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Shannon & Dominic ~ Engagement Session in La Jolla

A hospital. A girl fight. A dive bar. A going away party and Cincinnati. She asked him out. It was their first date.

Shannon and Dominic met at his pre-employment health screening…their eyes met over blood tests and blood pressure monitors (okay, not really) but what started as a friendship at the nurses station, grew into “it.” At a going away party for her boss, she asked him out for a drink. They went to a dive bar. Their first official date.

He waited a few weeks later before reciprocating. A few years later, while walking around Downtown San Diego, he pulled out a ring box as she stared, speechless. He asked her to marry him and she put it on for size, still speechless. “You didn’t answer the question!” he exclaimed. And, well, of course you know the answer to that, or there wouldn’t be a blog post!

Shannon and Dominic will be getting married later this fall at Balboa Park in San Diego. I’m excited to be there to document their special day amidst all the beautiful architecture.

The session started at the Museum of Contemporary Art–before we got kicked out that is…

the weddings: kat & daniel ~ uss midway & the prado, san diego

Their story is simple. They’ve known each other forever (17 years). They started dating. They knew they were going to get married and started planning.

Their intimate wedding was brilliantly orchestrated in one day and after many months, wracking up airline miles to see each other while Daniel was in flight school, the day was finally executed perfectly, without a hitch, exactly as planned. Surrounded by close family and friends, Daniel and Kat proclaimed their love, exchanged their vows and announced the joyful and bittersweet news of Daniel’s new job. He will be deployed for a few months but will ultimately be close to family and friends.

My husband has known Daniel since high school and we’ve come to know and love Kat in the past few years. Congratulations to both of you. Thank you for being amazing friends!

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Kat’s mom lovingly made her dress and stitched a little message on the hem:
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Kat and Daniel opted for a “First Look” so we had plenty of time to stop by some San Diego locations to shoot:
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On the USS Midway:
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After the ceremony, we moved onto a fabulous reception at The Prado at Balboa Park:
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This is one of my favorite wedding moments. During the Father-Daughter Dance, Kat’s father, battling cancer for the second time whispered, “I’ll still love you even when I’m gone.” Trying to hide my tears behind my camera, I knew this was a defining moment in my career–an affirmation that this is what I was meant to do. I am happy to report that Kat’s father received a clean bill of health a week after the wedding!
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