Brooke and Shea- Martha Stewart Weddings

It was an absolute thrill to shoot Brooke and Shea's wedding for Martha Stewart Weddings last March. The icing on the cake was having one of my images chosen for the cover. Dream scenario. Brooke and Shea's wedding was featured in their Real Weddings Special Issue Fall 2014. Big Aloha to the team at MSW for being so great to work with and big thanks to my amazing friend, Kris for assisting and helping to keep things running smoothly. Excited to finally share some of my favorites from their day.

(All images shot on a contax 645 using kodak portra 400 film. The last three images were shot with a canon 5D)

Sources:

Film Scans: Richard Photo Lab

Event Design, Flowers, and Stationery: Meet the Foleys 

Day-Of Coordination: Tiffany’s Party Designs 

Tent and Rentals: Apex Tent and Party

Catering: Vineyard Gourmet Catering (951-694-6355)

Watercolor Artwork: Consider the Lilies Paper Co.

Cake: Sweet Layers Cakes & Pastries 

Music: San Diego Partytime DJs 

Hair: Lindsey Neavitt Hair 

Makeup: My Girls on Film Studios 

Photobooth: MVS Studio Inc.

Vintage Car Rental: Classic Mustang Rentals

Caitlin + Loren's - Haiku Mill Wedding, Maui HI / Published Martha Stewart!

It was pure joy shooting this wedding in the first place and then when Martha Stewart Weddings wanted to feature it, I died and went to wedding photography heaven.

It was featured in their 2013 Special Fall Issue. You can also see more images and read some details on their destination wedding here.

After announcing my family's move to the island of Kauai this coming August, I thought the timing was finally right to share some of my favorite images from this island wedding.

Big thanks to the Haiku Mill for providing such a breathtaking venue. And of course lots of love to Caitlin and Loren for trusting me to document such a beautiful day.

Getting married? I would love to photograph it. Starting August 2014 I will still be shooting in California and beyond but will be Hawaii local. Email me at info@rachelthurston.com or call 310-251-9159

Published in Wayfare Magazine!

Remember when we took that roadtrip in New Zealand? Wayfare Magazine shared our adventure in their summer issue! You can see the goodness here.

I shot all of the images shared in the issue with my contax 645 and kodax ektar 100.

I have been dying to share these images with you and now I finally can. Look for more New Zealand posts coming up.

Big thanks to Wayfare Magazine for sharing my images and words. I was so in love with their pilot issue...it is such an honor to have worked with them and be featured along side so many other talented photographers and writers.

Can you tell I'm excited?!

Featured on Inspired By This

 

Inspired By This featured Laura and Haoqi's Wedding on their blog today! Thank you Leila and Lauren for featuring my work!

Go here to see more.

And thank you to all the amazing vendors who made this wedding such a great one to photograph:

Wedding Planner/Coordinator: Esther Kim of My Bride Story
Videographer: Paperback Weddings
Hair: Mish Mucho
Makeup: Rita Nguyen
Officiant: Debby Davis
Catering: EcoCaters
Flowers & Decor: Kristine Shin
Ceremony Venue: Torrey Pines Reserve
Reception Venue: parents’ backyard
Cake Baker: Azucar

 

Featured on JCrew!

Remember my drop dead gorgeous couple from circa 2010 Boston? Well, Mara wore a JCrew wedding dress and some of my images are on JCrew.com. Read a little of their love story here.

And speaking of love...Mara and Danny have started a blog all about love, www.ablogaboutlove.com. It is pretty amazing. Honest and open and hits you strait in the heart.

Thanks to JCrew for featuring my images on their site and thanks to Mara and Danny for having me photograph their wedding day. It was one of my favorites.

Published in San Francisco Bride's Magazine

 

I have been meaning to find the time to post this other amazing feature that we had...San Francisco Bride's Magazine published images from Erin and Tyler's wedding. How awesome is that? (They even quoted me!) Erin and Tyler had a grogeous wedding planned by the talented Heather of Amorology.

I just love the opportunity I have to work with so many talented people. Thank you to SF Brides for featuring my work!

Featured on Project Wedding

 

What a way to start the year!! Project Wedding featured Amanda and Tommy's Wedding on their website and blog today!! Thank you Project Wedding for featuring my work!

Here's to another year of shooting fabulous weddings!

You can see the feature at any one of these links:

Featured on Ohdeedoh Today!

Ohdeedoh (of Apartment Therapy) asked how the heck we made our atomic mobile in Nova's nursary. I borrowed the idea from Old Brand New after not finding a pre-made one I could just buy that would match the aesthetic of our home. This idea was perfect, cheap and took about 5mins to assemble.

Go here to see a close up and details of how I made it.

Thanks Katie for wanting to share with your readers!

 

Featured on Design Sponge!

 

Today the interiors I shot of Julie and Rob's house are on Design Sponge. Go here to see  all the pretty images and read what Julie has to say about her home.

What a great way to start the week!

Thanks to Design Sponge for featuring my work...and thanks to Julie for having my photograph her beautiful space.

(If you are looking to have your business or home photographed, email me for rates at info@rachelthurston.com)

 

Featured On Martha Stewart Weddings

I have been patiently waiting to share Rebecca and Derek's amazing wedding images with you...and now I can!

I am thrilled that Martha Stewart Weddings featured my work on their site and super excited for you to all see how great this wedding was.

Thank you Shira (from Martha) for being so great to work with and thank you Rebecca and Derek for choosing me to photograph your wedding extravaganza.

Stay tuned for a post featuring some of my favorites from their wedding day and in the meantime check out their online gallery here.

Published in Olive Magazine

I interrupt baby mania to actually talk business. Imagine that!

Olive Magazine/Philippines contacted me about wanting to use some of the images I shot of French Laundry for their February Issue. I was thrilled. Not only did I get to relive all of the delicious moments while going through the shots but one of my favorite subjects was given due attention..FOOD.

I haven't really talked about this..but I have a 2nd website that is waiting patiently to go live featuring more of my commercial and editorial work. This will be a nice addition to the site. Stay tuned for the launch.

A huge foodie thank you to Olive Magazine for featuring my work.

Featured on Ruffled!

Melanie and Dave's Brisbane, Australia wedding was featured on Ruffled today!

Go here to see the whole feature.

I have been dying to share this wedding and have been anxiously awaiting this day (as I know Melanie has).

Thanks to Amanda for featuring my work. Her blog is gorgeous and jammed packed with amazing wedding inspiration.

(I will post some of my favorites from this wedding tomorrow. xo.)