William and Noriko - Hotel Del Coronado

This was one of my favorite weddings for a long time.  Not only is the couple so amazing and fun to work with, but I knew just about every vendor they selected, and they were San Diego's Best of the Best!  Their wedding co-ordinator was Julie of The Best Wedding for You, their minister was Rev. Christopher Tuttle from Vows From The Heart, their DJ was Bob of Artistic Productions, the cake made by Shirley The Cake Lady, and video by Darryl of Epic Affair.

It was an early ceremony starting at 11am, which meant I had to get up at 6am to be there by 8am.  But alas, when we were done by 4:15pm, it was really nice to still have time left that day to do whatever.  Plus, I really like working with more available light at the receptions unlike evening weddings where flash is a necessity, not an option.  Of course that also meant no sunset photos at the beach...but with all that cloud cover coming in, I doubt there would have been a sunset we could have seen.

I think the highlight of the day was when William and Noriko did their first dance as Husband & Wife.  It started with a traditional slow song, the record "screeched," and then they went into 17 different songs with different dance styles -- one after the other.  It included disco, gangnam style, hip hop, swing, country, "Thriller," just to name a few.  Awesome you two!!