wedding: shaun and rinda

we had the pleasure of meeting shaun and rinda last year, as a referral from one of our bridal portrait clients. shaun and rinda are both in the navy and soon after their wedding, will be departing to new tours overseas, so we felt extremely fortunate to be able to capture their wedding memories for them. family and friends, to be notified when the rest of the pictures are online, please click here to sign the guestbook.

the wedding was held at the wiens family cellars in temecula, and it was absolutely gorgeous. although the winery was packed when we got there (what recession?!?), it quickly cleared out as the ceremony time approached, so shaun and rinda were left with the entire barrel and tasting rooms all to themselves.

we spent a little time before the festivities capturing all the getting ready moments...







the beautiful rings...



when shaun saw rinda for the first time, he looked surprised and happy, seeing her with a gorgeous dress, makeup and quite a hot little piece of bling...



we ventured out into the muddy vineyard for a few pics before heading inside...






shaun looking very much like he owns this winery...




we moved into the barrel room for the ceremony, and we loved the fact that the wine was flowing before the ceremony began, what a great way to make sure guests enjoyed themselves!








we snapped a few quick pics of the whole group and then spent time mingling with the guests, capturing a few moments like this one along the way...






following the ceremony, the barrel room was quickly transformed into a gorgeous reception venue, with tons of candles and warmth...






keeping with the navy tradition, shaun and rinda cut the cake with a huge sword--i just hope the cake topper isn't indicative of shaun's feelings about marriage!










although shaun's toast was thoughtful and funny, rinda clearly had rehearsed hers for many months, as it brought tears and laughter to everyone in the room--i am pretty sure that had there been a hollywood director in the room, we would be hearing the same amazing words in the next love story






shaun and rinda, we are so honored that we got the chance to capture your wedding memories for you and we wish you fair winds and following seas on your newest adventures abroad. we look forward to catching up at gulf coast grill when you are back in town!