RECENT WEDDINGS
Gina and Dustin | Chowchilla Fairgrounds Wedding | Chowchilla, CA
Just over 4 years ago I photographed a wedding for a super cool and sweet girl named Cari – that set off a chain of weddings that now exceeds 20+ of family and friends and one that finally reached Cari’s little sister Gina this summer. It’s a highlight of my year, seemingly several times a year, to meet up with this group of family and friends and celebrate another wedding with them. I’m beyond honored that they continue to come back to me and trust me to capture their special days in photographs. This wedding was no exception to the rule of great parties, happy and fun loving friends and family, and gorgeous settings. Weddings by Cassandra totally remade the Chowchilla
Lauren and Jeff | Wedding from St. Therese and Pardini’s | Fresno, CA
You had to know that a family who’s business is hosting parties would totally know how to throw great party, and Jeff and Lauren Pardini’s wedding rose fully to that expectation. I love photographing and hanging out with a bunch of enthusiastic people, totally enjoying a wedding day. It makes being a wedding photographer just about the best job in the world! St. Therese was beautiful as always, looking grand and elegant, and the newly remodeled Pardini’s looked fantastic. The Pardini family has done a great job with all the renovations and it looks like a totally new space. Cassandra from Weddings by Cassandra was the wedding planner, and she did a phenomenal job as she always does executing the vision
Amanda and Phil | Wolf Lakes “Feedlot” Wedding | Fresno, CA
Amanda and Phillip’s wedding comes to you from the brand new reception venue out at Wolf Lakes Park. Named “The Feedlot” it’s perfect for small, intimate receptions, private parties, and all sorts of simpler events. I love the decor and Amanda and Phil’s wedding was the perfect event to host as their first wedding reception. Aside from the venue, this wedding was so much fun, just a ton of great people to hang out with, lots of emotion and great characters. Phil’s son was just ridiculously cute and I loved documenting his relationship with his dad and new “mom.” Take minute and check out a few of my favorite images from the day!
Amanda and Matt | Lake Tahoe Wedding Photographs | Squaw Valley, CA
For a wedding photographer in Fresno, there is nothing better than escaping the summer heat and heading to photograph a wedding in the Lake Tahoe area! Add a super sweet, down to earth couple and their amazing friends and it makes for a great weekend, full of real moments – funny, unexpected, and heartfelt photographs just flowed from this wedding. Amanda and Matt chose the Plumpjack Lodge as their wedding venue, and I loved the choice. It had great views of the surrounding mountains, super good food, and a great ambiance which can only make great wedding photographs easy to come by. Matt and most of his groomsmen were looking sharp in their military dress uniforms (Navy and Marines), and the
Jillian and John | St. Peters and Kings Country Club | Lemoore, CA
I don’t want to sound like a broken record, so I’m not going to mention how scorching hot it was on this day and we’ll just pretend it was about 80 degrees and perfect! I can totally get away with that because Jillian and John looked perfect in all their wedding pictures so you’d never know anyway! I had so much fun shooting this wedding, the kids at this one were so awesome – including Jillian’s little man Jackson, the dancing pictures were epic, and there were so many great moments all around. I got to revisit St Peter’s Catholic Church in Lemoore, a great church for a wedding, and I had my first chance to photograph a wedding at Kings
Lacie and Chris | Victorian Gardens of Two Sisters | Kingsburg, CA
One of the pleasures of being a wedding photographer in Fresno is those extra special, early summer, rogue heat waves that show up every year before we’re used to 100+ degree days. And by pleasure I mean pain, haha! This was one of those weddings. It was so hot that the local news even visited the rehearsal the day before their wedding because it was forecast to hit 108, 110 – something crazy whatever it was. I loved that Lacie and Chris didn’t let the heat phase them at all. Of course the reception was a dressed down affair, but their spirits were riding high all day and the moments were fantastic all around. And as a message to all those
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Mark
