PICTURES!! (with link to slide show!)

One of the biggest decisions you have to make when planning your wedding is who your photographer is going to be. Pictures are what you take and have with you forever! We spent hours looking through portfolios and websites looking for a photographer! We found A LOT of good ones, but good wasn't what we were looking for. A lot of people can be good photographer but it takes someone special to be an excellent one, to not just have style and creativity, but also an artistic eye that can see things other people can't.

Then we found Alex!

We loved his work. I sent over an email and he quickly called me back. After talking with him, I booked him for wedding and engagements! Dan and I were very excited, and on June 6th we went out with Alex and did our engagement shoot. After getting my hair and make up done, we met up with Alex in Laguna Beach. We started off at Victoria Beach. Dan and I had never been there before, but it was a really awesome spot and we will definitely be going back in the future.

After doing some shots there, we went to downtown Laguna and walked around with Alex following us. Someone made a comment to me after they had seen the slide show that it just looked like there was someone following us around as we lived life, which is what it felt like. He gave direction at times but a lot of it was just us doing our thing. One of the things we loved the most about Alex was he wasn't afraid to do what to took to get the shot he wanted, like laying in the sand, sitting on the side of the road, etc.

Then after downtown, we walked down to another beach in Laguna to get a few more beach shots. The sun hadn't come out at all and it was pretty cold. I wanted to get some pictures of us in the water and Dan had already told me that he wouldn't be doing that. (he does not like to be cold) After we got down there and he knew how much it meant to me he agreed and we went playing in the water! IT WAS COLD!! But we are so glad we did because we were able to get some really great shots! Then within a few days Alex quickly got them turned around and put our slide show together for us! So here is our slide show.. (make sure you turn up the volume and listen to the words) Hope you enjoy it!

Also, I just want to tell Dan how much I love him. He is the best thing that has ever happened to me! I love that man with all of my heart and NEVER in a million years did I ever think there would be someone out there as amazing, sweet, caring, and kind as he is to me! He truly is MY EVERYTHING! I love you so much, FOREVER!