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Santa Clarita Wedding Photographer: Mike and Raci's Wedding Part I

As I wrote in Mike and Raci’s engagement session post, I have known them both for a long time– 10 years! It was so much fun to be able to celebrate their wedding with them two weekends ago. All of their family and friends gathered to watch them exchange vows and what followed was a fantastic celebration that is sure to be talked about for a very long time. 🙂

A quick thanks to Danielle Klebanow for joining me that day and taking over for the reception so that I could relax and celebrate with all of my friends. Thanks Danielle! You were wonderful.

I have so many favorites from the day so I’m going to break it up into three separate posts. First up, the getting ready, bride and groom portraits and a few of the wedding party.

I arrived at the Hyatt Valencia to find out that the guys were still hanging out in the pool with less than an hour left to get ready… I hope my friends won’t hate me for posting this, but I just had to show the drastic differences between how guys and girls “get ready” on a wedding day. 🙂 (For the record, Mike is only pretending to drink from that Jameson bottle…)

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And this is how the women typically get ready…

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Finally, the guys decided to get dressed. Mike looked very slick.

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Raci has the greatest laugh and smile…

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But she totally brings the fierce, too.

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I LOVED that flower detail in her hair! And Raci is so crafty she added the feathers herself. In fact, Mike and Raci handmade many of the details for their wedding day in true DIY fashion… the majority of details will be posted in Part II.

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The ladies in the limo…

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When we arrived at the ranch in Santa Claritay, we went right to the First Look! Mike was totally hesitant to do a First Look while we were talking about the timeline of the day about a month ago… but because of the light situation and their late ceremony, we didn’t really have a choice. In the end, I know he loved being able to see Raci and have a moment with her before she walked down that aisle. It also gave us tons of time for some awesome photos! 🙂

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Immediate waterworks from Mike… 😉

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I love this series….

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The whole amazing wedding party.

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They loved the jumping shots. 🙂 This one is my favorite.

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We tried a bunch of different types of jumps…. Look closely to fully appreciate their individual jumping styles… facial expressions and all… 😉

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From the Sneak Peek and a definite favorite of mine…

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Congratulations, Mike and Raci! I have many more images of the ceremony, details, the reception and the extra special Photobooth coming soon!

Happy Sunday!

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