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Sleepless In Seattle

Seattle Engagement Photos | Miguel Pola Photographers

Well lets just say these two were sleepless in Seattle! At least the night they met.  :)  See Scott is a huge Galaxy fan. (Soccer) He’s a season ticket holder.  He decided to look at their away schedule and realized that Seattle would be a great place to travel for a quick weekend trip.  So he and a friend went for it.

Michelle with a large group of friends decided to shoot up to Seattle for a fun filled weekend of friends, fun and soccer.  After the game, Michelle and her friends decided to go to the local stadium tavern next to Seattle stadium.  Being that they were all from LA, they were the only Galaxy fans in the building.  So Scott and his friend, while at the bar not knowing anyone else there, found a great way to cruise on over to the table where Michelle and all of her Galaxy friends were.

Michelle playing a little hard to get, finally started to chat Scott up and they talked all evening long. The rest is history. When Scott and Michelle hired our studio they thought it would be a great idea to go back to Seattle. The city in which they met, to photograph their Engagement Session.

Never having been there myself I decided to get there as early as possible  to scout the area for their shoot. Luckily people in Seattle are really nice and helpful!  :) Here are some of the images from our fun Seattle Washington engagement shoot. I hope that you enjoy them as much as the time i had Photographing them.

 Seattle Wedding Photography | Orange County Wedding Photographers

 Seattle Wedding Photography | Orange County Wedding Photographers

 Seattle Wedding Photography | Orange County Wedding Photographers

 Seattle Wedding Photography | Orange County Wedding Photographers

 Seattle Wedding Photography | Orange County Wedding Photographers

 Seattle Wedding Photography | Orange County Wedding Photographers

 Seattle Wedding Photography | Orange County Wedding Photographers

 Seattle Wedding Photography | Orange County Wedding Photographers

 Seattle Wedding Photography | Orange County Wedding Photographers

They will be getting married at the Fullerton Arboretum at Cal State Fullerton.  Can’t wait to shoot their wedding.

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Pete & Michelle’s Beautiful Intimate Wedding

Several weeks back I had the opportunity to photograph a special wedding. A wedding of a dear friend. When I was asked to photograph this wedding I thought, “Wow what an honor”! I’ve known michelle now for about 12 years. Our friendship started out bitter sweet. Me being quite bitter after the first hair cut she gave me. See, she was my wife’s hairstylist.
Fast forward to May. Michelle wore a beautiful strapless wedding gown while Pete sported a tailor made suit. Pete & Michelle decided to have a first look to have some alone time prior to their wedding. They requested to have their first look at the Beautifully , newly renovated Pacific Palms Resort In the City of Industry. Michelle was quite nervous to show off her beautifully donned gown. Its always nice to know people in different venues.  We had full reigne of this beautifully landscaped hotel. We started out at the Pacific Palms Resort in the City of Industry. Their wedding was small and intimate with 45 of their closet friends atop of P Hill in the City of Industry.  After the Ceremony, We went over to the Homestead Museum for their romantic session.  Pete was the man! He was able to get us inside the museum.  Places where no one has ever photographed newly weds in. We were granted permission to use “La Casa Nueva”.  Pete  & Michelle Thank you for having me as your wedding photographer!  I truly enjoyed working the two of you and your wonderful families.

The evening was topped off by the catering of Colette’s Catering company. one of orange county’s finest event catering companies.

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Brian & Emily’s Beautiful Estancia Hotel & Spa Wedding

With the weather slightly overcast and the fog kept creeping in and out throughout the day making the Estancia Hotel & Spa the perfect backdrop for Brian & Emily’s wedding.    I was in detail heaven.  From the tall palm trees to the cactus’ through out the  property.  The flowers from the floral designer, Flowers etc. were simply beautiful. Emily was in her element on her wedding day.  She was glowing with happiness and excitement and was the perfect bride!

 Estancia Hotel & Spa Wedding Photography | La Jolla Wedding Photographers

Emily had an amazing open suite with tons of open light. Shooting the bridal prep is one of my favorite times on the wedding day! You can all the planning & preparation that has gone into the brides wedding day from the little details to the final donning in the wedding dress.

 Estancia Hotel & Spa Wedding Photography | La Jolla Wedding Photographers

 Estancia Hotel & Spa Wedding Photography | La Jolla Wedding Photographers

 Estancia Hotel & Spa Wedding Photography | La Jolla Wedding Photographers

 Estancia Hotel & Spa Wedding Photography | La Jolla Wedding Photographers

Emily looked stunning in her Ines Di Santo wedding gown.

 Estancia Hotel & Spa Wedding Photography | La Jolla Wedding Photographers

Right before Brian came to see Emily for the first time he had to stop to hold back his tears.  He then recomposed himself and greeted his beautiful bride to be with his charming smile and good looks.

 Estancia Hotel & Spa Wedding Photography | La Jolla Wedding Photographers

 Estancia Hotel & Spa Wedding Photography | La Jolla Wedding Photographers

 Estancia Hotel & Spa Wedding Photography | La Jolla Wedding Photographers

Stunning!

 Estancia Hotel & Spa Wedding Photography | La Jolla Wedding Photographers

 Estancia Hotel & Spa Wedding Photography | La Jolla Wedding Photographers

 Estancia Hotel & Spa Wedding Photography | La Jolla Wedding Photographers

Emily couldn’t help but sneak a peak at the ceremony site in the Estancia court yard.  I love her super excited expression.

 Estancia Hotel & Spa Wedding Photography | La Jolla Wedding Photographers

 Estancia Hotel & Spa Wedding Photography | La Jolla Wedding Photographers

 Estancia Hotel & Spa Wedding Photography | La Jolla Wedding Photographers

 Estancia Hotel & Spa Wedding Photography | La Jolla Wedding Photographers

 Estancia Hotel & Spa Wedding Photography | La Jolla Wedding Photographers

The Wedding was coordinated by the ever so awesome Amy Kuchta the Floral design was provided by Flowers Etc and the yummy cup cakes were provided by  Ditzie Cakes.

 Estancia Hotel & Spa Wedding Photography | La Jolla Wedding Photographers

 Estancia Hotel & Spa Wedding Photography | La Jolla Wedding Photographers

 Estancia Hotel & Spa Wedding Photography | La Jolla Wedding Photographers

 Estancia Hotel & Spa Wedding Photography | La Jolla Wedding Photographers

 Estancia Hotel & Spa Wedding Photography | La Jolla Wedding Photographers

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Featured Interview ~ Coffee Chat with the Spiraled Stem

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2010 and a whole new lineup of blog series we will be featuring at The Spiraled Stem. Our first series is called Coffee Chat with The Spiraled Stem, where I sit down with one of my colleagues in the wedding biz for a fun Q&A about them and their biz. Subscribe to our RSS feed to catch all of our Coffee Chat guests!

Episode 1 is with Miguel Pola from Miguel Pola Photographers located in La Habra, CA. We sat down at the floral design studio to chat about his approach to wedding photography, what his clients should expect in their consultation and relationship with him through the course of the wedding, how to create timeless photos that will look just as fresh when your grandkids look at them as they did on the day they were taken, and the highlight moment in a wedding that he loves to capture for his clients. You can visit his website at www.MiguelPola.com for more information and to view his portfolio!  Not sure why but the audio is a little off from our moving mouths.  Hope you enjoy.

Coffee Chat with The Spiraled Stem – Guest Miguel Pola from Christine Saunders on Vimeo.  Not sure why but the audio is a little off from our moving mouths.

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Scott & Sommer’s Haute Wedding Album

Heres’s Sneak Peak at Scott & Sommers Haute Wedding album. This is one of our Signature Crystal Cover series albums custom designed for Scott and Sommer.  Sommer decided on a romantic spanish feel of El Adode Restaurant in San Juan Capistrano. The day and the setting was gorgeous. Being a fall wedding the skys were the perfect shade of blue with just the right amount of clouds.

Sommer had her bridal prep at her aunt Christie’s amazing private residence in the Villa Park Area of Orange Ca.  We hope you enjoy this album as much as we did.       Wedding Photography | Orange County Wedding Photographers

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