We had no idea when we launched our “Tell Us Your Love Story” wedding photography give away last month, that choosing a winner would be SO HARD!  When it all came down to it, there were things about every single couple that made them totally deserving of the grand prize.  I guess that’s really the beauty of love, isn’t it?  Every story is totally unique and incredibly special.  We’ve felt blessed and honored that all of you were willing to share them with us.  We’ve literally spent hours agonizing over our top 5, but of course, we finally had to choose just one.

Meet Becca & Danny!

Their Love Story . . .

“The VERY beginning – New Years Eve of 2005, they met. To say that it was love at first sight would be a gross embellishment. Danny and Becca both spent this night mingling with friends, laughing, and dancing, yet hardly a word was spoken to one another. This night was not a complete loss though, as there was one instance when Becca danced on a table to an ACDC cover band with Danny’s mom, little did she know the woman whom she was clearly not worried about impressing, would one day be her mother in law! (Side note – Becca doesn’t typically dance on tables, and doesn’t like ACDC. Danny may dance on tables, but only on special occasions.) They left the night with not so much as a goodbye. Becca went home to her boyfriend, and Danny moved to San Diego for Graduate School. Later, Danny would admit that he thought Becca was quite cute on this first New Years.

Fast forward two years to the day – New Years Eve of 2007, they met, again. At this point Becca had gotten rid of her lame boyfriend, and Danny was entering his last semester of Grad School. Becca was initially going to spend New Year’s Eve at a good friend’s house, but at a little past 11 her friend got a tad bit sick, and Becca decided to head south to another party. Danny, feeling a little under the weather, debated whether or not to go out on this fateful New Years Evening. Eventually he was coerced into going by a friend.

Within moments of walking into the party Becca gravitated towards Danny and then spent a large part of the evening strategically challenging him to guitar hero, and discussing random bands. When Danny left, Becca reminded herself that this cute fella lives in San Diego, and long distance relationships don’t work. Luckily, just prior to this revelation she confessed her crush to a friend, who unbeknownst to her was one of Danny’s best friends (and future groomsmen).

Within a day of meeting (again) Danny, with the knowledge of the crush, contacted Becca and asked if she would be interested in getting together before he headed back to school. Of course she said ABSOLUTELY . . . the butterflies went wild.

Over the next several months there were many 6 hour drives to and from San Diego, several trips to pizza port (our favorite restaurant), and countless playful hours outdoors. During this time Becca realized that Danny was one of the funniest, kindest, and all together wonderful people she had ever met, despite his baseball fixation. Danny realized that Becca was a total nerd, incredibly caring, and had become his rock, despite her obsession with a border collie named Burton.

After graduating, Danny came home to Becca.

Now 2 years later we are getting hitched!

We can’t wait to spend our lives together traveling, laughing, loving and being completely and totally ourselves.”

I think that last line says it all!  Congratulations to Becca & Danny!  We can’t wait to learn so much more about you guys and be a part of your wedding day!

A huge thank you again to every single couple that participated!

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We are so excited that Katie & Justin’s incredibly adorable October wedding was featured on THREE bridal blogs over the past couple of weeks!  So not only did good old goal # 17 from our 101 list get checked off . . . it got TRIPLE checked!  And who do we have to thank for helping us with this accomplishment?  Well, Katie & Justin of course!  Their creativity in planning an absolutely lovely and personal event on a small budget is what caught the attention of all three of these great bridal resources.  You guys ROCK!  We feel so blessed to have been able to capture it!

Check out these awesome features:

Yesterday The Budget Savvy Bride featured Katie & Justin as their the Budget Savvy Wedding of the Week!  (Click here to view the entire feature.)

Also on August 10, the Recycled Bride blog showcased their wedding as part if their weekly “Wednesday Wedding Porn” feature. (Click here to view the entire feature.)

And on July 20th, The Wedding Yentas (A Guide For The Jewish Bride) featured them as one of their Real Weddings. (Click here to view the entire feature.)

All three of these blogs are great resources for couples that are planning their wedding.  Make sure to check them out for tons of great ideas and wedding inspiration!

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Over the weekend we added a cool new feature to our blog!  At the bottom of every image from our photo shoots, you’ll  now see a little check box on the right hand side that reads, “I love this”. You can click on it to vote for your favorite images.  You can also see how many people have voted for each image on the bottom left hand side. Vote for as many images as you want.

As our readers vote, their favorite images will be displayed in a gallery of thumbnails at the top of our blog based on their popularity.

Cool, right?  It’s probably not near as awesome to anyone else as it is to us, but we really like to hear what our readers love. We can’t wait to see what images people vote for! Thanks for reading and go “love” some images!  (P.S. This doesn’t excuse you from commenting so feel free to keep, or start, doing that too. LOL!)

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