As Phoenix wedding photographers, we have the opportunity to attend amazing weddings and meet amazing vendors just about every weekend. When it came to planning our own wedding, we were obviously confronted with an insane amount of choices for everything from wedding photographers, to officiants, and to coordinators. But, we used our experience in wedding photography to our advantage! We knew exactly what we were looking for!

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Photos above by ashaferphotography (our beautiful friend)

 

So if you are following The R2 Wedding, you know that we are getting married! We also revealed our most EPIC E-Sesh photos done by our official wedding photog Dan Dalstra, and you now know we are officially getting hitched on Laguna Beach at Seven 4 One!  Being wedding photographers, we know how a vendor can make or break your day, so with that in mind we feel like we have chosen the best of the best.  Many of our vendors have impressed us so much with other weddings we have photographed, that we couldn’t forget about them, and we have now become friends.  We have 100% confidence that our day will be incredibly special because of these amazing people who will be a special part of our wedding.

So who are the rest of the vendors we have chosen to help make our day the best that it can be?

 

Jessica at Sweet Soiree Events

She is one of the best Arizona Wedding Planners Phoenix has to offer.  She has officially rocked out 2 weddings with us, is our R2 prom coordinator/planner, our personal Wedding planner and one really great friend. When Robin & I were going crazy with all of these thoughts & ideas we both just looked at each other and knew we had to hire Jess. It became official and she is heading to Laguna with us!  Not only has she made us a budget, she has also sent us spreadsheets of when payments are due, a vendor list, negotiated deals and let me vent to her!  We are already at peace knowing we will not have to be running around on our wedding day or appointing our friends and guests as assistants in hopes of making things happen.  With Jessica, we can enjoy our day, our family & friends, and each other and not worry about one thing!

Jessica and her team are available for full wedding planning or day of coordination.

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Ceremonies by Bethel

What do we say about Bethel??? Some relationships just happen through fate. This is one of them. We first met Bethel in 2012 when she officiated Ashley & John’s beach wedding in San Diego, CA.  There is just something about her that is contagious.  Her couples love her, vendors love her, and, most important, we love her.  She is also another vendor that we chose to schedule our wedding date around because we knew we HAD to have her. Not only does she officiate “traditional” marriages she believes in all love and fully supports and officiates same-sex weddings.  We could not imagine doing this journey without her kind words, support, and friendship.

 

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Premiere events group

The all too crazy DJ….Alright let’s get real.  DJ’s are a unique breed.  I think many of you know what I am talking about!  We have had some unforgetable DJ’s that we have worked with and some whom we would prefer forget. So finding a DJ that would be the perfect fit for The R2 Wedding proved challenging.  As we tell all of our couples, a DJ will make or break your party!  For reals!  We knew we did not want a traditional DJ, as our wedding will have hardly any traditional elements.  When I stumbled upon Luke at Premiere events based in Laguna beach, I emailed him, he sent me a sample of his work, we skyped and we booked him! We knew he was the one.  He fully supported our vision of no traditional elements, no announcements, and a full on nightclub vibe.  He is a full time Wedding DJ who doubles as a night club DJ, with years of night club experience and is trained in mixing music on the spot.  Our guests will be gettin’ down on the dance floor with this guy…..Check out a sample here Radio sound of DJ 

(We do have a great local list of Phoenix DJ’s that will knock your socks off if you are looking!-we promise they are the best of the best)

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Chef Kyle Markt

Chef Kyle was the preferred caterer at our venue.  However, being the foodies we are, we felt we needed to check out other options and make the best decision for us.  As vegans, we are pretty particular with our food.  There are a ton of vegan cooks out there, but there are not a ton of AMAZING vegan cooks.  We met Kyle at his newly opened restaurant and hung out with him for a bit while he treated us to several AMAZING selections off his restaurant menu. We followed up his “tasting” with another tasting, which posed one problem. We couldn’t get chef Kyle’s food out of our head!  This was some of the best food we have ever tasted. He also understood our vision for our wedding and came up with some amazing non-traditional ideas. So with that, we will be enjoying Sushi and a freshly made action station of tacos.  I am not showing you the menu because it will make you drool…. If you want to check out his food, drive to Orange, CA and stop at the Green Tomato Grill.

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This blogging stuff is fun!  I think I may do a video blog for the next post….

Until then,

XOXO R & R

Your Phoenix Wedding Photographers

 

The R2 Wedding post #1-We are getting married

The R2 Wedding Post #2-Our E-Sesh Photos

The R2 Wedding Post #3-How we chose our Venue