DOG FRIENDLY WEDDINGS!! San Diego, California

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So Easy to Include Your Beloved Dogs
In Your Wedding!

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We've been offering weddings with Fido, Rover and Max
for over 25 years now.
In fact, in 2011, our deep love of dogs blossomed so much
we started a non profit dog rescue here in San Diego.
(Lucky Pup Dog Rescue)

Here is Our info about our dog friendly weddings
on Coronado Dog Beach.
We are the real deal when it comes to "dog love",
with over 25 years of experience,
and know that we are giving back to our community
in a way that benefits so many death row dogs..


And if you can't have your pup at your wedding,
here is a great article with some other ideas about
how to include your dog (s) in your wedding,
even if they aren't at the ceremony! 

http://gooddogsco.com/2015/06/6-ways-to-include-your-dog-in-your-wedding/ 

xoxo
christine and steve 

ElopeSanDiego.com

June 20th.... Twenty Eight Years ago.... our wedding anniversary. Seattle Washington

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Happy Anniversary to us!   

28 years ago we "I do" in Seattle 

and traveled to Coronado for our honeymoon :)

Three months later we would start our wedding business!
Photography and Wedding Ceremonies

xoxo
christine and steve

ElopeSanDiego.com

 

our wedding day, Seattle June 20, 1987

honeymoon, Coronado Beach, Hotel Del June 1987

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Loving our updates from couples... 5 and 6 years ago...

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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
to some of our favorite couples ! 

Fiona and Edgar traveled all the way from the UK to
elope with us in 2009. We have loved following them 

and watching their family grow and their crazy adventures
as they travel the globe.  They always make us laugh.

AND NOW!

And Sara and Samuel and their family, were married in 2010
their homecoming photo gets me every single time I see it!

We have the best job in the world! 

xoxo

christine and steve

ElopeSanDiego.Com

A CELEBRATION OF "LOVE" DAY. Anniversary of the Supreme Court Ruling on the Loving v. Virginia

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Time for a quick little history lesson about love and marriage! 

 Mildred and Richard Loving were married in June of 1958
in Washington DC, just 80 miles from their home.

They happily returned to their home
in Central Point, Virginia as newlyweds.
Central Point had been Mildred's home for generations,
and the couple had known each other
since they were children.

 

But not long after their return, at 2 AM in the morning,
Sheriff Garnett Brooks made his way into their bedroom.

He arrested them for
"cohabiting as man and wife against the
peace and dignity of the of the Commonwealth". 
Richard spent one night in jail, Mildred was detained several days.
Their court costs were $ 36.29.

At the time,
it was illegal for a black woman and a white man to be married.
In fact,  it was a FELONY.  With a maximum sentence of five years.
The law had been on the books since 1662 and updated in 1924.
It required that both parties have
"white" only ancestry from at least the year 1684
to be married to one another. 

Mildred and RIchard, man and wife pleaded guilty on January 6, 1959
and were sentenced to a year in prison. 
They were given a "deal" to have a suspended
sentence if they would leave Virginia for 25 years,
and they took that option.
However, they returned for Easter one year to visit their families and
were arrested again for violating the terms of their sentence.
For future visit they were forbidden from traveling together. 

The lived in Washington DC, far from family and friends,
and struggled in every way.
As things got worse for the family,
Mildred wrote a letter to Robert Kennedy,
she wanted to challenge the law!

Robert Kennedy who was our Attorney General
at the time helped her and
found someone to take her case.
Because they Lovings had accepted the court's plea bargain, they couldn't appeal.
It was a struggle, but they won their case, so aptly name:

"Loving vs. the Commonwealth of Virginia"

The Supreme Court overturned the Virginia
conviction in a unanimous decision... on June 12, 1967.
The court ruled that Virginia's anti miscegenation statute
violated both the"due process clause"
and the "equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. 

More info here

and here

Mildred and Richard had three children,
she passed away in Central Point on May 2, 2008,
Richard was killed by a drunk driver in 1975

Steve and I were in Junior HIgh School when this ruling was made,
doesn't seem like that long ago....

We LOVE AND RESPECT
Mildred's moxey, as a woman,
a wife and mother!

Thowback Thursday With A Little Martha Stewart. . ..

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The year was 1994, okay... I know, I know..
that was a LONG time ago....

I can still remember the excitement about finding out that
Martha Stewart was going to publish a WEDDING MAGAZINE! 
And we were going to be in the first ever edition.
 
I thought up the concept and took the photograph,
in Pike Place Market,
in downtown Seattle.  Just a few steps from
the original Starbucks.
 
So much fun!
The "bride" owned a dress shop and
I had photographed her wedding earlier.

We did a couple more editions of the magazine after that...
and the national exposure was awesome.

SInce September of 1987, I been sharing couples
most special day by capturing their wedding memories.

Additionally, I am a member of
Professional Photographers of California.

Since photography is a passion,
it's been fun to keep up with my skills by taking
programs and seminars in places as far away as Texas.

My years experience gives the clients who hire us
  a warm fuzzy feeling of security that you won't
get from a part time photographer or a family member.

Big and fancy weddings..
Small and sweet weddings 
and everything in between
I done 'em all.

xoxo
Christine 
ElopeSanDiego.com  

If you are interested in having
beautiful beach wedding photography for your special day
give me a call

858 945 8341

More information about my wedding photography
just click here
 

* dress shop and owner information obscured on the marque

Real friends don't ask friends do their wedding photos...

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having your friend photograph your wedding.... what could possibly go wrong?

 
So much DIY these days...

In the rush to save a few dollars,
couples sometimes forget there is only get one opportunity
to have wonderful wedding photos.

It stands to reason that
someone who has spent nearly three decades
photographing weddings will no doubt do a better job
than uncle Bob, or the guy found on Craigslist
who works as a fry cook during the week
and bought a new camera last year,
or your well meaning cousin Linda Lou.
You have to admit, tempting, but risky at best.

Steve and I paid $ 1000 for our wedding photography
lo those many years ago in 1987~
and even that didn't guarantee that we were very happy
with the results.  So it not always about money
when hiring a professional photographer to capture your special day.
 

Check out their work, chat about expectations and style.
Find out what people say about their photos. Look at samples yourself.

I happen to be a member of Professional Photographers of California,
and winner of several national photographic awards.

Our elopement company also has a A+ rating with the BBB.
We most importantly, we don't just send other
people to photograph your wedding.

So really, there are lots of reasons to take a second look
at hiring a professional photographer
to capture your wedding memories. 

If it's not in the budget,
we have a Paypal option that includes
6 months financing for no charge :)

Time and time again,
it's the photographs that people count
as their most treasured possessions when disaster hits. 
Yet when it comes to hiring a photographer,
many times people think the iphone
or the fancy camera get the shots. Totally discounting
the eye and experience of the photographer.

  Remember, its not the paint brush that created the Mona Lisa,
it was the artist.
You can give anyone a box of brushes,
a blank canvas and some oil paint...

Jumpin' down from my soap box NOW

 

xoxoxo

christine

portrait photographer
and co owner of Elope San Diego

San Diego Barefoot Beach ELOPEMENT PACKAGES
WITH PHOTOS
STARTING AT $ 695.

lost ring in the sand, your friend would probably
have to put her camera down & jump in and look for that ring !

and if it's just the two of you... you'd never have a photo like this...

or like this

WEDDING PHOTOS FROM " ELOPE SAN DIEGO"
SAMPLES WEDDING PHOTOS ON "YOU TUBE"
by Christine Haslet

....  

xoxo

christine 

professional

portrait photographer since 1987