Wedding | Wendy & Alan | Franciscan Gardens

Saturday, May 19, 2012

What a way to start off 2012!  This was technically my first wedding of 2012 and I couldn’t think of two better people to spend it with!  Wendy is a fellow photographer and teacher and Alan her college love.  They are perfect together, a relationship that has grown stronger throughout the time they have given it to mature.  They are such a sweet couple, always concerned about everyone else.  Wendy did an amazing job planning this special day, it came out just perfect.  I was so excited to find out early on that we were going to be doing their bridal portraits in the beautiful Mission of San Juan Capistrano, the oldest existing mission in California.  This mission was breathtaking and even more so with the beautiful bride and groom as the subjects in the photos.  It was fun to watch all the tourists stop and watch them.  A little girl even walked up to Wendy to hug her, I am convinced that she thought she was a princess! :)

I felt right at home with Wendy and Alan’s family… what a fun family!  I hope to be at many more of this family’s weddings!  I couldn’t help but add some pictures of them in there also, what a beautiful family.

So with all that said I must admit that I am guilty of my longest blog post ever… I promise not to post so many images the next time around, but lets be honest- over 9000 images were shot, of which I somehow managed to get that to 1300 and then from there blogged about 150-200 of them… ahhh!  I did really try but there were so many beautiful details thanks to Wendy and Alan’s hard work and  a set of amazing vendors.  And speaking of vendors can I talk for one second about the vendors.  Lets start with the planning.  Hope from LVL Weddings & Events was amazing, so sweet, so organized, so down to earth.  Really stellar job to say the least.  And the flowers were simply amazing!  Pamela from French Bouquet took Wendy’s vision and made it an incredible reality.  To be honest I had a million more flower shots I wanted to blog but just didn’t.  From the succulents the the cigar boxes the flowers were exquisite.  Great job!  The wedding took place at Franciscan Gardens, this beautiful venue tucked away in downtown San Juan Capistrano, its own little piece of paradise.  24 carrots created an incredible spread of delicious food to compliment the night.  Vox DJ kept the night going!  Thanks everyone for a great night!

Wendy and Alan, my prayer for you is that your marriage would be blessed and that you would remember to keep God at the center of it.  I promise that if you do that, everything else will fall into place.

 

With all my love,

Meagan

 

 

    Wendy Ramos — Meagan, we can’t stop looking at your images. They make us sooo happy. You did an amazing job and we cannot thank you enough. That day was amazing and we cannot thank you enough for capturing these moments.

    admin — I am soooo glad that like them! It was such an amazing day and a honor to be a part of it! :) There are so many more precious moments that I couldn’t put in the blog but I can’t wait for you to see the rest!

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Sneak Peek | Wendy & Alan | Franciscan Gardens

Friday, May 11, 2012

A little sneak peak of Wendy & Alan’s beautiful wedding from this weekend… much more to come soon… well considering I shot about 9000 images at her wedding, to be honest it probably won’t be in the next few days… :) thanks Anna Joy for shooting with me and helping to get every little detail! :)

 

Enjoy!

 

     

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Engagement | Paden & Michael’s Love Story | San Luis Obsipo, CA

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

 

This was a very special engagement shoot for so many reasons… first because I love this bride to be very much!  We weren’t newbies at getting to know each other since we both served in high school ministry as youth group leaders.  We both came in at the same time, new to the group, and got to know those amazing high schoolers at the same time.  Paden also wasn’t a newbie in front of my camera, this is the second time she has been the focus in my shots, although the first time she didn’t have her handsome almost hubby by her side!  The first time she did a little mini shoot just for fun with me.  Those shots were great so for the engagement shoot we definitely had to one up the last time!

When I met Michael I have to admit, I couldn’t have chosen anyone better in entire world for Paden!  For those of you that are Francine Rivers fans, this guy is already a Michael, but the appropriate last name would most certainly by Hosea.  He is sweet and caring, humble and friendly, he is perfect for Paden.

We decided to do an engagement shoot that was quite out of the ordinary… we decided to tell their love story in a sort of scavenger hunt type of way, and the prize at the end of clues, her soon to be huband.  Each clue represented an important milestone in their relationship, the milestone represented both a memory that they cherished as well as affection that was growing in Michael’s heart for Paden.

As you follow the story and the little tokens Michael left hanging with each clue you can’t help but be excited for the moment the clues end and they get to find each other, and then of course the awesome couple shots that we took of them after.

So as we start this story you will see Paden getting home from a long day at work, tired and stressed out only to find a little surprise hanging on the door… I will let the story tell the rest…

And for Michael and Paden, enjoy your love story, may this be the first of many more clues to come…

 

    Erika Bennett — very well done! absolutely beautiful!

    Carol Barnes — very fun & beautiful and creative!

    Kendra Thompson — beautiful as always!

    Jessica Smith — Meagan, you are on fire!

    Kelly — Wow…words can’t explain the beauty you captured!!!

    Nicole — What an awesome idea for a shoot and what a sweet guy!

    Greta — LOVE!

    grams — a career surfaces, you are continually amazing, much love

    Dorman and Blythe — Resplendent Beauty! I see the fingerprint of God! Captivating! Turning the pages of your story – which can not now be lost! Wonderful! Love Your Dad and Maman!

    Katrina — This was flawlessly done. Enjoyed every moment of this – Simply beautiful!

    Lisa Taubenheim — Brought tears to my eyes ! Its so beautiful and romantic. Timeless and tasteful, just like Paden and Michael….

    Chloe Murdoch — WOW!!! Meagan I was on pins an needles scrolling from spread to spread. I just could not wait to see what would be next as I was truly captivated. What a beautiful idea, couple, lighting, wardrobe, composition, photographer and more. This is really quite the fairytale shoot and I am so inspired by it all. Thanks for sharing your creativity and art with us. Many congrats also to Paden and Michael!! :)

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Engagement | Peter & Kendra | Avila, CA

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Peter and Kendra made our shoot so much fun… this is one couple who just has so much fun together!! :)  The type where you can tell they have been together for a while, very comfortable together… We had fun throughout the shoot quoting Nacho Libre lines… anybody who quotes Nacho Libre lines is definitely on my awesome list! Both Kendra and Peter are so sweet and down to earth and super flexible during the shoot which always makes everything so much easier.  As I was going through the shoot I realized how many different types of shots we had, it was so funny because I felt like the time went by really quickly, even when we stopped for a quick ice cream break!  This shoot when you look at it though feels like we shot for days because there are so many different locations and themes.

P & K are getting married at Peacock Farms this fall.  This will be my first time shooting at Peacock Farms and I am so stoked about it.  Jessica, the owner of Peacock Farms is amazing and it has been so much fun getting to know her.  She also is going to be doing their flowers!  She is an incredible florist!  Check her out at Flower to You by Jessica.

Hope you enjoy these shots Peter and Kendra!

    Kendra Thompson — how do I choose pictures to print for the house?! love them all!

    Kathleen Rogers — I love Kendra & Peter’s engagement pics…so artistic, clever, & great looking couple!

    Sarah Christy — My favorites are on the swings and when you are on his back. Congratulations!!! I am excited to see wedding pictures too!!

    Debbie Thompson — so beautiful! perfect couple!

    Jordan Hoppes — love love LOVE all these pictures…especially the ones when they are on the beach! what a beautiful and happy couple!

    Brie Scott — Super cute! Love the ones on the swings. Congrats kendy :)

    admin — You looked beautiful and you guys did so great Kendra! :) I am so glad that you are happy with them! Can’t wait for the wedding… yea!!!!!!!! :)

    Ashley Furtado — These r soooooo fun!!!

    Jackie Hoppes — Very cute pictures! Think the swing shots were my favorite.

    Michelle Thompson — Love the ones with the paint. Can’t wait to hang some of these on our wall of shame. Great Photos

    Lindsey Perez — I am so happy for you both!! Beautiful pictures!!

    Jensen Self — I love them! My favorite is the one of Kendra and Peter on the beach kissing with her foot propped up! Too cute. I love the swing pictures too. Love you Kendy

    Jackie Bernardo — Kendra these pics are amazing! You two look so perfect together! ;)

    Heidi — LOVE LOVE LOVE! I love the color in all of the settings, and absolutely love seeing the progression of the epic paint war! Love the lighting (God’s lighting and timing) of the last, clean beach setting. Amazing work.

    Susan — Great pics Kendra! Fun, cute, beautiful….can’t wait for the wedding :) :) Love you both, Aunt Sue :)

    Deb — K&P are perfectly matched!!! These pictures truly catch their love! Beautiful! Can’t wait for the wedding! Xo

    Jamie — so cute kendra! my fave is definitely the beach shots. best wishes!

    Sara — Gorgeous! These could be the pages of a magazine. Gorgeous colors, creative settings and so much personality!

    Amanda Berkowitz — Love all the pictures!! My favorites are the piggy back and swing ones :)

    Jaime — These pictures are so amazing! My favorites are the swing pictures. I’m so excited that we will join you on this special day and this amazing photographer will capture the boys looking their best!

    Kathy Ebert — The perfect storybook bride and groom!

    Amanda M — Great photos!

    Joy — they look great! can’t wait to see the wedding ones!!

    Krista Butts — Oh my stars! Kendra and Peter! You guys are sooooo cool :) I am so happy that you found Meagan to photograph you. I can hear Kendra’s laughter in each photo. Your photographer was completely able to capture the organic and easy love you both have for each other. I wish I could have been a fly on the wall for this shoot :) I absolutely love all the ones with the paint! It shows your love and trust in each other as well as how much fun you have together. Congratulations!

    Maria Ortelle — I love this couple! And these photos capture them so perfectly!! So great.

    Erica — Cute pictures!

    Courtney — So happy for you guys! These pictures are amazing <3

    Ross — How fun! Loved the color paints; it looks like you had a blast!

    Maya Baker — I love these!!!

    Caity — Love all the creativity in these shots! Can’t wait to see how wonderful the wedding pics are going to turn out too :)

    Russ Thompson — I love the paint fight pictures, you guys make a great couple.

    Courtney — Wow these are amazing

    Chelsea — These are phenom!

    Wendy Breazeale — These photos are fantastic. What fun and love between you two!!

    Matt Nguyen — Haha, those are great photos!

    Jennifer Lagomarsino — These are beautiful and so fun!! You two look so in love!

    Jane Fitch — I love all of these pictures – they look beautiful!

    Courtney Willing — There are so many beautiful ones… I was trying to pick a favorite but I can’t!! (If you were to make me I think I might have to go with one of the ones on the swing…) This is a stunning (and contagiously happy) couple!! i can’t wait for the wedding <3

    Kyle — Awesome pictures of a beautiful couple. Can’t wait to see you in September.

    Kris Camacho — The paint is such a fun idea!! Looks like you guys had a blast! Congrats!

    Ann — What beautiful pictures! Can’t wait for the wedding!

    Brock Thompson — love you sister!!

    Amy M — So fun and colorful!! You guys look so happy!

    April Luis — Beautiful hometown we have!!! Beautiful pics!

    Peter Hornberger — Love our pictures. Thanks Meagan!

    Judy V — So many different great ones. I love that so many of them are different especially the paint ones.

    Sarah Koenig — Stunning pictures! They’re so creative and fun! Kendra, you are so beautiful and you both look so happy! I love them!!

    Veronica buhler — Wow! Kendra and Peter’s pictures are amazing! Wonderful ways to capture true love and an amazing way to look back on such wonderful times.

    Bethany Haley — Ahhhh Kendra and peters engagement pictures are amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Vanessa — So amazing and gorgeous. I love the angles and the love you can see between them

    Adam C — Fun couple? I guess I would say so!

    Stephanie Agledal — These pictures are absolutely beautiful! Kendra is stunning!

    Carrie schmidt — You are so lucky to have a photographer who captured you so perfectly! I especially enjoyed the paint ones. You have such an easy going, loving and carefree personality and I thought those captured it. Thank you for sharing them!

    Rebecca — You captured the two of them perfectly!!

    Robin — Great pictures – I like all of them!

    John Christy — My Favorites are the face and body paint. That looks like epic fun !!

    VernBob — Jaime asked her FB friends to lend you guys a hand. Maybe you’ll win and I hope you do. Right now our home is suddenly empty and photos have lightened my day, so I thank you and wish you the very best.

    colleen Butler — Love the pics! Especially the swingset! Such a beautiful couple and your photographer really synched with you two – - they are great pics! Congratulations!

    Carrie Sandretto — Kendra, These are great! I love the swings and the paint! Classic!

    Jennifer king — Peter is such a wonderful man. I am so happy he found the right woman to spend the rest of his life with. Congratulations and Best Wishes on your wonderful life together.

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Engagement | Jillian & Ian | San Miguel, CA

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

This weekend I got to meet for the first time in person Jillian and Ian.  They are such a stylish & beautiful couple and a match that seems to fit like a comfy sweater.  What I mean by that is, you can see in them the comfort of a couple that is familiar and comfortable with one another.  Jillian is beautiful both inside and out.  Previous to our shoot she kept telling me how  not photogenic she was… mmmm, I’m pretty sure that we can safely disagree! :)  Jillian you did such a great job! :)   Over the phone she also referred to Ian as the “Alpha” type of guy… I can totally relate, being married to an Alpha and all, hehe, and watching them interact reminded me so much of my husband and I.  Ian really did such a great job, he was a sport, I mean lets face it, who really feels all that comfortable in front of a camera anyways?  But he quickly relaxed and was a natural!

Jillian and Ian are getting married at the beautiful Windfall farms later this summer.  I am so excited to shoot here with all the amazingly beautiful scenery this venue has to offer, not to mention the horses that are already getting my creative juices rolling. Meegan from Windfall has been helpful, sweet, and personable, making the process so enjoyable for Jillian and the other vendors!  Kelley from Cass Catering is going to be doing the food and day of coordination, I got a look at the menu on Saturday and needless to say my mouth is watering already.  And I am so excited to say that Kramer Entertainment are going to be keeping the party going as well as hooking it up with amazing lighting.  I have worked with these guys for long enough now to know that they set the standard, they are definitely more then just DJ’s.  A few other great vendors for this event are Danielle’s Flowers, Unlimited Rentals,  and Jeff from Señor Sancho’s doing the drinks, and boy do they know their drinks!  And then my next of kin, The Photobooth Experience, will also be there making the party just that much more fun!

 

Can’t wait for their wedding but for now, enjoy the pictures of their San Miguel Mission engagement shoot!  The stars include of course Jillian and Ian, but don’t miss debuting for the first time, Chico and Porschie… :)  I love couples that include their dogs in their pictures! :)

Jillian and Ian… hope you guys enjoy the pictures and that it was all as painless as possible!  I had a great time getting to know you guys and I love you guys already! :)

Blessings!

    Kendra Thompson — you always write the sweetest things about the couples that you shoot!

    Cindy Lee — Looks great!

    Ana Davis — no manches Meagan wow! amiga que regalo tienes de Dios! super talento!

    Jake Odening — meagan! I seriously dig this shoot!

    Kelly Chambers Binek — I love seeing you use the gift you’ve been given, and then using it to bless other!!!

    Jillian Ochs — Thanks so much Meagan, you seriously are magic! Not everyone can make it so easy for us to take heart felt pictures and capture us in our element. I am so excited to mail these out and put them up in our home. Can not even begin to express how grateful Ian and I are… .not to mention the out pour of praise your pictures are getting! Copied and pasted some of the comments from just two pics below :) Cant wait for the wedding!! Betsy Varellas, Bobby Jason, Véronique Platini and 31 others like this. Gigi Ouf: Jillian! You look beautiful & happy :) xx 8 hours ago · Like Stephanie Descamps: amazing 8 hours ago · Like Bieke Claes: SO beautiful… 7 hours ago · Like Fabienne Charbonnet: gorgeous!!! 7 hours ago · Like Adam Romo: Ian looks like he’s done this before… ; ) 7 hours ago · Like Ashlee Loughran: Gorgeous! 7 hours ago · Like Karian Lopes: those are sooo good, you two are so cute together..cannot wait for the big day 7 hours ago · Like Victoria Zahn: You look amazing! 7 hours ago · Like Stephanie Descamps: omg all the pictures are so great 7 hours ago · Like Ronda von Ravensberg: Lovely, Jillian Lillian! ♥ 7 hours ago · Like Natalie Smith: love 7 hours ago · Like Keri D’Angelo: great pics! xo 7 hours ago · Like Wendi Davis Gibson: Very nice sweetie 5 hours ago · Like Tricia Cuccia: Beautiful.. Love you two… 5 hours ago · Like Courtney Frager: GORGEOUS. 4 hours ago · Like Kimmy Smith: They’re gorgeous!!! I’m soo excited to see them all! 3 hours ago · Like Gabriel Sherry: Who’s the dude?!? about an hour ago · Like Julie Claes: GORGEOUS! 15 minutes ago · Like Linda Smith: I think I know these two!!! It looks like two people I love very much! Photos are so gorgeous! 7 minutes ago · Like Julie Claes, Charlotte Wilms, Bobby Jason and 9 others like this. JoAnna Lopez: Is that the San Miguel cemetery?? Love it ;-) 8 hours ago · Like Silke Nowotzin: awwwww love this 6 hours ago · Like Jamie Davidson: Beautiful!!! 5 hours ago · Like Isaac Greenetz: So hot! 5 hours ago · Like

    annajoy — meagan! these are phenomenal! beautiful!

    Jess — Meagan, you are one talented chick! These photos are beautiful.

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