xoxo

may your day be full of beautiful love…xoxo

childhood is full of simply sweet adventures…xoxo

with a little freedom & love everything is possible

it’s all about the little things…xoxo

i adore shooting editorial images for magazines….& yet there is always an element of letting go, as images i love do not make it into the final spread….so it is with great pleasure that i share with you some of my favorite images from the lovely SAN FRANCISCO BRIDE MAGAZINE shoot…if you want to see even more go take a look at the ever beautiful STYLE ME PRETTY today…sweet & stylish abby will be featuring some of her favorites from this vintage ferry bridal fashion shoot…xoxo

i left my heart in san francisco…xoxo

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Bustle Events – Design and Styling
Floral Theory – Floral Design
Heritage & Craft – Vintage & Custom Rentals
Preston Nesbit, Acme Head & Body – Hair & Makeup
Hartmann Studios – Rentals
Haute Bride – Veils & Headpieces
Shreve – Jewelry
Rebecca Overmann – Jewelry
Batter – Crepe Cake
Astor & Black – menswear

“To him she seemed so beautiful, so seductive, so different from ordinary people,
that he could not understand why no one was as disturbed as he by the clicking
of her heels on the paving stones, why no one else’s heart was wild with the breeze
stirred by the sighs of her veils, why everyone did not go mad with the movements
of her braid, the flight of her hands, the gold of her laughter. He had not missed
a single one of her gestures, not one of the indications of her character,
but he did not dare approach her for fear of destroying the spell.”

Gabriel García Márquez
(Love in the Time of Cholera)

see the full story friday here & on
STYLE ME PRETTY….xoxo

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SAN FRANCISCO BRIDE MAGAZINE

JOSE VILLA & JOEL SERRATO

a year ago over a lovely breakfast JOEL & JOSE
asked me to be their wedding photographer…

i was so touched that they would want me to document their nuptials…
to be honest, i was a bit nervous…i felt such a responsibility to capture
the beauty of another photographer’s & film-maker’s celebration…

soooo, i suggested that we do an engagement session….

although we knew one another & had great mutual respect for each other…i
felt it was important that the rapport between us, translated well in images…..

JOSE & JOEL were absolutely gracious every step of the way….

they let me, and even encouraged me to just shoot as i like…
never giving direction & always open to any suggestion i had….

we photographed both in their home & in the
beautiful countryside near where they reside….

it was an absolutely gorgeous day….

we laughed…we photographed…..

i was deeply moved by their genuine love & affection….

spending this time together was valuable to all of us…i
think it created an ease & comfort level between us, that truly
resonated into the photographs of their wedding day….

as much as i’d like to share JOEL & JOSE’s wedding images….
their wedding is slated to run in a national magazine in 2012….
(so they must remain private until publication)

it was such a pleasure & an honor to be part of their beautiful love story…

i was so touched by this lovely thank you note  i
received from JOSE & JOEL i simply had to share…

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dearest elizabeth,

we haven’t had the opportunity to write you a proper email because it’s so hard to find the words to describe how grateful and fortunate we feel for having you create such beautiful memories for us. the truth is that we never imagined the emotions that would take over every time we see our beautiful photos, they are better than anything we could have ever imagined…we’ve tried writing this email before… tears and all but no words in the american dictionary could ever describe our internal feelings of gratitude and appreciation for what you have created and captured for us.

we’ve been together for almost 8 years and we had never been photographed before so we were nervous about facing our image on film. jose proposed first in mazatlan mexico,one of our first getaways together and joel proposed a year later, we enjoyed our engagement for 3 years. the duration of being engaged for so long was a beautiful part of our relationship and we enjoyed every bit of it, we experienced more and learned more about each other in that time than ever before. looking at all our photographs brings back so many happy emotions from 8 years of life together.

when we first got engaged there was no doubt you elizabeth messina would capture our memories, it sounds funny but we would even have dreams about the actual emotions we would feel after receiving the photos and i have to say that the dream was probably a prepping of many tears of joy after receiving the first batch of engagement photographs in our hands, prints, all on FILM. elizabeth when you hand delivered these to us at our rehearsal dinner, we didn’t even want to join everyone, we just wanted to sit and see all of our photos. how could someone see our love in this way? how could someone capture our emotions and love so perfect? elizabeth when you stepped out of the room we unwrapped more and more of our photos batch per bath and could not believe our eyes, we hugged and cried.

thank you elizabeth for making this experience for us simple, and about us. we will never be able to thank you enough. we can’t wait to start a family and have you capture us as a whole.

we love you,
jose & joel

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to see more of their engagement check out
the always inspirational STYLE ME PRETTY…

love is beautiful….xoxo

this lovely film was created during A LOVELY WORKSHOP in france by the
very talented KRISTEN* of BLISS VIDEO PRODUCTIONS….it is a wonderful
look into the inspiration & grace of MYRA from TWIGS & HONEY….xoxo