Amanda & Alan - La Valencia, La Jolla

The wedding actually took place at the Bishop's School in La Jolla. They have a cute chapel on the grounds of the school. It's a little dark and narrow, but it's cozy with lots of wood and the grounds are beautiful. The catch with having your ceremony at Bishop's is that you need to have gone to school there. Usually, they don't allow much photography during the ceremony, but we got lucky. The usual officiant wasn't there so I got to move around pretty freely. I never use a flash during the ceremony so I was able to photograph pretty much unnoticed.

The coordinator was Lisa Lippe of Details Defined. This was our first time working together; it was great to work with someone so super organized and meticulous. She's also a great advocate for the client which helps when it comes time to get things done. Flowers were handled by Adelaides in La Jolla. Video was handled by Stealth Productions. I'd also never worked with them, but they were easy to work with and didn't try to pose things or get in the way.




It was a hot day... and no air conditioning at Bishops.



What could be cuter than excited little kids in English schoolboy outfits?






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As a surprise treat, the USC marching band came out and played after the ceremony. It was awesome and so much fun. The guests loved it too.





Bishop's is a great place to shoot since it has so many arches, trees and great light.











I don't usually show reception/dancing shots on my blog. It's not because we don't shoot many - actually we shoot more shots during the reception than during the entire rest of the day. It's because it's hard to just pick out one or two. Still, I thought that I'd post a few of folks getting funky. :-)








For more images by San Diego wedding photographer John Mireles, visit theVentana Photography web site.