The Little Black Book of Wedding Vendors ~ By Style Me Pretty

We were happy to be invited recently to participate in the Style Me Pretty, Little Black Book of Wedding Vendors (aka, the LBB), which is a very small, nationwide collection, of boutique wedding vendors that specialize in eclectic, artful, and detail-oriented wedding services.



May 15th, 2008, is the scheduled launch date for the Sedona listing.

Part of what makes the LBB so refreshing is that it's not just another website crammed full of links to wedding vendor websites from A to Z. It's an invitation only listing, limited to 3 vendors per service per market. Our listing will be for the Sedona, Phoenix and Scottsdale, and Las Vegas markets.

Upon skimming through the website state-by-state, we were humbled to realize what great company we're among by being listed there, many of which are friends of ours and whose work we really admire.

Thanks to Abby and Michelle at Style Me Pretty for the invitation. We gratefully and humbly accept :)

Katrina + Andrew
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The Wedding Chronicle ~ Featured in the Most Beautiful Weddings of 2007

We've been behind on blogging the publications in which we've been. Back in January we had Emily and Nick's wedding at the Four Seasons in Scottsdale featured in the Most Beautiful Weddings of 2007 issue.

Emily and Nick had so many amazing details to their wedding. We loved that both their father's married them. My dad married Andrew and I, so of course we thought it was a fabulous idea. Emily had a elegant dress from Kleinfeld of Manhattan and the wedding was a great success with the expert help of wedding coordinator Karen Doan. Colorful floral decor by Table Tops Etc.

Here's a link to their slideshow, you can see that was very a very beautiful wedding, indeed.

Here are a few images of what was published:





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Featured on the Food Network Channel

On Sunday night at 9pm MST ( mountain standard time), check out the Food Network to see our good friend and amazing cake artist, Andrea Blaut on the Food Network Challenge! We're so proud of her and not at all surprised that she'd be on national TV. Her cakes are absolutely amazing and we think she's one of the best cake artists in the country. The Food Network must obviously agree by having her on the Food Network Challenge.

In the last few weeks we've been working with them to get one or two of our images on the episode as well, so this is the first time our images will be on national television!

Congratulations to Andrea; we can't wait to see you tonight on the tube! Hopefully baby Kaiden will be asleep so we can watch without interruption... :)

Here are a few images we've shot of her fabulous cakes. Her attention to detail is amazing. Most of our clients have a hard time cutting into the cakes during the cake cut because it's so beautiful. The cherry on top is that they taste amazing as well!

If you get a chance on this short notice, be sure to tune in... Enjoy the images!



Andrea won Silver Medal in the ACF's 2007 Culinary Competition for this fun cake. I had to post this image as well because our baby Kaiden is in it checking out the cake with Andrea. Too cute!









A quick shot I got of Andrea and her wonderful husband Jay on one of our shoots.




All images copyright 2000-2008, Sedona Bride | Katrina + Andrew Fine Art Photojournalism
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Phoenix Bride and Groom Magazine ~ An Affair to Remember, Scottsdale, Arizona

As we reported in an earlier post, celebrity event designer, and all-around wedding anything superhero, Scott Corridan, came to Scottsdale, Arizona, to speak about creatively meeting the dynamic challenges of the wedding market. Corridan, also of HGTV's Design Star fame, shared his heart and his philosophy with all in attendance.

This event, which took place at the majestically rustic Los Cedros Arabian horse stables, was full of amazing charm nothing short of old Andalucia, Spain.

We want to extend a big thanks to Fran Samuel, the publisher of Phoenix Bride and Groom magazine, for hosting such a fun and interesting event!

View more images from the event in the slideshow here.

Enjoy the images!


















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WPJA.com and AGWPJA.com ~ 3rd Quarter, 2007

Katrina, the founder of Katrina Wallace Photography, which since my joining ( Andrew Mejia, Katrina's husband) has become Sedona Bride, is currently a member of both the Wedding Photojournalist's Association and the Artistic Guild of the Wedding Photojournalist's Association. While she has placed images in many of the past competitions, this quarter ( Q3) she placed in the top ten overall in both organizations.

Check out either the WPJA.com or the AGWPJA.com to see Katrina's winning images, and then also the fantastic images from other photographers that are helping to shape the industry in which we work.

We're honored, and I am especially pleased ( as her husband), to have Katrina's name up there in the overall top ten with photographers who's work we really admire and respect.

There are photographers from around the world, like David Murray from Maine, our friend Kym Skiles from F8 in Texas, Anna Kuperberg in beautiful San Fransisco, Jeff Ascough from the United Kingdom, and Dino Lara from the Philippines.

The judges for the 3rd quarter 2007 WPJA competition were photographers from the VII Photo Agency ~ if you're a photojournalist you know who these amazing photographers are ~ some of the world's top photojournalists, like Eugene Richards, Lauren Greenfield, Gary Knight, and Christopher Morris. Their images have appeared in TIME, Newsweek, Fortune, LIFE, National Geographic, American Photo, and other well known magazines.

The photographers at VII Photo Agency are truly amazing photojournalists. Be sure to see their work on the VII website. If you don't see it there, I'm sure you'll be seeing their images soon enough in the latest headlines.

Below are some screen-captures from the WPJA.com and AGWPJA.com website, with Katrina's name circled in red.







And here are the images...

A 3rd place in the transportation category:



A 5th place in the groom getting ready category:



And a 2nd place in the bride getting ready category, which also placed 2nd in the AGWPJA.com getting ready category. We'll show the AGWPJA image since that's the one we get to retouch and tone. There is a rule that WPJA images cannot be enhanced in any way, but the Artistic Guild lets photographers enhance images in any way they'd like. We get to do all the artistic enhancements we would have done in the traditional darkroom via computer, minus the yucky chemicals.



We want to say a special thanks to our clients Sara and Drew, Tonja and Ed, and Kate and Joerg, for entrusting us with the documentation of their beautiful weddings, and from whose weddings these winning images came. This would not have been possible without their love and their excitement for photography! You guys are amazing!

Blessings!
Andrew + Katrina

All images copyright 2000-2008, Sedona Bride | Katrina + Andrew Fine Art Photojournalism
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The Wedding Chronicle ~ July / August 2007

We're honored to have had Batya and Jerry's wedding featured in the July / August issue of The Wedding Chronicle as a two-page spread.

We shot Batya and Jerry's wedding in July of 2006.

A big thanks to Angie and her team at The Wedding Chronicle! If you live in Arizona be sure to pick up her publication at bridal salon's like Mariee or Destiny's Bride, or at any AJ's Fine Foods ... for more places to find The Wedding Chronicle go to their listing. She has great articles about weddings in Arizona and is a great resource for finding vendors and venues.













Blessings!
Andrew + Katrina

All images copyright 2000-2008, Sedona Bride | Katrina + Andrew Fine Art Photojournalism
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Phoenix Bride and Groom Magazine ~ An Affair to Remember

On January 30th, Phoenix Bride and Groom Magazine will be hosting An Affair to Remember in Scottsdale, featuring the celebrity weddings and events decorator Scott Corridan. Scott will be speaking about ways to creatively meet the challenges of a dynamic wedding marketplace.

We are honored that Fran Samuel, the publisher of the magazine, will be featuring some of our shots of the fabulous scroll invitation they had sent out to all prospective guests.

Buy the way, the fabulous scroll invitations were created by Definitely Debra Invitations and Wedding Boutique. Hats off to Debra and her team!










Blessings!
Andrew + Katrina

All images copyright 2000-2008, Sedona Bride | Katrina + Andrew Fine Art Photojournalism
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J Sandifer ~ Detailings of the Wedding Market from Maine to San Francisco

We just wanted to offer a shout-out to J Sandifer for featuring us in his Image of the Day category on his uber-licious and tres-informative blog, Detailings of the Wedding Market from Maine to San Francisco.

You can see our feature and image on his blog here from Devon and Bradley's wedding that we shot in Flagstaff, Arizona.

If you've never seen his blog, definitely check it out!

Thanks again, J!
Andrew + Katrina

All images copyright 2000-2008, Sedona Bride | Katrina + Andrew Fine Art Photojournalism
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Brides.com and WPJA ~ Award-Winning Photos

It looks like we placed two images in another contest. This contest was put on by Brides.com in combination with the Wedding Photojournalist Association, aka, the WPJA.

Click here to see the contest gateway page on Brides.com.

Here's what the premise of the contest was per the Brides.com website:

" Inspired by the pictures our editors have been seeing—images that remind us how poignant and precious (and funny!) every wedding is—Brides asked members of the Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA) to enter their work in our first-ever photo contest.

Pictures were divided up into 10 categories, and after poring over hundreds of submissions, we chose the work in each category that best captured the magic and memories of this day of days.

From hipster groomsmen to precious little attendants, these photographers were able to capture the unique feeling of these couple's wedding days with an especially artistic eye."





The WPJA also has it featured on their site. Click here to see the contest gateway page on the WPJA.



Here's what the WPJA judges had to say about our winning images:



" JUDGES COMMENTS: Images should make us feel something. A wedding presents an entire day of emotions. But a sensitive photographer sees the world in a unique way – shooting images we can feel and taste. Look at this image long enough and you can feel her hand (or his) curled through your own fingers. That is the “magic” of great photography.

The photographer has chosen to concentrate on the details. They have played off of the bouquet to accentuate the flowers in the bride's dress yet still captured a sweet moment between the bride and groom."



" JUDGES COMMENTS: There is no doubt this scene has been repeated thousands of times, yet, this is the first I've ever seen it. These are the images we know exist, the moments that pass by in a glance, but until a sensitive photographer sees and records it, it is almost as though they have never happened."

A big congratulations to the WPJA and Brides.com for their collaboration, which calls attention to outstanding wedding photography worldwide!

International Photo Competition ~ The Wedding Photojournalist Association

Katrina just got 3rd place in the details category in the most recent international photo competition through the WPJA. Congratulations, Katrina!

Here are screen captures of all of the awards Katrina has won with the WPJA:
















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