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capturing charlene and andy’s wedding day at sherwood country club was one of the greatest honors i could ever ask for. not only have i known charlene for over 15 years, but she is also one of my dear friends. this was the best wedding i could have ever asked to close out our 2009 season. we started with getting ready shots at the westlake village inn and took some bridal and bridal party photos around the grounds. i love the westlake village inn’s flower arches and swirly gates. we then headed to sherwood for the ceremony and reception. charlene and andy did not see each other before their ceremony, so when charlene walked down the aisle, the look on andy’s face melted the hearts of all the guests! they are such an amazing couple and have so much love for each other and all of their family and friends. i am so lucky to know these two wonderful people and wish them a lifetime of love and happiness! love you guys

p.s. charlene had a bridesman, danny (who was our neighbor our first year of college, charlene and i were roomies) and i love him to bits, so i featured a lot of photos of him from before the ceremony.

we were really excited this year because we moved from oak park to westlake village and into a neighborhood where people actually trick or treat! we had so many kids come by this year that we barely have any candy left. i am one of those crazy people who buys way too much candy in the hopes that it will all go away and this year it did (which is really good for me because now i can’t use the halloween excuse and eat leftover candy for the next 4 months!). i am also one of those crazies who dresses up their dogs, but it only lasted for about 5 minutes. as you can see from the photos, charlie was not a happy bee, and if the costume came with a stinger, i think she would have stung me. in other news, our front door pumpkin display ended up being awesome and we got tons of compliments from the neighbors :). hope you all had a wonderful halloween!

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a few weeks ago we got a call from the editor at wedding vow asking if we had any ventura county wedding images that we wanted to submit for their next edition. we had just shot jennifer and rick’s beautiful wedding at hartley botanica so i quickly gathered a bunch of my favorites together and submitted a whole folder! i received a call the next day saying they were going to use jennifer and rick’s wedding for the real wedding in the summer 2009 edition! i was ecstatic to say the least. being published, even in a small magazine is such an honor. i was so excited to get the magazine and see our 2 page spread right in the middle :). we also have a small image featured in the “I Do” section of one of our favorite couples andrea and david who were married at spanish hills country club. wedding vow magazines are available at all ventura county bridal shows in the next upcoming months as well as most ventura venues so make sure to grab a copy, it’s a wonderful resource for ventura brides!