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Jon & Ashley – Part One
This wedding is so amazing there are going to be several blog entries about it. You’ve been properly warned. Bride Ashley had so many lovely details at her wedding from incorporating heirlooms from her grandmother and great grandmother (her buttons and her wedding ring on her bridal bouquet) to her love of paper (including using vintage stamps), to the amazing food from her employer, Wolfgang Puck Catering, to the wooden dessert stands being from trees in the backyard of Ashley’s childhood home.
I especially loved that Ashley used 14 Etsy artists to make her wedding day especially unique.
Event Coordinator – Robin Baab at Gather Events
Ceremony Site – Bethania Lutheran Church
Reception Site – Gainey Vineyard
Rentals – Classic Party Rentals
Lighting – Bella Vista Designs
Florist – Belle of the Ball Designs
Makeup – Kiss the Bride Makeup
Hair – Jessica Liparoto
Videographer – Russell Fowler Studios
Transportation – Student Transportation of America
Vintage Car – Classic Motoring Car Rentals
Catering and Dessert Bar – Wolfgang Puck Catering
Cupcakes – Enjoy Cupcakes
Acoustic Guitar – Ray Fortune
Bang – LA Hootenanny
The photo speaks for itself…………………..
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Engagement Session Giveaway
I am giving away to a lucky couple a FREE Engagement Session. Newly wed couples can also enter and they can use the images from the shoot as their holiday card or as holiday gifts.
The session will take place around Los Angeles using a fully restored 1962 Dodge Dart. Love of vintage clothing preferred.
You can view some of my engagement sessions by clicking here.
To get a sense of what types of vintage items I love you can click here.
Email me at april@aprilrocha.com with your names, wedding date (if you have one), a quick blurb of why you want to shoot with this car and attach a snapshot of the two of you. Please put on the subject line of your email FOR THE LOVE OF VINTAGE. Emails must be sent by Monday, September 12, 2011.
Some rules:
The photo shoot has to take place the afternoon of Sunday, September 25
The shoot will take place somewhere in Los Angeles (probably on the Westside)
Hair and makeup is optional for an additional fee(fee given directly to makeup artist)
You will receive an 8×10 or 2 5×7 prints from the session
You will also receive a discount on holiday card options from April Rocha Photography
I must have had my abandoned house radar in good form the day we found this house outside Austin, Texas. Suzi and I were driving along this road and I saw this house way, way in the distance past a lot of corn stalks. We quickly discovered there was no way to get out there except to walk there. Yes that’s right no driveway, no road, nothing………….not even a trace of one. It was a glorious feeling to stand on the front porch of the house and look out at the growing corn stalks. Enjoy these images and make sure to check out Suzi Q. Varin’s blog as well.
We were there to photograph the church steeple in New Sweden, Texas. Added bonus? An abandoned house on blocks next to the church.
Make sure to check out Suzi Q. Varin’s blog entry about our adventure too.
When the genesis of a project starts in my head I usually picture myself doing it alone. When I was in Austin, Texas visiting good friend and fellow photographer Suzi Q. Varin I was thrilled to discover a partner in crime. Over two days we trekked through small towns surrounding Austin, Texas looking for abandoned houses. We proudly carried our film and toy cameras with us wherever we ventured.
Forget needing a GPS as I started referring to Suzi as “my little GPS.” She was better than any electronic device.
We also were on the lookout for church steeples and would gleefully drive towards them and usually weren’t disappointed. Almost universally you would find astroturf on the steps of the church which I found funny and had to document.
Make sure to also check out Suzi’s blog as well………………….
More to come…………………….
I photographed Ashley with my grandfather’s Polaroid Land Camera and Chocolate 100 film. I can’t wait to share this wedding with you.