. But I really like the bigger one!

Is it just me, or does everyone prefer the larger images?

over the identical, but smaller ones?

Fashion models look great in big photos!

Sure, she looks great in this image – no doubt! But I can’t get over how much I like the bigger, identical photos posted on the blog.

I’ll close this post with one more image, a favorite of mine from Tristina and Don’s bride-and-groom portraits. This time, I’ll reverse it.

Tristina looks fantastic in this smaller image.

Yet I like this bigger image better!!

I’m convinced, bigger is better!

Hey, if you agree or disagree – or have another view – why not post a comment?

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It was a beautiful, warm, sunny February day this Saturday for Christine and Andy’s wedding at the Flower Farm in Loomis.

Christine and Andy.

Christine.

Andy and his guys.

I love the spring-time feel of the napkin “flowers” on the wedding reception tables. Very fitting for a flower farm wedding!

The antlers are a reference to Andy’s love of hunting.

More pink and spring-time flowers on the wedding cake.

I love shooting family groups at weddings. Everyone always has lots of fun!

Andy and Christine share a wedding first dance.

Cake and catering by Hanford’s Catering.

Music and DJ by Tracewell Entertainment.

Wedding location: The Flower Farm, Loomis California.

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