Sarah Mahen Photographers

I am SO behind on blogging! There are so many awesome things to share, and so we are starting with one of my favorite shoots from the fall. I had the pleasure of shooting a fabulous decor inspiration story for Real Weddings Magazine at Helwig Winery. The shoot was designed by the always amazing Kate Miller Events with florals and accessories made by Flourish. There was an INCREDIBLE cake and dessert desplay (including a smores bar set up by the fire) was provided by Sweet Cakes by Rebecca. We had our glamazons from Hello Glam there to make our beautiful models even MORE beautiful. And seriously! How beautiful are our real couple Emly and Alex? I want them to have hundreds of babies right now! How pretty will their babies be? SO PRETTY! Enough talking though… let’s show you some pretty pictures!

Isn’t that table incredible? I am IN LOVE with the linen! And those flowers! Good gravy they are so pretty… and they smelled pretty rad too.

How much do we love Emly and Alex? SO MUCH! They were so awesome to photograph!

And check out these desserts! They are so lovely! And REALLY tasty!

Thanks to all the awesome vendors that worked on this shoot! Check out the SLIDESHOW HERE or below for more images from this incredible shoot.

Photography: Sarah Maren Photographers
Shot for and printed in the Winter/Spring 2012 edition of Real Weddings Magazine
Shoot Design and Coordination: Kate Miller Events
Decor, Florals, Shoe Clips and Hair Piece: Flourish Designs
Venue: Helwig Winery
Lighting: Encore Entertainment
Cake, desserts and smores bar: Sweet Cakes by Rebecca
Bridal Gown and Tuxedo: Always Elegant Bridal & Tuxedo
Hair and Makeup: Hello Glam!
Linens: La Tavola Fine Linen Rental
Rentals: Classic Party Rentals
Stationery (paper and wood):Luxecuts©

I am so excited to share this with you! Earlier this year we did a HUGE shoot for the Downtown Sacramento Partnership for their new marketing campaign. Seriously, I can’t tell you how awesome that shoot was. We had a great time for two days going to some of our favorite places in Sacramento and making awesome pictures with even more awesome people. You can see the pictures all over downtown, as well as loads of local magazines and of course the DSP Website. But the loves at DSP made my dreams come true by publishing an amazing 2012 calendar featuring the photos we took of my favorite place in the world. I love that I got to photograph some of my favorite people ever (hey, when you have to provide your own models, you bring your friends and family) in the town I adore. And now seeing all of that together in a calendar is just incredible! I feel so blessed.

A huge thanks to all those who were involved with the shoot, and an especially huge thanks to the DSP for letting me make a love letter to Sacramento. I LOVE this town, and feel so blessed to live and work here. Thank you to all of our 2011 clients as well. We had a great year and look forward with loads of anticipation to 2012!

Happy New Year!!!