San Luis Obispo Wedding Photographers

where to start with Natalie and Robert, such joy, sweetness, genuine love.  Natalie and Robert have had their fair share of joy, and tears.  Their wedding day was nothing short of an incredibly gorgeous celebration of their love and new life together.  Natalie came to me about a year ago and though we didn't meet for over 6 months, I truly felt like I knew her from our correspondence.  She has such a great energy, and true joy, she was SO excited that their wedding day had finally arrived. 

I believe their wedding was as every wedding should be; focused on what's truly important, the start of their lives together, not the details of the day.  Now don't get me wrong here, there we beautiful details, but not overdone, they were not what was important.  Natalie's mom gave one of the best toasts I've heard this year, noting that Robert was so lucky to be the "chosen" bachelor for Natalie, complete with the presentation of the last "flower" (I don't remember what it was, but it wasn't a rose, which made it pretty funny how it was presented).

The light - did I mention the light?!  God was a watchin' over us that day, he blessed us with the most gorgeous light, possibly the best I've seen all summer, incredible!

Finally, I was having such a hard time picking favorites, I posted a bunch, because if I tried to pick, I'd spend so much time choosing, I might as well have just posted them all! 

Thanks for reading, and CONGRATULATIONS, Natalie & Robert!  Wishing you a lifetime of happiness, joy & blessings!

~allyson

Florist: Adornments

Venue: Adelaida Cellars

Coordinator: Sarah with Hostess at Your Service

Photography:  Allyson Magda Photography - duhh!

Minister: Don Aaronson

I adored her shoes....

as well as the gorgeous bouquets!!

Natalie was like a party waiting to happen, nothing affected her, I love that in a bride!

one of our amazing assistants shot this, way to go Ali!

I simply could not get enough of this incredibl light!  we were so blessed!!!

Emily and Fran met in graduate school in Tennesse.  I've known Emily and her family for several years now and was just so excited when she called to tell me she's found THE ONE, and is engaged!!!  We shot these last week out at Halter Ranch.  Congratulations Emily and Fran!!!

halter ranch photos

It's a complete honor to be featured in the August Rangefinder annual "portrait" issue.  Here's a copy of the article!  Thanks so much Rangefinder crew, you are rockin'!

To download the complete article in PDF format, please go HERE - CLICK HERE.

This summer (aka wedding season) I've been super pro-active in trying to keep "ahead of the game," so I have more time for the things I love; my husband, gardening, riding my bike, cooking, my new found sport of golf, reading, my sgt "gunny" highway (our dog).  Ultimately I do this in attempt to be constantly living from a place of inspiration...in my personal life and in my work.

In living this way, I am finding myself and my life, full; full of energy for new projects, full of inspiration, full of joy, truly living my life to it's fullest.  I guess I'm writing this to encourage you to do the same.  I know "things" can stack up, and that is can be hard to get ahead, but I encourage you to try.  As Meadow Devor says, "Bag it, Better it, or Barter it," just get it done.  It's occured to me that when we live such busy lives running the rat race of deadlines, stress and just dealing with life, we are cutting off the opportunity for blessings and opportunity, because frankly, we make ourselves unavailable!

Think about it!

I truly do not think God intended us to life "busy" lives...why would He have created so much for us to enjoy on this earth?  So I encourage you to not let work or the pressure of things we "do" rob us of our lives...Focus on what you want in life and manifest it!

If you don't like your story, rewrite it. You're holding the pen. ~Karenism

These are a few shots from Brad and Katie's pre-wedding sunset cruise - talk about enjoying life!  The first one is my Danny boy...enjoy!

After I posted these I realize how what I'm trying to convey is a lot like a sailboat.  Is your sail, full or deflated?!  What do you need to do to "inflate" it?  Go in the right direction...

Hilary and Nick had an incredible wedding weekend.  It all started at the quaint Italian Resturant, Tre Lune, in Montecito, where they held their rehearsal dinner.  They were surrounded with family and close friends, it was such a great environmet.  Rehearsal dinners really are a special night, all your very closest friends and family, eating and enjoying the company...doesn't get much better!  Their wedding took place at a stunning private estate in the hills of Montecito.  A good time was had by all...here are some details and of course, imagery!

Caterer Pure Joy
Photography Allyson Magda Photography
Floweral designs Nico Designs
Coordinator Donna Romani Events
Lighting  LBPS Events

I love this first shot - so classic!

There were beautiful children and babies everywhere!

Hilary had the most incredible shoes by Christian Louboutin.

Nick's stepmom and her mom have a silver collection, which they used for the centerpieces, each one was a different silver tea pot or vase!