David's Bar Mitzvah

I love this family! I photographed David's older sister Ariel's Bat Mitzvah about 3 years ago, so it was so fun to come back all this time later to photograph David's. And their family has just been so nice to me. They've given my name to so many of their friends, sent me a wonderful gift basket as thank-you, and are an all around hoot! Plus, mom's name is Robin so you know they are terrific :)





My favorite shot from the day- Robin helping David get situated.


Grandpa gave this tie tack to David before he passed away last year.
















I never knew this place existed, but at the top of the 4th Street Parking Garage in Downtown San Jose, there is this ballroom- it's owned and catered by The Fairmont- and that's where David had his party. The walls of the foyer are all this thick partially opaque Lucite-ish stuff and I loved the light they let in! Made for really fun family photos.










David had a James Bond 007/Casino themed party, complete with a guest painted gold (Gold Finger's date).
















Partying with the Jr. High crowd!

Laura and Matt II

And here's some more of my faves from Matt and Laura's wedding, picking up at the ceremony where I left off in yesterday's post.



This one cracks me up!

Laura and Matt

Laura and Matt's wedding was forever ago (or at least close to forever) but because they are possibly the nicest people ever, they just kept telling me not to rush myself, and I've been so busy with so many other things that I totally jumped on their offers, and I kept bumping them to the bottom of my to-do list. (That'll teach clients to be nice to me, eh!) Anyway, from all the way back in September, here we have Matt and Laura- the first post anyway- more to come soon!

I did Matt and Laura's engagement shoot about a year before the wedding and when they came to pick up their engagement pictures they had a big announcement- which was that this lil' guy, MJ, was on his way! Laura and Matt's wedding plans, (and dress choice :)) changed a lot at that point, but they still ended up having such a tender and beautiful little ceremony in Shakespeare's Garden. They got ready and did their reception at the Marines Memorial Building, and MJ was there for it all, just as happy as could be, as if he knew exactly what was going on- so so cute!


Laura found this cute tea-length dress right off the rack 2 weeks before the wedding!


And as coincidence would have it, Laura's childhood best friend, and Maid of Honor, had a little baby girl about a month before they had MJ, so the two babies had little matching-sized formal-wear.








LOVED the hot pink and lime green color scheme!!
















Pinkie-promised to their vows.




I have to cut this post short at the moment, but I'll finish putting up more in the morning.