san jose wedding photography

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San Jose wedding photography

We had such a fun wedding in San Jose a few weeks ago for Phil and Leslie. This was our 3rd wedding with this group of friends and such a awesome wedding from start to finish. They were married downtown and with the sun going down so early now we got to shoot the bride and groom and bridal party all during the evening. We went to a few different spots around downtown and got some cool, creative night shots of them. The reception was also downtown and was a great night. I knew it was going to be a great party and they didn’t disappoint, the reception had fresh cotton candy being made and a photo booth that was packed all night! It ended with a bridesmaid going through a glass wall so you know it was a good party (she wasn’t hurt so everything was all good). I was so happy to be a part of the day and felt like I was part of the family, thanks again guys for having me as a part of your special day.

artistic first dance photos

One part of the wedding day that I really love to photograph (actually I love it all, but for the sake of this blog post one part I really love) is the first dance and father/daughter, mother/son dance. Normally these are in the reception venue where the lights come down, creating a nice dark room. I love to think of dark places as a nice blank canvas ready to create whatever vision is in my mind.

Since I have a really diverse background in photography (photojournalism and fine art) I pull out lots of different tricks throughout the day to really capture the images in my mind that will show off the day in a artistic and unique way. We usually setup some lights around the dance floor to create some unique lighting for the dancing. This can give us so many different ways to shoot with every angle being a little bit different for lighting.

Here are a few examples of some things you can do for some creative first dance shots:

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Half Moon Bay Golf Links wedding

Here are just a few of my favorite shots from our wedding at the Half Moon Bay Golf Links a few weeks ago.  Congrats David and Wynn, your wedding was such a perfect day!

I love it when I have such a fun and happy bride and groom, David and Wynn had lots of time for photos of them and we got to take a golf cart around the property for awhile to capture some really fun images of them.  This will be part 1 I picked out too many images that I want to share and don’t want the post to scroll forever so will break it down into 2 posts.  Post #2 coming on Monday, i’ll post the slideshow soon!

half moon bay golf links wedding photos

The bride and groom right before the ceremony

More wedding images from this wedding can be found on our blog: Half moon bay golf links wedding

Mountain Winery wedding photos

Joey had a great wedding a few weeks ago at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga. This is such a great place to have a wedding at, beautiful views of the valley, a hillside of vines and a really cool buildings to shoot around always make for some killer photos. Here are just a few images he captured from the day:

More info on the mountain winery:
The historic Mountain Winery sits high in the Saratoga foothills providing a romantic atmosphere and breathtaking panoramic views of the Silicon Valley. The beauty of our Wine Estate is its tranquil and luxurious setting with French country architecture.
http://www.mountainwinery.com/weddings/index.asp

some recent wedding photography images

Time to catch up on the blog, here are some recent wedding images from the start of our summer wedding season:















View more of our wedding photography here: Bay Area Wedding Photography
Also check our our new blog for the latest and greatest in wedding photography: Fine art wedding photography blog

-- Mark

St. Claire Hotel wedding photography

St. Claire Hotel wedding photography

Here is a sneak peak of Lisha and Andres wedding at the St. Claire Hotel. They had such a beautiful day, everything just turned out picture perfect. The photos should be done in about a day and we will do a full blog post but here is a sneak peak of the super cute couple:

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St claire hotel wedding photography by Stagi Imagery, fine art wedding and portrait photography http://www.wedclix.com

2008 wedding photography highlight show

Stagi Imagery 2008 wedding highlight slideshow, artistic wedding photography

We forgot to include one of Joeys weddings from 2008 in our highlight slideshow (sorry Sis). My sister was married last year and her images were on my personal computer not my work machine so I forgot to add her wedding to the show. Here is the final 2008 show with everyone!

2008 Wedding Highlights from mark stagi on Vimeo.

Stagi Imagery 2008 wedding highlight slideshow

A few more from our last wedding at the Ranch

A few more from our last wedding at the Ranch

Here are a few more shots from Ignacio and Louisanas wedding.  The had a beautiful ceremony at St. Joseph’s church downtown San Jose and then a reception at the Ranch Golf Club. The lighting at the end of the day was just amazing and we were able to create some awesome shots of the two of them and a few fun images of the bridal party. Here are a couple more from their day. We also finished the layout from their album recently and the album turned out so great, it really tells the story of the day well. I’ll try and post some layouts from the album soon!  You can also view their slideshow here:  The Ranch Wedding Photography Slideshow

The ranch golf course wedding photography

– Mark

New Fine art wedding photography site

With the launch of our latest site it got me searching through my archives to see how much the site has changed over the years. From our last site to the current there isn’t a huge change, just larger new images and a few other cool features to come soon. But from our first site there have been some big changes to the design of the site. It was fun taking a little trip down memory lane and looking through our old sites and here are a few screenshots to share with everyone:

Here is our first website

Our 2nd website came out about 4 years later

Our 3rd site spash page, the portrait gallery was our old site and wedding gallery went to our new site

The wedding section of our 3rd site

Inside of our 3rd site (wedding section)

and now check out our new wedding gallery here: Fine Art Wedding Photography

2008 weddings in 2:13

I wanted to do something a little different this year for our Year in review show. Normally I will put together about 100 of my fav shots from maybe 5 or 10 weddings and put together a show. This year I really wanted to include all of our brides and grooms from 2008. Every wedding we shoot is important and we always capture shots that we love so I decided to include just 3 shots from every wedding. Going through over 100,000 images was pretty tough, and choosing only 3 per wedding was even harder, but I finally narrowed it down and created a quick show.  Check it out and leave us a comment below.

2008 was another incredible year for us, we were able to document some awesome weddings with some really great people. Fasten your seatbelts, here is our 2008 review in 2 minutes 13 seconds!

2008 Wedding Highlight Slideshow from mark stagi on Vimeo.

Fine art wedding photography

New Wedding photography website: http://www.fineartweddingphotography.com

New website is live, check it out!

Our new wedding website is now live, check it out here; Fine Art Wedding Photography We are going to be adding many cool features over the next few months like some video slideshows, video testomonials and a cool video intro so keep checking back!  We are also going to be adding a few more galleries so there will be more work to view!  And once this project is done we are going to start a entire new site for our Lifestyle portrait work and engagement photos!  More on that to come soon.

Let us know what you think of the new site.

New Wedding photography website: http://www.fineartweddingphotography.com

Fine Art Wedding Photography

– Mark

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Mountain Winery wedding photos

Scott and Linda were married at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga. This was the 3rd wedding I done in this circle of friends and it was great to see some of the same people again. What a fun bunch of people! The ceremony started early up at the Mountain Winery and then was followed by a cocktail hour around noon. That lasted for a few hours and then we had a break until the traditional Chinese banquet at Dynasty later in the evening. The bridal party had us laughing all day long and we captured some great images at the winery. Take a peek at the day here:

mountain winery wedding

mountain winery wedding photo bride and groom at front door