Kendra Weddings

Yacht and Jet Shoots

2009-03-23T18:06:00.000-07:00

LA Times Ad

2009-03-23T18:05:00.001-07:00

Dori and Dave

2009-03-23T18:01:00.001-07:00

OC Bride Magazine

2009-03-23T17:45:00.000-07:00

Our gorgeous bride Katie was asked to be the Cover Girl for OC Bride Magazine issue January 2009 thru July 2009! Katie and Cameron's wedding also appears in the magazine! See the "bible" for Orange County Weddings at: http://www.ocbridemag.com

2008-07-17T07:14:00.000-07:00

It's been a whirlwind these past few months--weddings, events, and great fashion shoots at mansions and in ice rooms like you see here. My June 2007 Bride April volunteered to dress up like an Ice Princess for this fashion shoot right after she celebrated her one year anniversary with her firefighter hero Jeff. ICEBULB of Newport Beach set up this elaborate ice room with ice curtains, ice couch, ice cocktail table, ice martini bar, ice sculpture and even an ice ice-cream bar! Luckily, April managed to look hot in this cool environment! Thanks to Castle for Brides for lending us this beautiful dress, and Jodee Boodman of Salon Canvass in Huntington Beach for her talents with tresses.

Katie and Cameron

2008-05-27T00:18:00.000-07:00

Katie is a referral from April! The wedding was at the Balboa Yacht Club with a detour to the beach in between the ceremony and reception.

Katie's friend and wedding planner Clinton stood up as one of Cameron's groomsmen, while Katie's lineup included her favorite (and only) sister who happened to be seven months pregnant. Have you ever seen a cuter pregnant lady than LaRee? Her husband Kenny provided the entertainment for the evening with a touching song sung to Katie and Cameron before the reception as well as a music slideshow of their lives. Most of the guests continued the party at the Hyatt bar once the reception closed down. Katie and Cameron are a darling couple and we had a blast covering their wedding. Cameron arrived at the wedding courtesy Matt's duffy boat so Katie can officially say her ship has come in!

Scarlett O'Hara

2008-05-27T00:07:00.000-07:00

I am one of the luckiest photographers in the world-all my friends ask me how I book the most beautiful brides. Rachelle reminds me of Scarlett O'Hara. She dated her fiance for 12 years before marrying last summer. It was a wonderful ceremony at University of San Diego Founder's Chapel. As an alumnae of USD, it was fun for me to go back and see all the changes at my alma mater. Spencer, Rachelle's groom, kept us laughing all day.

April & Jeff

2008-05-26T23:56:00.000-07:00

Happy Anniversary to April and Jeff! They married on June 2, 2007 and have been wonderful for my photography business. April misses being a bride and has turned into one of my bridal assistants. I think since their wedding they have referred 5 other weddings in the past year to me! Recently April modeled for me at a new venue in Newport Beach called Casa Pazamore. As beautiful as she was on her wedding day, she was much more relaxed during her fashion shoot-

not worried about getting makeup on Jeff!

Beautiful Heather

2008-02-28T12:12:00.000-08:00

This has been such an exciting year for my photography business. I went to my very first Bridal Show at South Coast Plaza and the results have been amazing! Simon Pearce hosted the event at Crystal Court in February and my world has not been the same. Saks Fifth Avenue is displaying one of my pictures in their exclusive bridal salon-- they picked Heather out of all my beautiful brides because the dress she wore is one they sell (Vera Wang).

Heather and Mike married on May 20, 2007 in Northern California. They rented an Italian Villa in the Napa/Sonoma area. It was a beautiful ceremony and the dinner and wine was fantastic. Heather and Mike dated for four years before finally tying the knot so it was a great celebration for their friends and family.

2007-05-08T23:52:00.000-07:00

What a wonderful celebration of my littlest nephew Sunday. He was so excited for his First Communion he told his mom the night before, "Tomorrow is going to be the best day of my life!" After a beautiful ceremony with many friends and family in the front row, we returned to my brother's house for a BBQ.

Later that night I asked my cuddly nephew, "Was this the best day of your life?" And he said, "One of them!"

Old-fashioned Kid Fun

2007-05-07T21:35:00.000-07:00

I stopped off at my brother's house on the way back from vacation and had an opportunity to spend time with my nephews. My sister-in-law is one of the best moms on earth and I think her kids exemplify this. It seemed like a hot summer day yesterday when they created this game of water bottle rockets to cool off.

Here's a couple pix of my older nephew. Tomorrow look for some cute pictures of my youngest nephew as he experiences his 1st Communion--what a cutie-pie!

Mimi is 80

2007-04-28T08:32:00.000-07:00

Can you believe this beautiful lady is EIGHTY years old? Her granddaughter Heather is getting married in May and instead of a private engagement session she wanted to celebrate her Grandmother Mimi's birthday with a family session.
Heather and Mike are getting married in Sonoma in May and it's going to be a really fun weekend. I'm looking forward to the karoeke night since I am the 80s Queen of music!
Hannah is Heather's niece and will be the flowergirl. She's been practicing very hard on how to be a princess, which is very tough to do when you are only two years old.
I've known this family for about 25 years thru my Aunt Lisa, Heather's mom is one of Aunt Lisa's dearest friends and Heather's brother Brendan (Hannah's dad) is my cousin Greg's best friend. Aunt Lisa has a beautiful backyard and I often end up photographing here when I'm in San Diego.

Wedding Pix, Whale Pix and Big Love to Grandma

2007-04-24T21:03:00.000-07:00

Here are the photos I promised in my first blog. As you can see, Melissa is absolutely gorgeous and Kevin is thrilled with his catch. Then you will see me and the bridesmaids reacting to their joy :) We had a blast at Mel and Kevin's wedding!

Although my photo biz is wedding photography, I do photograph many other things that catch my eye.

I've attached a few aerials from a recent helicopter ride in Newport Beach; a beach abstract, a stranded fishing boat and three whales migrating up the coast right off the pier!

We have been trying to get my Grandma online so we can keep in touch with her better. Our family gave her a computer for Christmas when she lived in California with my late Grandfather Bohn--he seemed to enjoy the digital age more than she did. But with Aunt Peggy visiting Grandma, I thought I'd try to lure Grandma into checking the computer more often with this blog. Grandma--a belated Happy Birthday and big hugs from California!

Kendra Weddings

2007-04-20T23:50:00.000-07:00

Welcome to my new blog! I have been keeping in touch with my bride and grooms via email and with an increasing number of weddings, I decided to start a blog.
I've had some great weddings in the past couple years since starting my photography business, but I have to say the Melissa Cesena & Kevin Strobel wedding last weekend was one of my favorites. This couple was simply amazing--absolutely glowing with joy and love! Throughout the day many of the guests and my photo/video staff had a hard time keeping our eyes dry.
The wedding party was a total blast from Kirk (best man), Ramon (best friend), EJ (fantastic dancer), Howard (Carolina's husband) and Christian, (the junior groomsman with an incredibly touching speech), to Veronica and Carolina the co-maids-of-honor. Melissa had an expert MAC beauty expert with bridesmaid Ronnie. Rounding out the party was Michelle (junior bridesmaid) who looked like a Tiffany doll, and our champ Esmeralda who was incredibly sick the entire weekend but muscled up some REAL smiles for our photo field trip to the park.
I had absolutely no idea that I was going to the Dancing with the Stars wedding--boy, can this crew DANCE! Of course, I always have to put my fisheye lens on and get up close to the dancing---sometimes (OK, most weddings) I have to blend in with the crowd and dance a little so I can get some great action shots... The music was so fantastic, my dancing shoes took off --Kevin grabbed my camera from me and before I knew it, I was doing a little salsa with E.J. (the bride's brother).
I'm usually the last one to leave with my assistant Greg, but since so many guests stayed at the Ayres Hotel and Suites, we only departed when the music shut down. The ceremony was in this darling courtyard which has a European Villa feel to it. Because we were so close to the airport, there was an occasional plane flying overhead during the ceremony--but it made the ceremony even more special--the pastor would pause, the bride, groom, and guests would all laugh, the plane would fly by, and then the pastor would continue.
I will post pictures soon!