Anthony and Melissas wedding - san francisco ca

Anthony and Melissa

Here is a slideshow from last month from Anthony and Melissa's wedding. They are such a happy couple and
the day was filled with many great moments, lots of fun times with some good singing and a nice candy bar!

Anthony and Melissas wedding slideshow

-- Mark

a few images from Hawaii

a few shots from Hawaii

I love Hawaii, what beautiful place. Here are a few images I was working on today, Jeff and Shirley you guys looked so great!





-- Mark

Busy Week

Its been a busy week

Wow, what a amazing week it has been. Here is a quick recap of our last week.... Starting Friday we
had our last spring workshop here in the studio and had a great time with 3 photographers and a great model. It was a full day wedding workshop covering everything I do from start to finish with weddings and a fun shoot in between.
I haven't finished up the images yet, but once I do will post some on the blog.

Once the workshop finished up the next day we were on a plane to the big Island of Hawaii. It was a very cool Island, I have been to Maui and Oahu before but never the big Island. There are lots of really interesting looking lava rock landscapes and sometimes the lava rock just goes on for as long as the eye can see. We shot some images for
Jeff and Shirley (post wedding photo shoot) and I am excited to work on the photos, there was tons of stuff to shoot and I love photographing in new environments. It is always inspiring for me to shoot in new locations and you can't beat a beautiful spot like Hawaii.

Also over there I saw the cutest hello kitty hawaiian doll. Since we are having a baby girl I think we are going to
decorate her room with butterflies and hello kitty. Every store we went to had such cute stuff I kept thinking how hard it is going to be to not spoil her once she is here :)



Now I am back here at the office just catching up on everything from the week. April was a busy month shooting
lots of fun stuff so photos to come soon!

-- Mark

Casa Real, new Livermore wedding location

Una Bella Sera

Yesterday we were able to be a part of the Una Bella Sera event at the brand new Casa Real in Livermore. This is a new venue that was created by the same team that runs the Palm Events Center. I saw the renderings awhile back when everything was being built and knew that it would be fablous just like the Palm Events Center is, but this place is really amazing. Last night the great Crystal Lequang from Amazae Special Events and Nicole Ha Designs put together a really beautiful event. There were some very unique, cool looking designs and the place was decorated so perfect. We also got to see some of our brides for this coming up year (good to see you Catrina, never ran into Nich though) and one of our brides from last year (great to see you Sue).

It was so nice to be able to hang out with some of my photographer friends out there and also meet some other vendors that I have heard all about over the past few years but never met face to face. There were some very talented wedding professionals there and we all had a great time.

It was a really fun event, i'll post some photos later on.

-- Mark

Una Bella Sera

Una Bella Sera

We are excited to be a part of Una Bella Sera, a beautiful evening showcasing some of the best Bridal vendors.
Any brides out there looking for some inspiration for their wedding come check out the event on April 27th.
Its going to be held at the Brand new Casa Real in Livermore and will be an exqusite event.   This event is only available to a limited number of people and you have to pre-register online. 
Check out the website at:
http://www.unabellasera.com/

I hope to see some of you at the event!









-- Mark

Santa Cruz Wedding Coordinator

Great wedding Coordinator in Santa Cruz

Last night we went over to SC for one of our favorite wedding coordinators Grand Opening of her new space.
Couture Celebrations had their Grand Opening last night at their new office space in the Old Sash Mill, if you are getting married in Santa Cruz (or the surrounding area, Carmel, Monterey, Aptos) check out Couture Celebrations, Heidi and Lia are just so sweet, they have a great energy and will take the best care of you on your wedding day. Believe me after seeing hundreds of weddings, having a professional coordinator is well worth it, they will save you so much stress and work so you can just enjoy your day.

Congrats on your new space Heidi, it looks great!

-- Mark

Bay Area Wedding Locations

some of the wonderful places we have been

This year is our 9th year in business photographing weddings. I have been thinking about all of the wonderful local wedding venues we have been able to photograph and need to start to write them down so I can remember every place. We have so many great venues in the Bay Area it gives prospective bride and grooms lots of great places to have a wedding.

 

THere is a partial list of some local wedding locations that Stagi Imagery has photographed in California:

Carmel, Pebble Beach Weddings and MontereyAdventues by the Sea www.adventuresbythesea.com,Carmel Valley Ranch carmelvalleyranch.com,The Highlands Inn www.highlandsinn.hyatt.com,Inn at Spanish Bay and Lodge at Pebble Beach www.pebblebeach.comNaval Post Graduate School www.nps.edu Monterey Plazawww.nps.edu

Livermore and PleasantonRuby Hill Golf Club www.rubyhill.com, Wente Vineyards www.wentevineyards.comPalm Events Center www.casarealevents.comMartinelli Events Center www.garrewinery.comRios Lovell Winery www.rioslovellwinery.comLeal Vineyards www.lealvineyards.com

Los Gatos WeddingsByington Winery www.byington.com,Nestldown www.nestldown.comTestarossa Vineyards www.testarossa.comLa Rinconada Country Clubwww.larinconadacc.comOpera House www.operahouseeventsite.com/

San Jose WeddingsCinnabar Hills Golf Club www.cinnabarhills.comCorinthian Clubwww.sanjoseclub.com/Corinthian_Event_Center/index.htmDolce Hayes Mansion www.hayesmansion.dolce.com, The Fairmont San Jose www.fairmont.com/sanjose,Silver Creek Valley Country Club www.scvcc.comCypress Hotelwww.thecypresshotel.comThe Ranch San Jose  www.theranchgc.com

Saratoga WeddingsThe Mountain Winery www.mountainwinery.com, Villa Montalvo www.villamontalvo.org

San Francisco WeddingsArgent Hotel www.argenthotel.com, The Golden Gate Club www.presidio.gov,  Legion of Honor www.edible-art.com, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art www.sfmoma.org/events, Westin St. Francis www.westinstfrancis.comSanta Cruz - Half Moon Bay

The Ritz Carlton Halfmoon Bay www.ritzcarlton.com Seascape Resort www.seascaperesort.com Chaimade www.chaminade.com/a>  

Napa Valley & Sonoma WeddingsCalistoga Ranch www.calistogaranch.com, Hans Fahden Vineyards www.hansfahden.com, Meadowood www.meadowood.com,Viansa Winery www.viansa.com,

Winery WeddingsClos La Chance www.closlachance.com, Guglielmo Winery www.guglielmowinery.com, Thomas Fogarty Winery www.fogartywinery.com,Wente Vineyards www.wentevineyards.com

Wppi 2008 Award!!!

WPPI Award of excellence!

This is the first year that I missed our annual trek to Vegas for the WPPI show. This is such a fun convention, filled with thousands of wedding photographers from around the world, this year they were expecing over 10,000 photographers from all over the place!!!!!. We usually go every year and look forward to hanging out with some of our photo friends and seeing whats new in the industry. This is the first year out of the last 5 that I had to miss out, just too much going on to take a week off. I did submit a few prints into the annual print competition which I think is the best competition out there, some amazing photographers from all over the world competiting and it really raises the bar every year.

We just heard back from the competition and one of our prints were award a Accolade of Excellence again!!!
Here is the press release:



I am looking forward to another great year of weddings this year and aiming for more awards at next years convention!

Have a wonderful week!

Mark

Mac and Marjories Wedding, Westin San Francisco

Mac and Marjorie Slideshow

Here is a link to some more photos from Mac and Marjories wedding.

Mac and Marjorie Westin San Francisco Wedding

Enjoy!

Mark

Bay Area Wedding Photographer

I added another entry to the Knot wedding contest, check out some of the photos froma great wedding we shot at Gilroy Gardens (used to be Bonfonte Gardens)  what a fun place to get married at:


View my Real Wedding Awards Nominee!

-- Mark
Bay Area Wedding Photographer

Monterey Wedding

Looking for a fun wedding location in Monterey?

Adventures by the Sea is such a fun place to get married and you can have your ceremony right onthe beach.  It's right next to the fishermans wharf and if you are looking for a beach theme wedding this is your place, they even have surfboards on the wall to capture that california spirit.Here is a wedding slideshow from a wedding at Adventures by the Sea in Monterey, Ca. This is a fun place to get married at right on the beach in Monterey. At night you can even have a bonfire on the beach and bring the reception outside!


We have photographed many locations in Monterey and Carmel, if you are looking for a artistic wedding photographer for your wedding in Monterey let us know. You can view more of our Fine Art Wedding Photography here.

-- Mark
Monterey Wedding Photography

Wedding Photography Workshop

Wedding Photography Workshop

We had a great wedding photography workshop on Saturday here at the Studio. It was a nice small class and was a fun action packed day of photography. The weather was a little bit questionable but thankfully everything cleared up by 11:00 so we could shoot our wonderful model Erin (Thanks for your help Erin, you were perfect!). We headed downtown and just like you would on a wedding day looked for some good light outdoors and had fun shooting erin for about an hour and a half. We ended the day viewing the images we shot and going over the post production part of photography and how to really make an artistic image from what we had. It was a fun day and I am looking forward to our next workshop. Teaching has always been a passion of mine and it feels so good to share my love of photography with other photographers and aspiring artists. Thanks Everyone!!!

Anyone who is interested in our next photography workshops check out our site online:
wedding photography workshop
Unlike large workshops were you can't get personalized training, our workshops are small in size and limited
to 6 photographers so everyone gets custom attention.

-- Mark

Wedding at Peachwoods in Santa Cruz

Michelle and Justin

My little sis got married a few weeks ago. It was a fun wedding and for the first time in years I wasn't the main photographer :) Joey captured the wedding so I was able to hang out and have fun, I did bring my camera though to shoot some images but just did some fun stuff for me. Here is a slideshow from the day:

Justin and Michelle wedding photos, Santa Cruz Wedding

-- Mark
Bay Area Wedding Photography

The Knot Wedding Contest

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View my Real Wedding Awards Nominee!

La Rinconada Country Club Wedding Photos

La Rinconada Country Club Wedding Photos

Here is a wedding slideshow from a wedding at La Rinconada Country Club in Los Gatos.
A beautiful country club in Los Gatos to have a wedding. Check out the slideshow!



-- Mark

Fine Art Wedding Photography

Congrats Mac and Marjorie

Congrats Mac and Marjorie

We had such a fun wedding last weekend for Mac and Marjorie. They had a beautiful wedding at the Weston in San Francisco and it was a blast. They had a great bridal party and I had so much fun with them, we even got to ride a
trolley from the Church to the Weston, how fun!

Photos to come soon

-- Mark
Bay Area Wedding Photography