Lauren & Seth Wedding, May 15th, 2010

I was first contacted by Lauren's Mother Cherryl.  Believe it or not, out of all investments for marketing, and Google research, and all, she found me on Craigslist!!!  Imagine that!!!   That's besides the point.  She found me and we had our first (and only) meeting at Starbucks.  Had a coffee, 35 to 40 minutes of great conversation and I had just made some new friends.  What a great bunch of people!!!!
At first sight, I'm thinking "She's so young".  They're so young!!!  But as time went by, and I got to talk to them more frequently, and got to know them, I thought this marriage will last forever.  Lauren is so sweet, and humble.  I'm so glad I got to meet them and photograph their wedding.
We shot the bridal pictures at the Chinese Garden, and the last time I had been there, there was access to every part of the park, so when I called her and we agreed to shoot there, I told her that she didn't have to be dressed with the gown.  She could get ready there at any of the parks restrooms.  So the day comes and I get there before she does, and what a surprise:  Renovation!!!   What in the world now?  So I called her right away, but she was already by the park after a 45 minute car ride.  So here's what happened:  She changed in the parking lot!!  I couldn't believe it.  And it was all my fault.  But she was so understanding, and really really not worried about it.  We figured we get all the glitches out of the way early.
That day it felt like 140 degrees, and that dress weight about 20 lbs.  Poor thing!
There was quite a few people there taking pictures.  2 or 3 other brides, some graduation pictures, sweet sixteen and all else you can imagine was happening that day.  It took us about 2.5 hours before we finished.
The wedding was in Castroville, TX.  I had never been there, but heard about it.  The resort was just perfect for the event.  Everything was set up so perfect, just like the book says.
Turns out, everything went perfect.  The 3 or 4 days before it rained all day, and we're just getting ready for a rainy day which means protect all the gear!!!  Not cool!!!  But guess what:  No rain!  The sun was out, and it was perfect.  Everything was perfect, and the pictures that they will treasure forever are also perfect.  I am so happy.  They panned it all for so long and they deserved a beautiful day.  They got it!!!  Here are some of the pictures but if you want to see them all, go to http://jottaphoto.com and click on wedding: Lauren and Seth.