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Diane and Ryan / Carlsbad, CA

admin — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:42:58 +0000

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

Carrie and Lu – Bodega Septima, Mendoza, Argentina

admin — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:51:31 +0000

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.

Jessie & Doug / The Wedding, Alpine, CA

admin — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 07:41:30 +0000

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

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

admin — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:45:00 +0000

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

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

admin — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:53:17 +0000

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.

Jessie and Doug / Love, Style, and Beauty in LA / Engagement Shoot

admin — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:48:01 +0000

Once again I was graced with a couple who brought inspirational style and easy-going character to their engagement shoot. With Jessie and Doug, photos just formed and magic happened. Earlier this week I hopped on a train up to LA from San Diego just before noon and was back on my couch sipping wine with my husband by 7:30pm. Yet, before heading home, I had managed to shoot portraits of Jessie and Doug in Los Angeles Union Station, an industrial area of downtown LA, and snap “nature” shots in Pasadena. Somehow it was the calmest whirlwind of a situation I have been in for a long time and I am elated with the outcome. Their wedding is coming up soon and this engagement session was a fantastic test run to a their Boho-Chic wedding inspired nuptials that will be held in San Diego. Thanks for looking and thank you Jessie and Doug!

-Kristy

We are going South of the Equator!

admin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:37:31 +0000

Studio Vérité Photography is beyond excited to announce that we are going to be shooting a wedding at the end of March in Mendoza, Argentina at the Septima Winery! Both Justin and I love shooting destination weddings. Over the past few years we have traveled throughout the continental Unites States, Maui, Mexico, Poland, and India to shoot destination weddings. They have all been amazing and special but all have been shot solo by either Justin or me. It has been quite a journey for Justin and I who first met at a party for photojournalists years ago. Our first conversation was all about travel and our pre-career, carefree travels throughout Southeast Asia and Europe. We never could have dreamed then that our wedding photography, not our photojournalist careers, would take us across the world. We look forward to teaming up and shooting in Argentina and sharing that experience here with our photos!

OUR BEST OF 2011 PHOTOS!

admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:34:15 +0000

A new year is under our feet and we are looking forward to what is ahead as far as the new couples we get to shoot and the wedding photos we have yet to capture and create. As a final salute to our fantastic 2011 wedding season we have chosen for one another our top photos of 2011 and have decided to showcase them in no particular order. It was a tough edit because we had many wedding hundreds of photos each. We say these are the BEST without confidence yet we can at least say they are some of our favorites for a variety of reasons. These photos are all shot by either Justin or Kristy and were shot mostly for Studio Vérité Photography while sometimes while working with another photographer as their 2nd shooter for the day. Many thanks to all our clients! It was very special to play a key role to a very important day and we appreciate you! If a photo from your wedding wasn’t pictured here, it’s probably because we were too lazy with our editing to search through it all and doesn’t mean we thought your shoot was inferior – we still love you and your photos! Anyway, we look forward to sharing exciting news for us in 2012.

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With Much Appreciation!

Justin and Kristy

Nicole & Mike / Newport Beach, CA

admin — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 07:42:36 +0000

Nicole and Mike were a kind and beautiful couple and I had a marvelous time shooting their wedding. I mean, should I complain about spending the day cruising the Newport Beach Harbor while shooting their ceremony and reception and topping that off with at hour at the beach on a beautiful day? Thanks to Nicole and Mike for giving me a great variety of portraits at the end of the day!

-Kristy

Liz and Garret – Firefly Grill

admin — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:46:49 +0000

Here is one from early in the season. In May I travelled from Chicago to Effingham, Illinois to photograph Liz and Garret’s wedding. The Firefly Grill is a venue my colleague Kristy Walker has raved about. I definitely enjoyed my time spent with Liz and Garret’s family and friends on a very toasty May day.

Justin