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vé·ri·té (french): truth

Our name is inspired by Cinema Vérité, the genre of filmmaking characterized by realistic, typically documentary motion pictures that avoid artificiality and artistic effect and are generally made with simple equipment so as to convey candid realism emphasizing realism and naturalism.

We are Justin Runquist and Kristy Walker, and we are photojournalists converted to wedding documentarians and contemporary portrait photographers. Our goal is to heed our name and show the wedding day as a story that conveys the true emotions and unique aspects of each wedding.

Monday, April 23, 2012

Carrie and Lu – Bodega Septima, Mendoza, Argentina

Posted in Destination, Justin Runquist, Kristy Walker, Real Weddings

Kristy and I recently had the wonderful opportunity to document Carrie and Lu’s wedding at Bodega Septima in Mendoza, Argentina. We are so happy Carrie and Lu trusted us to travel thousands of miles to document their families, their friends, the joy, the tears, the love, and the celebration! What a gracious couple! Thank you for welcoming us into your wonderful wedding week. We felt like family from the moment we opened the first bottle of Malbec. We will never forget it!

Below are some our favorites from the wedding day!

To Carrie and Lu!

Salud!

Justin and Kristy

Congratulations Carrie and Lu! Thank you so much!

And while we are at it, we wanted to share a few other frames that were not made on the wedding day, but include all the wonderful people we met.

Posted in Destination, Justin Runquist, Kristy Walker, Real Weddings

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Monday, April 30, 2012

Diane and Ryan / Carlsbad, CA

Posted in Kristy Walker, Real Weddings, San Diego

After a week or two of crazy unpredictable weather consisting of some rain and cold-ish days in San Diego (Okay, I know, but it’s truth from a San Diegan’s perspective), Diane and Ryan lucked out and had their wedding in the perfect weather San Diego is famous for. Their wedding had a a beautiful traditional elegant look with a laid-back garden and beachy feel. They were a couple who truly seemed like best friends and I am so grateful to have been a part of one of the most important days of their lives.

-Kristy

Posted in Kristy Walker, Real Weddings, San Diego

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Monday, April 23, 2012

Jessie & Doug / The Wedding, Alpine, CA

Posted in Kristy Walker, Real Weddings, San Diego

Once again I got to shoot a DIY wedding that blew my mind! How all the little details were dreamed up, created and pulled off - I have no idea. But Jessie and Doug’s wedding was a photographer’s (my) dream come true. It was a hippie-chic-vintage stylized wedding set in a lush, hilly, and green part of San Diego. But what made it really unique was the use of different recycled thrift store and antique chairs, picture frames, sculptures, as the decor. Sometimes it is the location, and sometimes it is the location you create. This wedding had it all: location, atmosphere, and a charismatic bride and groom who are obviously naturals in front of the camera. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU Jessie and Doug for just being you and giving me so many photos. The day was love and laughter and great food and good music, too. I also have to give tremendous props to my second shooter this day, Jenna Kageyama, who really took a lot of wonderful photos.

-Kristy

Posted in Kristy Walker, Real Weddings, San Diego

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Thursday, March 22, 2012

Sona and Greg – An evening at the River East Art Center

Posted in Chicago, Justin Runquist, Real Weddings

Song and Greg are quite possibly the funniest couple I have ever met! They had me cracking up the moment I met them during our engagement session and a freak Chicago storm threatened to derail our plans. So it’s little wonder that photographing their wedding at River East Art Center was yet another occasion to sit back with the camera, document, and enjoy the good times! Here are some of my personal favorites taken the day prior, and the wedding day. I am also featuring the work of my good friend and excellent shooter Candice C. Cusic. If the image doesn’t have a Studio Vérité watermark, it’s because she, not me, is responsible for that beautiful frame. So kick back, turn up the Panjabi MC, because you are going to see some Bhangra!

-Justin

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Ana & Brian / A Lovely Wedding at Twin Oaks Garden Estate

Posted in Kristy Walker, Real Weddings, San Diego, Southern California

Ahhh, finally the day came that I got to shoot Ana and Brian’s wedding with the help of photographer Michelle Kate Lavigne of Photo Moxie Studio. I met Ana and Brian almost a year and half ago and over that time I feel like I got to know them a bit more than some clients as I photographed their engagement session and a family photo shoot before their wedding day. I also got to see their precious little daughter, Mila, transform from a sleeping baby in an infant car seat to a high-energy toddler who seriously rocked it into the night at the reception. The wedding was simply beautiful with a garden setting and a lot of inspiring vintage details – which influenced my decision to tone some photos in a vintage/old fashioned way. Thanks!

-Kristy

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Location / Twin Oaks Garden Estate

Thanks to Michelle Kate Lavigne for this photo above, a beautiful take on this portrait set up with Ana.

Michelle Kate Lavigne caught this important moment during the ceremony, above.

Nice expressive hand detail from Michelle Kate Lavigne, above.

I love this close-up by Michelle Kate Lavigne, thank you!

Above shot of Brian and his mother caught by Michelle Kate Lavigne.

Nice reaction shot by Michelle Kate Lavigne, above.

Posted in Kristy Walker, Real Weddings, San Diego, Southern California

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