Mexican wedding by Peter Bruce

Destination weddings are an incredible opportunity to get magazine-worthy images of your wedding day! This is a once in a life-time event and the pictures/video are all you will have left afterward. Take it seriously and expect to invest in this service for a professional. Peter Bruce Photo & Video have done many destination weddings and they can be great. And one most important thing, I am happy to go to Paris with you foe your wedding.

Here are some tips to get the most out of your destination wedding photography/videography...

1. Hire a serious pro! Don't expect that a beautiful location will automatically mean you get great shots. It takes a professional to interpret lighting, positioning, architecture, storytelling and combine it all with great equipment and experience to produce stunning images.

2. Take your time! See if your photographer will set aside a few hours for bridal portraits on the day after the wedding (or if you have a really small wedding, on the day of the wedding). You can travel the area and hit all the hot spots. After all, isn't that why you chose it?

3. Destination weddings are all about the "Experience." Capture every emotional moment by having your photography/videography team arrive early enough to shoot the getting ready process. Hair/Makeup are some of our favorite shots - energy is high and emotions are, too! Make sure your professional provides you with a list of tips so you can have all those little details like your dress, shoes, and jewelry ready, too.

4. Audio is everything! Beach weddings are windy and many PA systems echoe and distort the voice. Most people think of video as a camera, but don't ever realize that even in the most capable hands a video is nothing without great audio of your ceremony, interactions of family and friends, etc. Make sure your videographer uses professional wireless microphones on both the groom and the officiant (as a back-up).

After all is said and done, see if your photographer can submit your images to magazines or websites. Remember all those great ones you saw while planning your wedding? That could be you...but not without a great professional on your side

I hope this help with your getaway weddings,let me know. Also remember happy to travel with you for a wedding.

Best Regards Peter Bruce Photo & Video

Getaway weddings by Peter Bruce

Destination weddings are an incredible opportunity to get magazine-worthy images of your wedding day! This is a once in a life-time event and the pictures/video are all you will have left afterward. Take it seriously and expect to invest in this service for a professional. Peter Bruce Photo & Video have done many destination weddings and they can be great. And one most important thing, I am happy to go to Paris with you foe your wedding.

Here are some tips to get the most out of your destination wedding photography/videography...

1. Hire a serious pro! Don't expect that a beautiful location will automatically mean you get great shots. It takes a professional to interpret lighting, positioning, architecture, storytelling and combine it all with great equipment and experience to produce stunning images.

2. Take your time! See if your photographer will set aside a few hours for bridal portraits on the day after the wedding (or if you have a really small wedding, on the day of the wedding). You can travel the area and hit all the hot spots. After all, isn't that why you chose it?

3. Destination weddings are all about the "Experience." Capture every emotional moment by having your photography/videography team arrive early enough to shoot the getting ready process. Hair/Makeup are some of our favorite shots - energy is high and emotions are, too! Make sure your professional provides you with a list of tips so you can have all those little details like your dress, shoes, and jewelry ready, too.

4. Audio is everything! Beach weddings are windy and many PA systems echoe and distort the voice. Most people think of video as a camera, but don't ever realize that even in the most capable hands a video is nothing without great audio of your ceremony, interactions of family and friends, etc. Make sure your videographer uses professional wireless microphones on both the groom and the officiant (as a back-up).

After all is said and done, see if your photographer can submit your images to magazines or websites. Remember all those great ones you saw while planning your wedding? That could be you...but not without a great professional on your side

I hope this help with your getaway weddings,let me know. Also remember happy to travel with you for a wedding.

Best Regards Peter Bruce Photo & Video

Trentadue winery by Peter Bruce

Why Peter Bruce Photo & Video like Trentadue Winery

Italians are famous for their warm hospitality and zest for living. They may not have invented la dolce vita (“the sweet life”), but they perfected the recipe for it: good friends, good food and good wine, plus a generous splash of lively music. If this sounds like your idea of a good time, you’ll be happy to know that Trentadue Winery can provide all the ingredients for a really smashing special event.

The winery entrance is marked by stone pillars topped with crouching lions; from here it’s a short drive through the vineyards to the tasting room and event facilities. A bubbling lion-head fountain marks the entrance to the Garden Area, which consists of a quaint lattice arbor with stage, dance floor, room for tables, and a sunny lawn area. At one end of the lawn, a smaller Tuscan-style arbor, its columns and trellis wrapped in leafy vines, makes a romantic spot for exchanging vows. Along the west side of the entire space, a windbreak of sweet gum and redwood trees casts a shade as cool and refreshing as a drink of spring water on a hot afternoon. Standing here in the sun, it’s hard to imagine anything lovelier, but at night, with twinkle lights covering fences, trees and both arbors, everything sparkles like a miniature Milky Way. Additional lighting, thoughtfully equipped with dimmers, means your guests will be able to see the festivities without being blinded.

A second, more dramatic, ceremony site is the vast North Lawn on the opposite side of the Event Center. Getting married here is like getting married in a vineyard: There are grapevines all around you with views of redwoods and mountains beyond.

But what if your event is planned for the cooler months? Never fear—the Trentadue family has built an indoor facility, the Sala del Leone (“Hall of the Lion”). This expansive space has a white, peaked, beamed ceiling, hand-sponged golden walls, and intriguing glass and wrought-iron light fixtures and sconces. Plenty of arched French doors all around the building allow your guests to feel connected to the natural beauty that surrounds them, yet protected from the elements. Potted olive trees (yes, they are strung with twinkle lights) create a “Mediterranean” look, but this versatile room blends with any décor. Recently, a corporate event featured a Morrocan theme, draping the walls to resemble a Bedouin tent. Should your guests wish to wander over to the arbor area, they are free to do so, because when you host your event at Trentadue, all the facilities are included in the rental price. And though the panoramic views of spreading vineyards and distant wooded mountains may make you think you’re far from the madding crowd, the bustling town of Santa Rosa is a mere twenty minutes away!

So if you like to party “Italian style,” the folks at Trentadue Winery would be happy to help you out. They can provide everything from award-winning wines to topnotch coordination services. All you need to do is add friends and stir!

Westin St Francis on Union Square with Julie & Juan

Julie & Juan at the Westin St Francis on Union Square…

Once again Peter Bruce Photo & Video nails it.After a warm and personal ceremony the day before at the great St Peter & Pauls church in North beach, Julie and Juan had a great second ceremony and party at the Westin on Union square. As the only hotel located on Union Square, The Westin St. Francis is a majestic address among San Francisco wedding sites. Julie & Juan or ‘J & J” enchanted their guests with the stylish ambiance where stately marble columns, ornate balconies, and intricate woodworking of yesteryear. Even though the fog rolled in and the power went out this fun and happy couple partied on with there family and friends. Of course the professional staff of the Westin were at there best and Peter Bruce photo, along with team bELLE were able to get some great shots. Hope you enjoy,please let us know

Regards

Peter Bruce Photo

Holman Ranch wedding

Peter Bruce photo & Video was lucky enough to shoot Tera & Johnaton at the wonderful Holman Ranch.Which is perched high above the lush, rolling hills of Carmel Valley, with breathtaking 360 degree views of the surrounding Santa Lucia Mountains, the 400-acre country estate of Holman Ranch is the ultimate place to create memories for a wedding. They offer a unique facility with indoor and outdoor spaces, a tribute to the past and Carmel Valley and a beautiful setting forthere wedding. What a fun couple,great party. The professional and wonderful Patty Spires running the ship, and as always the top end staff of Holman made the day run perfect.

Hope you enjoy the shots,please let me know

Best Peter Bruce Photo & team bELLE

Math of Marriage

Peter Bruce Photo & Video just having fun.Marriage and Wedding Jokes

1) Mathematics of Marriage...

1. Smart man + smart woman = romance
2. Smart man + dumb woman = pregnancy
3. Dumb man + smart woman = affair
4. Dumb man + dumb woman = marriage
5. Smart boss + smart employee = profit
6. Smart boss + dumb employee = production
7. Dumb boss + smart employee = promotion
8. Dumb boss + dumb employee = overtime

2) More Mathematics of Marriage...

3) Who is there...

Three older ladies were discussing the problems of getting older. One said, 'Sometimes I catch myself with a jar of mayonnaise in my hand, in front of the refrigerator, and can't remember whether I need to put it away, or start making a sandwich' .

The second lady chimed in, 'Yes, sometimes I find myself standing on the stairs and can't remember whether I was on my way up or on my way down.'

The third one responded, 'Well, I am glad I don't have that problem; knock on wood, 'as she rapped her knuckles on the table. She looked up and said, 'That must be the door, I'll get it!'

4) Some Psychology...

A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.

A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need.

A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.

A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.

5) Classic Wedding Jokes from best man speeches...

1. A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.
2. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.
3. To be happy with a man, you must understand him a lot and love him a little.
4. To be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot & not try to understand her at all.
5. Married men live longer than single men, but married men are a lot more willing to die.
6. Any married man should forget his mistakes, there's no use in two people remembering the same thing.
7. Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed.
8. Women somehow deteriorate during the night.
9. A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't .
10. A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, and she does.
11. A woman has the last word in any argument.
12. Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.
13. There are 2 times when a man doesn't understand a woman - before marriage and after marriage.

6) True Marriage Story...

Man forced to marry four wives in six months

A Saudi man is in hospital after his divorced parents forced him to marry four times within six months. The battle began when the father insisted the boy should marry a girl from his side of the family. The mother retaliated by ordering him to wed a girl from her side, reports Arab News quoting Al-Watan daily. But the father wasn't happy with the balance of power and insisted on a third wife from his side, to show who was boss.

The mother, not to be outdone, then demanded that her son include another wife from her side of the family. The son has now been admitted to a hospital for psychological treatment. He is refusing to see his parents or his wives.

7) Advanced Marriage Maths...

Facts about marriage proposals

When asked if there was anything they would have changed about one of the most romantic moments of their lives, several women said a 'bigger diamond!'

• 54% of men still get down on one knee
• 44% of men ask their partner's father for permission to marry
• 57% of men cry when she said yes
• 65% of women say he could have put more effort and preparation into the proposal
• 25% of couples wait longer than five years before taking their relationship that step further
• 23% of women have been proposed to more than once

Hopr you enjoyed this, I meant it all in fun

Best Regards Peter Bruce Photo & team bELLE

Math of Marriage

Peter Bruce Photo & Video just having fun.Marriage and Wedding Jokes

1) Mathematics of Marriage...

1. Smart man + smart woman = romance
2. Smart man + dumb woman = pregnancy
3. Dumb man + smart woman = affair
4. Dumb man + dumb woman = marriage
5. Smart boss + smart employee = profit
6. Smart boss + dumb employee = production
7. Dumb boss + smart employee = promotion
8. Dumb boss + dumb employee = overtime

2) More Mathematics of Marriage...

3) Who is there...

Three older ladies were discussing the problems of getting older. One said, 'Sometimes I catch myself with a jar of mayonnaise in my hand, in front of the refrigerator, and can't remember whether I need to put it away, or start making a sandwich' .

The second lady chimed in, 'Yes, sometimes I find myself standing on the stairs and can't remember whether I was on my way up or on my way down.'

The third one responded, 'Well, I am glad I don't have that problem; knock on wood, 'as she rapped her knuckles on the table. She looked up and said, 'That must be the door, I'll get it!'

4) Some Psychology...

A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.

A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need.

A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.

A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.

5) Classic Wedding Jokes from best man speeches...

1. A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.
2. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.
3. To be happy with a man, you must understand him a lot and love him a little.
4. To be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot & not try to understand her at all.
5. Married men live longer than single men, but married men are a lot more willing to die.
6. Any married man should forget his mistakes, there's no use in two people remembering the same thing.
7. Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed.
8. Women somehow deteriorate during the night.
9. A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't .
10. A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, and she does.
11. A woman has the last word in any argument.
12. Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.
13. There are 2 times when a man doesn't understand a woman - before marriage and after marriage.

6) True Marriage Story...

Man forced to marry four wives in six months

A Saudi man is in hospital after his divorced parents forced him to marry four times within six months. The battle began when the father insisted the boy should marry a girl from his side of the family. The mother retaliated by ordering him to wed a girl from her side, reports Arab News quoting Al-Watan daily. But the father wasn't happy with the balance of power and insisted on a third wife from his side, to show who was boss.

The mother, not to be outdone, then demanded that her son include another wife from her side of the family. The son has now been admitted to a hospital for psychological treatment. He is refusing to see his parents or his wives.

7) Advanced Marriage Maths...

Facts about marriage proposals

When asked if there was anything they would have changed about one of the most romantic moments of their lives, several women said a 'bigger diamond!'

• 54% of men still get down on one knee
• 44% of men ask their partner's father for permission to marry
• 57% of men cry when she said yes
• 65% of women say he could have put more effort and preparation into the proposal
• 25% of couples wait longer than five years before taking their relationship that step further
• 23% of women have been proposed to more than once

Hopr you enjoyed this, I meant it all in fun

Best Regards Peter Bruce Photo & team bELLE