Clarke Estate Wedding | Erika and Thomas

So here we are! It's a new day at Ashleigh Taylor Photography...or at least a newly formatted blog at a new address. If you haven't updated your bookmarks and rss feeds, please do so now. The new address is http://ashleightaylorblog.com/And now...after all the hard work my HUSBAND put into to making this blog better, I can finally share Thomas & Erika's wedding!

Thomas & Erika's Clarke Estate Wedding

Erika & Thomas are a wonderful couple who just wed at the Clarke Estate in Santa Fe Springs, and I have had the pleasure of getting to know them over the past 6 months. I took their engagement pictures back in January, when I was first starting to think about wedding photography as a possible career path! Erika and I also became fast online friends soon after, as we both discovered that we were planning our weddings with the aid of the Knot boards. It was fun to talk wedding with her and bond over the process of planning. Then back in the Spring, Erika hired me to shoot her B-Pics, which was also of course a total blast!! When Erika invited me to tag-along as a third shooter at her wedding I was thrilled! I knew her wedding would be fab, and was looking forward to capturing the day!I was right!! Erika's wedding was FAB! Beautiful setting, beautiful decor, beautiful couple!! Erika & Thomas are so in love! When you are in their presence, you know that you are in the presence of something special. A true romance. The way they look at each other. The way they take care of each other. Their tenderness. The smile in their eyes. It's definitely swoon-worthy.Being the third shooter, I decided my focus of the day would be the details. The beautiful details Erika spent a year putting into place. And also the emotional details. The stolen looks. The moments of joy. The moments of love. The little things that make up the story of the wedding day. Because really guys, that's what my main passion is: telling stories!!!Thank you to Christina of TinaMolina Events for coordinating the day beautifully, and Robert Hill Photo for letting me tag-along. Also thanks to the beautiful venue, The Clarke Estate, for providing us with such a great backdrop for such a splendid event!The Clarke Estate10211 Pioneer BoulevardSanta Fe Springs, CA 90670And now...please enjoy these pictures below, and also be sure to check out the SLIDESHOW.

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