Ron & Linda Married! 10.10.10 | Orange County, CA Wedding Photography

Just about a year ago I got an email from a friend of the Cole’s — Ron. We had both been in Jenn & Bill’s wed­ding and sha­red a love of pho­to­graphy. I remem­ber when he told me he was going pro­pose to Linda — I was so exci­ted for him, but I never in a million years thought I’d get the email asking me if I wan­ted to come to the OC and shoot their wed­ding on 10.10.10. After chec­king a cou­ple of details, my ans­wer was a resoun­ding YES!

When the time for CA was finally here, Bill & I hea­ded out to the West Coast, lea­ving a very preg­nant Jenn behind  It was my first time ever to CA and I was pretty exci­ted (and tired) when we arri­ved at LAX. We went straight to the tux shop for Bill’s fit­ting and then to the hotel to rest up before the rehearsal.

Hello’s as we wai­ted for the buil­ding to be unlocked.

Or should I say, disar­med — I loved the main door and had taken a shot. After stan­ding around for a few too many minu­tes one of the grooms­men deci­ded to check this door handle and found it unloc­ked, so he ope­ned it. And set off the alarm sys­tem. And 20 minu­tes later cam­pus police sho­wed up to shut it down.

But after that we were ready to set up and practice!

And then it was off for some fabu­lous Ita­lian food.

And wine -

Bill was thin­king about acces­so­ri­zing the tuxes.…

I don’t con­si­der myself to be too cliché of a ‘girl’ — but I’m defi­ni­tely ena­mo­red with a sea of red roses!

The Alumni House at Fuller­ton Uni­ver­sity was really beautiful.

So was Linda

I abso­lu­tely ado­red that Linda wal­ked in on her own and Ron met her half­way, then they wal­ked the rest of the way together.

I can’t quite remem­ber how Ron & Linda know Scott, but I’m posi­tive he’s a good per­son to know. I’m gra­te­ful to him for squee­zing me in at their table so I didn’t eat in the cor­ner alone

They had fan­tas­tic vows — so many simi­la­ri­ties and over­laps; but they swear that they wrote them inde­pen­dently and in secret.

Sea­led with a kiss.

There’s something about Cali­for­nia light — I’m not sure what it is or why it’s dif­fe­rent here but, yum.

Coo­lest thing ever — an avo­cado tree. (I know, I know, poor une­du­ca­ted east coast girl!)

Best props ever!!

Per­so­na­li­zed to the hilt!

Their wed­ding had a route 66 theme ins­pi­red by their road trippin’

Inc­lu­ding favors of Maple Syrup from Funks Grove along route 66.

Came­ras & Roses & Typew­ri­ters telling sto­ries. <3

And then it was on to their beau­ti­ful recep­tion in the courtyard.

They were toas­ted by Ron’s brother (the brave sur­vi­vor of the seg­way acci­dent ear­lier that morning)

And Linda’s best friends.

It was a beau­ti­ful night follo­wing the HOT (and sort of humid) day — I was a little jea­lous of my friends and family back in NH that were having their first per­fect fall weather days while I was on the wrong side of warm.

But after the sun went down it was abso­lu­tely perfect

I was fixa­ted with these flower/​vine things falling over the tops of the walls.

Linda looks (right­fully) skep­ti­cal about giving Ron the knife

mmm, more roses!!

With the for­ma­li­ties over it was time to get down, literally!

A line up of all the married cou­ples after the lon­ge­vity dance <3

Ron’s parents were the swee­test, nicest, most lovely peo­ple. With that posi­tive influence, Ron & Linda will cer­tainly go far.

Thank you Ron & Linda, my first trip to Cali­for­nia was awe­some. It’s ama­zing the oppor­tu­ni­ties I’m affor­ded and I’m gra­te­ful for each and every one.

~melis­sa­ko­ren

Dear Melissa,

On behalf of Ron & myself, I’d like to extend to you another huge THANK YOU for the beau­ti­ful wed­ding pho­tos. Ron sha­red the pho­to­graphy CDs with me this week, and now I have been having so much fun loo­king at the pic­tu­res and sor­ting through them so that I can start to put together our wed­ding album.

With best wishes,
Linda