March 14, 2009 Pacific Beach, CA
Jenn & Phill are from Boston, MA. and I'm from Connecticut so I was excited to be working with some East Coasters! We met months before the wedding (of course) and had decided to try and take their engagement photos when I was home in the winter for the holidays. Sadly, the weather back East did not cooperate and we did not get a chance to take them.. it was freezing and REALLY gray!!!!
Their wedding was a Catholic ceremony at St. Bridgid's in Pacific Beach and then the reception followed at the Catamaran. What I love about the Catamaran location are a few things. One there's a nice lawn area to take the family photos at... you can take family photos on the Bayside and then switch up the bridal party and bride & groom shots over on the ocean side. Love it! Now this day started off hazy and cloudy... not gray and dense clouds though.. so the light was nice. While we were in the church the clouds cleared and it got SUPER sunny out!!! The family photos at the Catamaran were fine - we found some shade! But when we hit the beach it was BRIGHT!!! I felt bad because eyes were watering and major squinting was going on! But with all that this crew was up for some photos!!! Jenn and Phill really wanted to do some fun shots with their bridal party.. and I was more than happy to do what was requested!!! Then we snapped a few of just Jenn and Phill and agreed to take some more photos on the Bayside during the reception, right before sunset. Of course on the walk back to the Bay I spotted a rusty garage door and made them stop to take photos... They were like, "ok... rusty gross garage in alley- sure!!" Thanks for trusting me, cause I really like the look of those photos and the light was nice. And the plan to leave dinner for a few more photos worked out perfectly..In 10 mins or so we got the shots I wanted! It was worth it!!
