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A Romantic Engagement in Santa Monica {Saarah & Michael}

Nicole Goddard — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:24:30 +0000

Meet the lovely, gorgeous couple, Saarah & Michael. This engagement shoot was perfect! The light was amazing and Saarah & Michael were total eye-candy to photograph. I met them in Santa Monica at Palisades Park before sunset to capture this special, romantic session. I’m very excited to photograph their wedding at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades in 2 weeks!

A special thanks to Liza Boone for assisting me.

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A Santa Monica Beach Wedding | Jonathan Club {Erin & Bobby}

Nicole Goddard — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 20:18:44 +0000

Erin & Bobby were very happily married on the beach at their Santa Monica athletic club, The Jonathan Club. Woohooo! A huge congrats to them.

Everything about this wedding was gorgeous. Erin’s dress was the most fun & unique of 2010 for me to photograph. Her dress is a nice reflection on who she is on the inside and out. Erin is genuine, sweet and FUN…. and, so is Bobby. When they look at each other, I really can see that glimmer of adoring love in their eyes (I know, I am sounding soppy and cheesy, but it’s true and why hold back!). It’s truly admirable! My favorite part of the day was stealing them away right after the ceremony for the sweet light on the beach. They both are marathon runners, and so it was their wish to run carefree, hand-in-hand, on the beach on their wedding day. It was perfect!

The party was a blast. They didn’t do conventional dinner tables with assigned seating. Instead they arranged the reception in a swanky, beach cocktail-lounge style with tall bar style tables & white couches and love seats on the beach surrounded by romantic candles. It was cool and everyone seemed to really enjoy it. And, their amazing DJ’s always kept the dance floor bumping.

I could continue writing more and more about what an amazing wedding this was to shoot, but I’ll spare this white space & start adding my favorite photos from their wedding. Beware: there are 90 below! Wowsers.

Also, a special thanks to my assistant & 2nd shooter, Kara Snider, and to all of the fabulous vendors (listed below) who helped make Erin & Bobby’s wedding a dream come true for them!

The Aaahmazing Vendors:

VENUE & CATERING: The Jonathan Club

The WEDDING COORDINATOR: Leah Cullen

FLORIST: Michael Walls

DISC JOCKEYS: 11-H Entertainment

RENTALS & LIGHTING: A Rental Connection

BAKERY: Vanilla Bake Shop

MAKE -UP ARTIST: Shelley Rucker

HAIR STYLIST: Gina Romero

THE PHOTO BOOTH: The Traveling Photo Booth

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Sweet Family in the Park

Nicole Goddard — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:14:29 +0000

Yesterday I photographed the sweet Goldstein Family at Douglas Park in Santa Monica. It was a gorgeous Sunday and the Goldsteins looked awesome. We fed some ducks, made silly faces, climbed some trees and tried to make a cute, little baby giggle. At the end of our photo session, Aiden, 4 years old, helped me take apart my camera and he said, “Hey, your camera breaks.” This definitely gave me a good laugh. Oh, the things 4 years olds say– gotta love it!

Thanks for a very fun shoot, Goldstein Family. Looking forward to photoshoot #3 with you!

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