Wedding Wedgewood Fallbrook | Samantha & Brandon | Temecula Valley Wedding Photography

These posts seem to show normal on my desktop but not my mobile devices - can't figure out why - to see "correctly" please use your computer Samantha :) I met Samantha over a year ago when she was a bridesmaid in a wedding I was shooting. We hit it off right away - I remember she told me she would be calling me soon!!!   A few months later - we scheduled her engagement photos (which are here: Engagement). We had so much fun with them at their engagement which made us both so excited for their wedding.  He is a drill sergeant and absolutely the NICEST and funniest Marine - I can't imagine him yelling at anyone.   Brandon calls Jessy the ninja! We laughed a ton that day and again on this most special day.

Samantha and the girls stayed at Pala Mesa where she got ready.  We also did some portraits there, the first look and some fun shots.  They got married at Wedgewood, Fallbrook.

Portraits and some photos:  Pala Mesa Golf Resort
Wedding Venue and Portraits:  Golf Club of America - Wedgewood, Fallbrook
Hair and Makeup:  Monique Tinahui

Samantha is a twin - yes...I am jealous!


Their story from Samantha's perspective:  Brandon and I met four years ago at a country club in Temecula. After a few weeks of getting to know each other over text messages we decided to go out for the first time. I was nervous so I conned my sister and friend to come with me. I knew he was a keeper when I showed up with them and he not only bought my movie ticket but theirs as well. Six months after dating came our biggest test: deployment. He left on ship for 6 months and it was definitely a struggle, but we made it through with flying colors. I had known from the second he left on deployment that it didn't matter what happened, we were going to be together forever. I am pretty sure I knew before he did, HA! It wasn't soon after that he was re-stationed to Japan, oh boy. I knew it was going to be a difficult time yet again but I was here in school and he had no other option. Although I also knew that I would get to visit! It was the August of 2010 when I made my way to Japan and it was there at the top of the Tokyo Tower he asked me to marry him!  (how cool is that???)

I will let the pictures speak for themselves..

the First look below...

I LOVE the light at Wedgewood - it's just awesome and amazing!

He surprised her with a totally different wedding ring - her expression is priceless!

one of my favorite ceremony pictures ever

I know some of the pics aren't centered...ever since Blogger made changes, I cannot figure them out at times - many times it works - and then many times it has a mind of it's own...