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  • Alex & Lianne @ Newcastle Wedding Gardens


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    Alex & Lianne were married earlier this month at the incredibly beautiful Newcastle Wedding Gardens. 

    Not only did they have the perfect weather that day, avoiding the thunderstorms that had been around that week, but they had the perfect wedding also!

    It was such a romantic wedding with a white horse drawn carriage that carried the bride and her father to the wedding, then Alex and Lianne left in it as Mr. & Mrs Potepalov. Then the icing on the cake was when a beautiful Princess Rolls Royce with a driver showed up and later drove them away into the night.

    Alex & Lianne – we wish you a long, happy, healthy blessed marriage!

  • Mike & Rachel Wedding- St. Teresa Avila Reception at The Ridge

    Make sure your speakers are on! Length is approx. 10 minutes…ENJOY!

    We had the absolute pleasure of being part of Mike and Rachel’s wedding on May 30th 2009. We adore this couple and their families…

    What a gorgeous day and what a gorgeous couple and wedding. We hope you guys are enjoying your honeymoon and maybe you will be able to see this while you are still there. If not you will have a nice surprise when you get home…either way we wish you a long, happy, healthy and blessed life together.

  • Alex and Lianne – Sneak Peek!

    We shot Lianne and Alex’s wedding yesterday and with the threat of rain showers and thunderstorms telling us all week that we may have to move into the reception for the wedding we were so relieved when we had absolutely gorgeous weather. We chose one of the last shots of the night to share as the Sneak Peek. We loved shooting Lianne and Alex on their engagement session and we loved shooting their wedding! What a fun and happy couple! We love that combination!
    Have a long wonderful happy healthy and blessed life you two!

  • Mike & Rachel @ The Ridge in Auburn, California!

     

    On Saturday Mike and Rachel were married at St. Teresa in Auburn with the reception after at the absolutely beautiful Ridge Golf Club!!

    We snuck them away at sunset for a golf cart ride out onto the course for some fresh air and some great shots of just the two of them.

    This is just a sneak peek. More to come shortly!!

  • Barbara & Anthony in Santa Cruz!!

    We were so very honored to be invited to photograph the wedding of Barbara & Anthony.
    Barbara is the daughter of our dear friends and amazing photographers George & Nancy Zaferes.

    Their wedding was actually in Scotts Valley just outside of Santa Cruz, and the day was amazing – the weather was just incredible!

    Anthony & Barbara we wish you a long, happy and joyous marriage!!

  • Bill & Kris

    In our recent post we showed you behind the scenes of the panorama from Bill and Kris. If the setting looks familiar that’s because we shot Bill and Kris’s daughter’s Rachael and her fiance Mike’s engagement shoot there! We enjoyed doing both so much. How could you not with all the great visual backgrounds from landscapes to their fun pets. My kind of people! They are livin my dream!! You guys were so gracious and fun!!
    Enjoy the slideshow from the pics we took that day.
    (The song, of course is, The Beatles Here, There and Everywhere which they used at their wedding!)


    (If you’re looking at this on Facebook, you can see the slideshow here: www.lydellphoto.com/slideshows/vanroo)



  • The Van Roo Family – Behind the scenes

    In our last post, Kerri put up some shots of me in action…one of them was from our last shoot with the parents of one of our brides who is getting married later this year,

    This was the shot Kerri put up – I’m talking with Bill and Kris explaining what I have in mind:




    Their property is amazing, and for me the crown jewel is their pond and the view from it. I was telling them to just sit on the bench with each other and relax as I took a series of pictures. These were the final four: I chose to use:
       


     

     

    And this is the final product: When printed, this will be 12″ tall and about 45″ wide


     

  • H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y M A R K !!!!!

    Mark,
    Have a wonderful day today….and know how much you are loved!! Here are some fun behind the scene shots I have of Mark at work…

  • Lydell Photography made the top 5 Photographers on KCRA’s ’09 Contest for Best Photographer in the S

    Last month we told everyone about the contest in Sacramento for best local photographer.

    There are a ton of photographers in this area, and we would have been thrilled to place in the top 10.

     The results were announced this morning, and we ended up in fifth place! WooHoo!



    Thank you to everyone who took the time to cast a vote and leave us a comment!

  • Seattle

     

    This is the view of downtown Seattle, Washington taken from Kerry Park.

    And this is the same view, but I cropped it in closer to see more of the downtown area. Which one do you like better?