Mike Danen’s Blog: Wedding Photographer in San Jose, Monterey, Carmel, Santa Cruz, and the San Francisco Bay Area

Parker and Kelly’s destination wedding had so much “Wow”! Golf at the Cypress Point Club at Pebble Beach. If you’re at all into golf, serious wow factor. Dinner at Piatti in Carmel, and an absolutely gorgeous wedding day at the beautiful Chateau Julien. Kelly was so gorgeous, and Parker’s not too shabby himself. I’m not...

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I want to give a shout out to Anthony Karabetyan, Darion Bonnet and all the professionals at Chic Wedding & Event Design in Monterey. We recently worked together at Parker & Kelly’s wedding at Chateau Julien. I have to say, you guys did a fabulous job with the design of their reception! It was off...

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Parker & Kelly’s wedding, what can I say? Wow! Beautiful destination wedding at Chateau Julien. Their reception was so elegant, and then The Trip, a rockin’ band out of Laguna Beach, started playing and the party was off the hook! Best rock cover band I’ve ever heard- super high energy, super talented. Thanks to Lisa...

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Point Lobos is spectacular. You can feel the ghosts of Ansel Adams and Edward Weston there. When Vina’ and Patrick wanted to shoot their engagement photographs there, I was like “Oh yeah!”. They are a gorgeous couple, and the beautiful scenery made for tons of great shots. I’m counting down the days to their wedding...

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