GO TO THE BOTTOM & START READING OUR ADVENTURE THERE. IT STARTS AT THE BOTTOM AND GOES UP. IT WILL MAKE MORE SENSE - START WITH 'DON'T DRINK THE WATER.'
after relaxing and reading for a couple of hours we got showered and cleaned up. then we walked down the beach to where the big day would be taking place. we enjoyed some guacamole, salsa, chips and a couple virgin pina coladas. we then went to find nicole getting ready in her room and our "work" began. jessica saved the day and did the brides hair. we rocked out to early 90's hip hop - you down with OPP? the bride and her girls relaxed with some jaeger and we were there to capture everything.
the bride, nicole, trained her dog, tess, to be a service dog and they were able to bring her on the plane. this was the MOST well behaved dog you will ever meet.
things were a little behind schedule. once things got started it was perfect, though we were losing light. tim and nicole were married at sunset. as nicole's dad was walking her down the aisle he was cracking jokes to keep her from crying. i love the shots of her laughing. nicole was a dream. she looked just stunning and radiated beauty. the lady marrying them talked a lot about some bear and some apache stuff, but it wasn't too bad. tess carried the rings tied to her flower collar. everything was a photographers dream.
by the time the ceremony ended the light was completely gone. there is a shot i wished i could have gotten, but i needed light for it. the mariachi band came over the hill and i wanted a shot of that with tim and nicole walking towards them. oh well. this is the shot i ended up getting, which was fine, but not quite what i wanted.
now the party began! we had a delicious dinner and danced the night away. as soon as we were off the clock we shook our groove thang.
jessica being the only single girl there, had her dance card full! even the adorable, matthew, asked her to dance. we captured the fun, the energy and the most amazing mariachi band in the world. they were like watching a broadway play. the rancho surprised the couple with fireworks, which scared tess. when the party was over we headed to the beach for a bon fire. it was warm and beautiful the fire dancing on the beach.
jessica was a great companion for this trip and a great help (even though she does not believe she was needed). after the bon fire, matthew, walked us back to our hotel and even carried my equipment. i think that was one of my favorite parts of having a hottie for an assistant, our things got carried, we got rides and people were always willing to help. as matthew and jessica sat outside talking i got to take a much needed hot shower and turned in for the night.
the next morning i had chili quiles (pronounced key-less) and jess had stuffed french toast. we shared breakfast with a sweetheart of a lady, susan. we hopped in the shuttle at 11am and we were off. we had a 2 hour layover in san francisco, where a flight attendant had dinner with us and again, our bags were carried. my hubby, blake picked us up from the airport at 10:20pm and our adventure had come to and end, in 30 degree weather.
$60 for 20 minutes
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