June 11th, 2010 at 4:30PM the wedding rehearsal took place at Whispering Oaks Terrace, Pala, California for Kristy and Nik’s wedding. During the rehearsal the bride, groom, bridesmaids, groomsmen and parents practice their entrances, exits and who they will be walking with. They ran through the procedures twice to make sure everything goes smoothly, appropriately, and as well as making sure no further changes needed to be made. The rehearsal was not all seriousness. We did have a few laughs especially at the reactions of the flower girl and ring bearer.
Following the rehearsal the invitees went to Journey’s End at Pechanga Resort and Casino for the rehearsal dinner. Unfortunately I was not an invitee. The following information was provided by one of the bridesmaid, Tonya. The dinner started with happy hour where everyone was talking, drinking, winding down, and having a great time. The dinner was self served and the food consisted of lasagna, pasta and garlic bread.
June 12th, 2010 Kristy Younker and Nik Taylor were officially Married at 3:01PM. The wedding was beautiful and the colors were fabulous, but it wouldn’t make for a special day without any mishaps. The flower girl ended up having a tough task and she handled it very well. First the ring bearer threw the rings so she had to go back, pick them up and carry them down the isle, second she had to make sure the ring bearer got down the isle, third she had to give the rings back to the bearer and lastly finally got to throw her flowers. Following the ceremony people began to get seated, get their drinks and appetizers while food was being prepared by the catering service. Everyone who stayed got their choice of carne asada or chicken tacos for dinner. I can’t further comment of the rest of the day, since I left immediately following the ceremony.
I was not one of the official photographers. This was a family wedding. Some of the information was provided by Tonya.
This past Saturday I shot my first ever event. I didn’t have any special perks such as a press-release or badge to be in close were the action was, but none the less I feel like I still captured the event. I attended this event because my uncle asked me to come and take pictures of his daughter during the US Open Elite Taekwondo Championship. I said yes to get some practice in and to shoot my first ever event, which was really cool. I took some pictures of my cousin performing her poomse (she won silver) and sparring (she won gold). Congrats! It was a fun and boring type of day. It was fun watching the team I was supporting but when they were off the mat it becomes a waiting game which becomes the boring part, not to mention sitting on cement is not the most comfortable thing. After attending the event I feel like this could be something that I would like to shoot again as well as be more involved in, but that will never happen. Anyways our team rocked and congrats to everyone who showed up and participated in the US Open Elite Taekwondo Championship.
Shooting the event was a major challenge being limited to where I was allowed to go, battling against the hundreds possibly thousand of people and other photographers jumping in the way. Towards the end I eventually disregarded the rules and walked next the mats before I was eventually told to leave, along with the other hundred people who were standing around taking pictures of the kids.
