Elfin Forest Family Portraits | Sneak Peek w. Trudelle Family

This family is the best! We had so much fun with them during our portrait session out at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos. The area is so beautiful out there and when you have a wonderful good looking family like the Trudelle's, it is almost impossible to take a poor photo. 

Check out a quick sneak peek from the session below. We look forward to sharing more from the session soon. 

Family/Maternity Portrait Photographers: Be Still Photography | Ernie Padaon | Fiona Padaon
Location: Elfin Forest | San Marcos, CA

Fostered Purpose Keys

We have started up another business. We just can't help ourselves. We are always going and there are so many things that we love doing. 

What is done in love is done well

 

Fiona loved doing crafts and she has gotten on this kick of creating these keys. She has been making these keys and passing it out to her friends. The keys has a specific word on it and a bible verse attached to it. You can see what they look like below and get a better idea of what I am talking about. 

With this latest craft, it gave us an opportunity to practice capturing the details. During weddings, there are so many different details that we look to capture and we want to keep practicing shooting different details to give us more ideas on wedding days. It will help us become more creative on the wedding day when we are taking photos of rings or any other items on a wedding day. 

Check out the Instagram account for Fostered Purpose. 

Instagram: Fostered Purpose

Check out what we do behind the scenes at Be Still Photog on our Snapchat. 

Snapchat: Be Still Photog

Here are some images of those awesome keys. Send us an email if you are interested in buying some keys. 

Sunset trip to Waterfront Park with the kids

We went down to Waterfront Park down in Downtown San Diego to meet up with some friends and we couldn't help but take a few photos of the kids enjoying their day. The sunset was beautiful and we had to just snap a few photos while we were out there. 

We were doing a 365 day challenge, that already has been derailed, but there are some principles that we want to continue from that challenge. We want to have our cameras with us wherever we may go. We want to be able to shoot whenever the light is amazing. We want to be able to capture great moments for ourselves and for others. 

We may not have a photo a day for 365 straight days, but we definitely will be looking to capture moments every chance that we get. 

Here are a few shots from Waterfront Park last night. We love our little ones! The sunset was gorgeous. 

365 PORTRAIT CHALLENGE | 3 OF 365 | Caleb being Caleb

We are on Day 3 of the 365 portrait challenge that we put on ourselves and it has been a great experience already. So far I have gotten both of my kids in the portraits already and today we should be going outside of the house to get a portrait.

The portrait for Day 3 is of our son Caleb. We already know that he is going to be one of the funny kids in school. He loves to make people laugh and he can't sit in front of the camera and look into it without making some goofy face.

This is our son being our son...

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The more I thought of this challenge, the more I started to think that this could be a "Humans of New York" type of project. I don't know if we will get to that level, but it definitely will reach a number of different people that cross our paths. I know there will be some duplicates of people throughout this process, but the more we step out of our comfort zone and ask people for photos, the more fun this project can get.

Part of this challenge will be to take photos of as many different people as we can. Let's see how far we can reach!

To see our different blog posts on this challenge, click HERE. If you just want to check out the slideshow, click HERE.

Camera details: ISO 1600 | 35mm | f/1.8 | 1/100 sec Portrait photographer: Be Still Photog

365 PORTRAIT CHALLENGE | 2 OF 365 | Sarai and Peanut Butter

We are doing a portrait challenge where we want to take a portrait every day for the next 365 days. We are on day 2 and I already have had my daughter on both the photos from Day 1 and Day 2! I better find some new subjects or this will be a 365 challenge of Sarai. I did take a few photos on the day, but this was still my favorite of the bunch.

Sarai LOVES grabbing a "stoop" of peanut butter in a spoon and chomping down. She also is very camera aware. When you combine the two, we get something like this!

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San Diego Photographer | Portrait per day challenge | Be Still Photog

What a freaking cute kid. While we do this challenge, we might just end up with a ton of photos of our fam and kids, but that is never going to be a bad thing!

The reason why we are photographers is to capture lives. If we didn't do it for our own family, then we would be doing it wrong! We capture amazing photos for people all the time and we better make sure to capture the amazing moments with our own family.

San Diego Photographer | Portrait per day challenge | Be Still Photog

San Diego Photographer | Portrait per day challenge | Be Still Photog

This portrait challenge is going to be fun. We will definitely be getting more subjects for the photos, but we know that we will have plenty of our kids in the mix.

You can check out our previous portrait posts here or you can just check out the photos from the 365 project here.

Photo details: ISO 800 | 35mm | f 1.8 | 1/125 sec Photographers: Be Still Photog | Ernie Padaon | Fiona Padaon

365 Portrait Challenge | 1 of 365 | Self-Portrait

A 365 portrait challenge! We have challenged ourselves to create a portrait every single day for an entire year. Some days it is going to be easy since we will have clients booked and can use their portraits for our challenge and some days we will have to just create. We have seen that some people use this as a self-portrait challenge, but we want to create portraits. Portraits of any kind and of any person. At some point we will get sick of shooting the same people and will have to go outside the box to create more.

To start out this challenge though, we went with a self-portrait. Don't be surprised, but this is the first time I had used the timer feature on the camera before. I never found reason to use it in the past, but will probably use it a ton while taking some portraits for myself to get in.

Here is the first portrait in a long line of photos:

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San Diego Wedding Photographer - Self Portrait - Family - Exist in Photos - Photo Challenge

I FREAKING LOVE!

We always go for that lifestyle type portrait in our work and it was great to actually see myself in a photo. Sue Bryce tells about "existing in photos." No matter what, people should exist in photos. I feel strong about that. I never have been a person that has liked sitting in front of a camera, but after the first self-portrait, I know how important it is to be in front of the camera and not always behind it.

These photos don't disappear and they will always exist. It is a piece of memory that you can always bring up and come back to. People need to exist in photos. Starting off on Day 1 of this challenge and we already have learned some great things. Can't wait to see what else we learn day in and day out of this challenge.

What are we going to create today?!

Follow along with us on this portrait challenge through our BLOG. You can also see some of our photos on our Instagram and Facebook and can see some of the behind the scenes work on our Snapchat.

This should be fun!

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San Diego Wedding Photographer - Self Portrait - Family - Exist in Photos

Self-Portrait: Be Still Photography | Ernie Padaon

How are you creating engagement on social media?

Content is king! Content is KING. Content is king! How are you creating engagement over social media? I don't know how many times you have heard it, but in the blogging world it is said over and over and over again. I ran a San Diego Chargers site for a long time and was able to get a lot of traffic on that page and the only reason why we were able to get so many people around is because we were always able to create content.

The offseason was our biggest time to get people around. While the main networks were slowing down on their football coverage, we were still flowing with content every day for people to look through.

In the world of photography, we have to do the same thing. We have to create content all the time in order to share with everyone. We can recycle through our old photos for so long, but at some point you have to create. If you don't have any shoots scheduled for a good amount of time, you will have to work on some personal shoots. Find some people or things to take photos of and create.

The best practice for all of us is to continue to pick up that camera and keep working. We need to create content all the time.

That content needs to be shareable. You want that content to create emotion.

Some of the latest content we have created for social media is some of our photos with some meaningful love quotes on them. Our clients love seeing the quotes on the photos, but other people would love to share those photos out with other people as well.

Just look at the last couple of photos we created to share.

When I saw you I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew - William Shakespeare love quotes engagement photography

When I saw you I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew - William Shakespeare love quotes engagement photography

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other audrey hepburn love quotes engagement photography

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other audrey hepburn love quotes engagement photography

People love good imagery and they love quotes. We just put them together to create something to get a response from them. With all the algorithms that are going out for all the social media networks at this time, you need to be able to create a reaction and a response with your work. That is how you will get pushed to the top of the line on all these algorithms. 

What are you doing to get to the top of the line? How are you getting noticed? How are you generating a response on social media?

Family Portrait Photography at Elfin Forest

San Diego Portrait Photography with the Grant family. We did  a family portrait session with the Grant family out at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos. The family was amazing! The kids were awesome!

We loved capturing the different moments with the family and the light was gorgeous! Check out a few of the photos of these cute little kids that we captured out there.

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

I loved the matching shirts that they wore on the day!

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San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

Dad held the kids up in this tree. 

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San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

San Diego Family Portrait Photography at the Elfin Forest in San Marcos

When you see a flower bush like this, you have to take the moment to pick some flowers! 

San Diego Portrait location: Elfin Forest, San Marcos San Diego Portrait Photographer: Be Still Photography and Video | Ernie Padaon | Fiona Padaon

Jake + Stephanie | San Diego engagement photos at Moonlight Beach

San Diego engagement photos at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas with Jake and Stephanie.

We were able to capture the engagement photography for Jake and Stephanie out at Moonlight Beach. They will be getting married in July at Big Bear. They are such an amazing couple and we were so excited to be able to capture moments with them at Moonlight Beach.

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San Diego Engagement Photos at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas

We were also asked to capture their proposal a few months ago at Stone Brewery.

They love the beach and love the idea of getting onto a lifeguard tower for some of their photos. We walked on the beach and enjoyed hanging out with each other.

San Diego Engagement Photos at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas

San Diego Engagement Photos at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas

San Diego Engagement Photos at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas

San Diego Engagement Photos at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas

San Diego Engagement Photos at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas

San Diego Engagement Photos at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas

Always have to have some fun while you are out on the beach. 

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San Diego Engagement Photos at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas

If the lifeguard tower is open, you just have to get up in there and take a few snaps. 

San Diego Engagement Photos at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas

San Diego Engagement Photos at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas

The beach session with these two was amazing. They got to hang out for an awesome day, while we just sat back and captured the two of them. 

Loved capturing the day for Jake and Stephanie. Loved being there with them and we congratulate them for an awesome wedding that they will have.

San Diego Engagement Photography: Be Still Photography and Video | Ernie Padaon

Alex + Rosanna | San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House

San Diego wedding photographer: Be Still Photography and Video | Ernie Padaon | Fiona Padaon What a wonderful wedding we were able to capture last week at the Darlington House with Alex and Rosanna. Everything was gorgeous!

The day started out with hair and makeup by Johanah Convertino and Natasha Poonka. They did such beautiful work!

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San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla

San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla

San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla

San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla

San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla

The Darlington House was an amazing venue and fit Alex and Rosanna perfectly. 

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San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla

We hung the dresses out in the courtyard, but then decided to bring the wedding dress solo in the bridal prep room.  

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San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla

San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla

San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla

San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla

San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla

San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla

San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla

The light from the window was outstanding and showed off the beautiful dress. 

Charise Ladwig of Rae Florae was the florist for the event and she has always done amazing work. Here are the gentlemen's boutonnieres.

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San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla | Flowers by Rae Florae

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San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla

San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla

San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla

San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla

San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla

San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla

San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla

San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla

San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla

San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla

San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla

San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla | Bride Portraits

San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla | Bride Portraits

San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla | Bride portraits

San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla | Bride portraits

That little bridal space was just too pretty, so we decided to do a few more bridal portraits in that space. We showed off the amazing veil and the gorgeous dress. 

San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla | First look

San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla | First look

San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla | First Look

San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla | First Look

San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla | First Look

San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla | First Look

San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla | First Look

San Diego Wedding Photographer at Darlington House in La Jolla | First Look

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At the Darlington House, we decided to do their first look at the staircase. With Alex waiting, his beautiful bride walked down the stairs to greet him. 

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Before walking down the aisle, Rosanna read the sweet letter that Alex gave her. 

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Right before walking down the aisle, mom had a couple of words to share with her daughter.

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After the ceremony, we took a little ride down to La Jolla to take a few portraits with Alex and Rosanna. The beach was beautiful! 

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Wedding Photographers: Be Still Photography and Video | Ernie Padaon | Fiona Padaon Wedding Coordinator: I Do Weddings | Rachel Finn Florist: Rae Florae | Charise Ladwig Cake Artist: VG Donut and Cake Makeup Artist: Johanah Convertino Hair Artist: Natasha Poonka

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Alex and Rosanna | Sneak peek on wedding photography at Darlington House

Ernie and Fiona Padaon of Be Still Photography had the honor of capturing the wedding photography for Alex and Rosanna at the Darlington House in La Jolla.  What a spectacular day we had with these newlyweds yesterday at the Darlington House in La Jolla. Congratulations to Alex and Rosanna!

Everything was absolutely gorgeous during the day and it was a pleasure to capture their day with them. It was a beautiful day out and both Alex and Rosanna looked stunning. The preparations at the Darlington House was perfect for both of them.

We put together a few sneak peek images from the wedding yesterday. There are some from the prep, during the ceremony and during their portrait session. We wanted to share some of the great photos from the day and will have plenty more to share from their big day very soon.

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The window in the bridal room provided such great light that we needed to take advantage of it with Rosanna showing off her beautiful dress.

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Here was their first kiss as man and wife! What a great looking bridal party with them.

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We went down to the beach for their portrait session and it was spectacular! Just look at the water and the clouds in the air. Everything was picture perfect. There are so many great images that we got from that portrait session and we can't wait to share all of them.

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San Diego Wedding Photographers: Be Still Photography | Ernie Padaon | Fiona Padaon

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Fashion Photography | Flour Everywhere!

The best thing about fashion or editorial type of photography... There are no rules and you can do whatever you want to create an image. Use all your imagination and creativity to create something that will make people go WOW. That is the best part of it! We have had the idea of throwing flour or powder around for a while and wanted to finally get it in a shoot. It was a DISASTER of a mess, but in the end we had some amazing images that we could work with.

Check out some of the great things that we were able to make.

We placed flour in the hair of our model and asked her to shake it off. It created a huge dust cloud.

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This next image had the inspiration of ballet from it and it almost looks like she has wings. We asked her to let go off the powder and throw her hands in the air to see what we would create.

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We threw flour from behind to create this image.

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To start out the day, we wanted to use the umbrella in our image. We wanted to toss the flour at the top of the umbrella and let it come down off the side. This was the toughest image to create. After several shots we were able to create this shot.

Lastly, we put this shot together.

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This photoshoot was a mess, but at the end of the day we created some images that will stand out. It was fun to create the mess and it was fun to create some outstanding images.

We can't wait to do our next fashion photography style shoot and create some fantastic images. We are always open for suggestions on what you may think. Suggestions?

Fashion Photographers: Be Still Photog | Ernie Padaon | Fiona Padaon

Chris + Kelly | San Diego Wedding Photography at St. Brigid

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Beautiful! Beautiful! Beautiful!

The wedding with Chris and Kelly earlier this month was absolutely beautiful. The skies were clear and the day was a little windy, but it made for a perfect wedding day for this amazing couple.

Chris and Kelly got ready at different areas around the La Jolla and Pacific Beach area. Here are some photos of the bride and groom getting ready.

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 Make up was done by Double Take Makeup Artistry. Hair was done by Carly Bowers.

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We did our portrait sessions with the bride and her bridesmaids at the house. 

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We also wanted to get solo shots of each bridesmaid and groomsmen to create this fun little piece. 

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The gentleman also did their portrait session outside of their prepping location. 

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Kelly had a first look with her dad before she met up with Chris and she got him some cuff links as a gift on her wedding day. 

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Then we went out to Crystal Pier at Pacific Beach to hold their first look. Chris waited out on the pier and Kelly walked out to meet him.

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We love  being able to witness and capture the intimate moments of a first look. It might be one of our favorite moments. 

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We did our portrait session with Chris and Kelly right after the first look on the pier and then we went under the pier for a few amazing moments. 

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We stitched together a few images to make this amazing capture. 

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After the first look, we went out to St. Brigid for the ceremony.

The reception was also at St. Brigid.

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They had this cute little table for the kids during the reception. 

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They played this shoe game during the reception. You can check out some of the rules to that game right here

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Again, we ended the night with a giant group photo of everyone that joined in on the festivities. 

San Diego Wedding Photographer: Be Still Photog | Ernie Padaon | Fiona Padaon MUA: Double Take Makeup Artistry Hair: Hair by Carly | Carly Bowers Florist: Vita DJ: Dale Gottschalk Caterer: SD TACO CO. 

San Diego Wedding Photography | Jim + Isa

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We were honored to be a part of the Rooney wedding earlier this month. Jim and Isa are great friends and they asked us to capture their wedding day and we had a lot of fun capturing their intimate wedding that was held at a private residence.

There were so many great details to capture from the day, starting with the mason jars for glasses that they used for their wedding.

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The brick wall inside the house was great for a backdrop to hang the wedding dress and the bridesmaid dress.

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With Isa's wedding dress and her after party dress, she had two different pairs of shoes for the night.

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Blyss Macias (Beauty by Blyss) was the makeup artist and the hair stylist for Isa and she did an incredible job.

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We loved the location for the wedding. This is the second wedding that we have done at the residence and it is a great location to host an intimate ceremony and reception.

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Jim got ready at a friends house and we pulled all his little items to the side before he got dressed.

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The flowers were done by Charise of Rae Florae. She has always done an amazing job with her flowers.

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Isa got prepped in the bathroom with her girls and with her maid of honor. The light coming from the window was amazing.

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We did a first look down the road at Marian Bear Park and all the ladies had prayer before Isa met up with Jim.

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Marian Bear Park and their first look was incredible! We did their portrait session right after the first look.

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When Isa returned, she had her first look with her dad.

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The ceremony location was beautiful. Loved everything about the house and the ceremony.

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Right after the ceremony, we had to take advantage of the amazing light that was in the backyard. We did family portraits right on the hill in the backyard and created a few more portraits with them.

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Just one giant group photo with everyone! Congrats to the Rooneys.

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San Diego Wedding Photographer: Be Still Photog | Ernie Padaon | Fiona Padaon Hair and MUA: Blyss Macias (Beauty by Blyss) Florist: Charise Ladwig of Rae Florae Cake Artist: Urban Plates Caterer: Phil's BBQ Wedding Venue: Ruckle House | Clairemont, CA

Wedding Proposal Photography | Colin + Sarina

Oh what a beautiful night it was. A beautiful night for a proposal. A proposal that would definitely be a surprise and would get some amazing reactions. A proposal that would be seen and done in front of a ton of people. Colin and Sarina are an amazing couple from our church. Colin wanted to plan a proposal during one of our youth ministry nights. Both Colin and Sarina are heavily involved with the youth. They both serve at different campuses on Fridays though, so the plan was to have Colin come down for a surprise visit in the middle of the service.

We played a little intro video on the screens that Sarina didn't know too much about. It was just listed as a Special Item on the run sheet. The video was going to play after a Valentine's day promo and Colin would walk out onto the stage after a certain part of the video.

You can see our recap video here:

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That proposal video still gives me goosebumps.

We captured some photos on the day as well:

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Before Sarina was on the stage, she was in the audience enjoying the worship from the night.

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Colin was in the back nervously waiting to make his appearance.

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Then the video came and it was time!

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We brought them backstage for a few quick photos, but then wanted to let them sit back and enjoy their moment together. We will get our chance to do photos with them during a real engagement session and can spend the time to create some amazing photos.

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