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I knew that I liked Jose before I even met him. Often times, I don't meet the groom until the actual wedding day, which is what happened in this case. But, when I walked into Adela's room, saw her beautiful dress and the "little blue box," and she told me that Jose, upon seeing that she was going to buy traditional "bridal jewelry" for her wedding said, "why don't I just take you to Tiffany's instead?" and actually DID, I knew I liked this man...and why shouldn't he take her to Tiffany's and let her pick out what she wanted; she was a stunning, and incredibly sweet bride who deserved every tasteful, elegant trinket in those "little blue boxes."

Jose and Adela had a beautiful ceremony at St. Callistus in Garden Grove, followed up by, what has to be in our years of photographing brides everywhere from castles in Ireland to actual working ranches in Sunland, CA: the most original, simply coolest background ever-the backyard of Adela's uncle.

This was not a back yard. I mean, yes, it was in the back of somebody's home, but this was small city. It was a working old-west replica; from the jail, to the saloon to the town center complete with gunslinger and dancer replicas. I could've shot here all DAY!!

And, when our scheduled photo time was over, and Adela and Jose were happy to keep going, making them late to their (gorgeous) reception, Anais from Confetti Events and Catering got us back on track immediately! It was a truly impressive feat.

Adela and Jose, when you wrote that, "I don't have anything but nice things to say about you and your professionalism the day of our wedding! Your patience and kindness was very much appreciated with our BIG wedding party," I meant every word of what I said when I wrote you back and thanked you and Jose for being so incerdible to work with and for giving us such an amazing experience.