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WPPI 2011 Competition – Award of Excellence!

Mark — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 01:53:58 +0000

We’re still grinning from receiving the 2011 Brides Choice Award and we just got notice that we won an Award of Excellence at the WPPI (Wedding & Portrait Professionals International) 2011 print competition! Yeaaaah!

The winning print was a photo-journalistic (or as we say reportage!) image from Todd and Aline’s wedding last September. Maybe there was something lucky about the date also being our wedding anniversary!?

Maria rode in the limo between the ceremony and reception and got this fabulous pic, which we think is a really fun capture.

The print competition required a mated 16 x 20″ print, which we printed and mounted ourselves. We’re really pleased that our printing and mounting skills have also been awarded at such a high level of competition.

WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 Winner!

Mark — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:51:31 +0000

Absolutely thrilled to receive the news this morning that tobeadored had been selected to receive WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ for 2011 for Wedding Photography!

We would like to thank all our wonderful clients that have made this possible.

tobeadored only shoots a select number of weddings a year, so this has been especially gratifying. May this be the first of many!

Full press release below:
Santa Clara, CA – Jan 26, 2011 – WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, is thrilled to announce tobeadored llc has been selected to receive the prestigious annual WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 for Wedding Photography!

Recognition for the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 is determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 750,000 WeddingWire newlyweds. Our past clients are among those that shared their experiences on WeddingWire, the largest wedding review site in the nation.

tobeadored stands among the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire community, representing quality and service excellence within the wedding industry. Awards were given to the top wedding professionals across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, and were based on the overall professional achievements throughout the past year.

“WeddingWire is honored to celebrate the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire community,” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “With the annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ program, WeddingWire has the unique opportunity to recognize the best wedding professionals across the US and Canada. We applaud tobeadored for their professionalism and dedication to enhancing the wedding planning experience last year.”

We are happy to announce that tobeadored is among the very best Wedding Photographers within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Martha Stewart Weddings, Project Wedding and WeddingBee. We would like to thank our past clients for nominating us to receive the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011.

For more information, please visit our WeddingWire Storefront today at www.WeddingWire.com/tobeadored or our main website at http://www.tobeadored.com

For more information on the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011, please visit www.WeddingWire.com

Aline and Todd’s Computer History Museum wedding

Maria — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 06:03:49 +0000

Mark and I were thrilled when Aline and Todd chose us to shoot their wedding on September 18th, as that was also our anniversary. Aline told me that in Chinese tradition 9-18 is a very lucky day…

Their wedding ceremony was held at the Presbyterian Church in Sunnyvale. Aline looked gorgeous in her wedding gown and the birdcage veil gave that oh so vintage look.

They chose a very different venue for their wedding reception. For these two technology fans the Computer History Museum in Mountain View was the perfect location. After the couple had pictures taken with the Cisco display (their employer, where they met, and where Todd proposed!) they were greeted by their 160 guests, who had traveled from far and wide. The seating plan was created using 5 1/4″ floppy discs and every dining table was named after a Bay Area technology company! The room had a sumptuous pink glow with binary numbers and circuit board lighting effects projected onto banners – all created by Aline’s friend.

The evening’s music was a mix of American and Armenian and certainly filled the floor with colorful dancing and lots of fun.

We had a wonderful day shooting your wedding Aline and Todd and wish you much love and happiness for your future together.

Child portraiture shoot in San Francisco – Sammy

Mark — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:58:49 +0000

These are pictures of the gorgeous Sammy from a shoot in San Francisco. Boy was I tired after this shoot! So much energy! I can’t believe I captured her sitting still – most of the shoot was spent running. It’s funny how sometimes a shoot will start with definite image ideas in mind – and even though not one of those came to fruition – we still love these images. My best advice to ‘still’ a toddler – give them a lollypop

Child portraiture shoot – Karen, Cian and Leah

Mark — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:04:20 +0000

This is the lovely Karen, her younger brother Cian, and little sister, Leah. Thanks Ronan and Ikuyo for letting me photograph your delightful (and very active!) children.

Children’s portraiture is a new venture for me, and is certainly hard work!! However, very rewarding and worth the results. Kids are kids, and there’s pretty much no controlling them, especially at this age They are charming and natural in front of the camera, with no heirs and graces, and I’m definitely looking to do more.