First Wedding of 2008 - Rainy Day
** It rained, but wedding was successful and cute. We had to go with the flow and get creative.
Today’s wedding photography marks the first wedding of the year 2008.
Today is Thursday, you see. Yes, a Thursday wedding.
I had to take a day off from my day job for this wedding.
The bride and groom came up with an odd wedding schedule.. check this out.
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Thursday, February 21, 2008
- Both Bride and Groom getting ready at their house in Santa Barbara.
- Limo to pickup bride and groom.
- Wedding ceremony: Mission Rose Garden - Santa Barbara
- Photography after wedding ceremony: Shoreline Park/Leadbetter Beach Park - Santa Barbara
- Additional formal photography at Santa Barbara Beach
- Lunch at Cava Restaurant - Santa Barbara
Saturday, February, 23, 2008
- Wedding Reception: Arnoldi’s Cafe, Santa Barbara
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The wedding schedule was made, hoping it would not rain.
But it rained - so we had to go with the flow and compromise
Because of the rain, wedding ceremony at the Rose Garden was out of question. The bride and groom rented Santa Barbara Courthouse (The Mural Room) for one hour. The Mural Room is a historic room that County of Santa Barbara is keeping as a tourist attraction. As we were getting ready there were steady flow of tourists with cameras walking in to take pictures.
Wedding Ceremony was officiated by their close friend. The officiant was cool and calm at first. He told some of the tourists to “sit back and watch the wedding”. Ceremony soon began. There were only about a dozen people attending wedding ceremony. The bride and groom were relaxed. They were smiling and enjoying the moment. But the officiant was sweating bullets. After the wedding ceremony, they all made fun on the officiant about how nervous he was while he was officiating wedding ceremony.
Because of the rain, we had to get creative about the formal photography session. We were originally scheduled to go to the park and the beach around Santa Barbara area for photographs. But, outdoor photography was not going to happen. We had heavy wind along with rain. Rain was falling in side way.
We took most of the formal photographs inside the Mural Room. The room was very dark. It was the darkest setting I ever had. I used my wireless lighting system.
We had to cancel our plan on the beach photography as well. Instead, I suggested that we’d all go up to the tower. At the tower, we would still get natural light and we still have a roof over our heads. It was windy and cold. Everyone was shaking. I had to wear my gloves because my hands were too cold. The wedding guests were saying “Wow, John’s wearing gloves” 
Because of the wet & cold weather photography session on top of the tower ended rather quick.
All in all, everything worked out pretty nice.
This completed today’s schedule. They all went to Cava Restaurant for a lunch. By this time it was raining really hard. I will come back in 2 days for a reception.
Santa Barbara Courthouse
1100 Anacapa Street
Santa Barbara (California) , 93101
(805) 568-2220
Cava Restaurant
1212 Coast Village Rd
Montecito, CA 93108
(805) 969-8500
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