{"id":2937,"date":"2011-07-26T03:52:21","date_gmt":"2011-07-26T09:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/?p=2937"},"modified":"2011-07-26T03:52:21","modified_gmt":"2011-07-26T09:52:21","slug":"first-united-methodist-church-palo-alto-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/first-united-methodist-church-palo-alto-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Melanie+Lawrence | First United Methodist Church | Palo Alto, Ca"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.studiocontact.net\/Ari\/\" target=\"_blank\">Contact Ari to Document Your Wedding<\/a><\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Palo Alto Wedding Photography_0038\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Palo-Alto-Wedding-Photography_0038.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I photographed <a title=\"Melanie+Lawrence | Disney Concert Hall | Engagement Session\" href=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/disney-concert-hall-wedding-photographer\/\" target=\"_blank\">Melanie and Lawrence&#8217;s engagement a while back in L.A<\/a>. (View a sample\u00a0<a title=\"Fine Art Albums | San Luis Obispo Wedding Photographer\" href=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/fine-art-albums-san-luis-obispo-wedding-photographer\/\" target=\"_blank\">engagement\u00a0book from their session here<\/a>.) I love how this couple just falls into place when I was taking their portraits. Their wedding day in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palo_Alto,_California\" target=\"_blank\">Palo Alto<\/a> also fell into place perfectly. Everything from the schedule to the weather was just perfect. All the elements of a great wedding was in play for this wedding,\u00a0especially\u00a0the raw emotions displayed\u00a0though out\u00a0the day. It was a photographer&#8217;s gold mine. Special thank you to\u00a0Samuel\u00a0and Quan for coming out to help me with this wedding.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Ceremony location: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstpaloalto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">First United Methodist Church<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Reception location:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ichotelsgroup.com\/h\/d\/cp\/1\/en\/hotel\/SFOCA\/welcome\" target=\"_blank\">Crowne Plaza Cabana Hotel<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Portrait location: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stanford.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Standford University Campus\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Videographer: Leo Mendoza<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Cake: Marissa Villasis<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Florist: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tanjeeryn-designs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jeeryn Dang<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Makeup Artist: Jen Lao<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full\" title=\"Palo Alto Wedding Photography_0001\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Palo-Alto-Wedding-Photography_0001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Body oil and handcuffs? Hummm&#8230; \ud83d\ude42<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Palo Alto Wedding Photography_0040\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Palo-Alto-Wedding-Photography_0040.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"602\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full\" title=\"Palo Alto Wedding Photography_0002\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Palo-Alto-Wedding-Photography_0002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full\" title=\"Palo Alto Wedding Photography_0003\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Palo-Alto-Wedding-Photography_0003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full\" title=\"Palo Alto Wedding Photography_0006\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Palo-Alto-Wedding-Photography_0006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full\" title=\"Palo Alto Wedding Photography_0004\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Palo-Alto-Wedding-Photography_0004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full\" title=\"Palo Alto Wedding Photography_0005\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Palo-Alto-Wedding-Photography_0005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full\" title=\"Palo Alto Wedding Photography_0007\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Palo-Alto-Wedding-Photography_0007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full\" title=\"Palo Alto Wedding Photography_0011\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Palo-Alto-Wedding-Photography_0011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full\" title=\"Palo Alto Wedding Photography_0009\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Palo-Alto-Wedding-Photography_0009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full\" title=\"Palo Alto Wedding Photography_0012\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Palo-Alto-Wedding-Photography_0012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full\" title=\"Palo Alto Wedding Photography_0013\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Palo-Alto-Wedding-Photography_0013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full\" title=\"Palo Alto Wedding Photography_0020\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Palo-Alto-Wedding-Photography_0020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full\" title=\"Palo Alto Wedding Photography_0014\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Palo-Alto-Wedding-Photography_0014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The guys praying before the wedding ceremony starts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full\" title=\"Palo Alto Wedding Photography_0015\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Palo-Alto-Wedding-Photography_0015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This church is pretty epic. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstpaloalto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">United Methodist\u00a0Church, Palo Alto<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Palo Alto Wedding Photography_0041\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Palo-Alto-Wedding-Photography_0041.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"602\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full\" title=\"Palo Alto Wedding Photography_0016\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Palo-Alto-Wedding-Photography_0016.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I love this\u00a0beautiful\u00a0moment between Melanie and her dad. I can almost feel the love, happiness and warmth in his kiss.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Palo Alto Wedding Photography_0035\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Palo-Alto-Wedding-Photography_0035.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Palo Alto Wedding Photography_0036\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Palo-Alto-Wedding-Photography_0036.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"602\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Their exit dance was awesome!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"Palo Alto Wedding Photography_0018\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Palo-Alto-Wedding-Photography_0018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"Palo Alto Wedding Photography_0019\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Palo-Alto-Wedding-Photography_0019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Palo Alto Wedding Photography_0024\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Palo-Alto-Wedding-Photography_0024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"Palo Alto Wedding Photography_0023\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Palo-Alto-Wedding-Photography_0023.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"Palo Alto Wedding Photography_0025\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Palo-Alto-Wedding-Photography_0025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Palo Alto Wedding Photography_0026\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Palo-Alto-Wedding-Photography_0026.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2980\" title=\"First United Methodist Church Palo Alto Wedding\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/First-United-Methodist-Church-Palo-Alto-Wedding.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/First-United-Methodist-Church-Palo-Alto-Wedding.jpg 800w, https:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/First-United-Methodist-Church-Palo-Alto-Wedding-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/First-United-Methodist-Church-Palo-Alto-Wedding-370x278.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"Palo Alto Wedding Photography_0027\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Palo-Alto-Wedding-Photography_0027.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"Palo Alto Wedding Photography_0029\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Palo-Alto-Wedding-Photography_0029.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"Palo Alto Wedding Photography_0039\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Palo-Alto-Wedding-Photography_0039.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"Palo Alto Wedding Photography_0028\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Palo-Alto-Wedding-Photography_0028.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"Palo Alto Wedding Photography_0032\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Palo-Alto-Wedding-Photography_0032.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"Palo Alto Wedding Photography_0030\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Palo-Alto-Wedding-Photography_0030.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"Palo Alto Wedding Photography_0033\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Palo-Alto-Wedding-Photography_0033.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"Palo Alto Wedding Photography_0034\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Palo-Alto-Wedding-Photography_0034.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Palo Alto Wedding Photography_0022\" src=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Palo-Alto-Wedding-Photography_0022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Click here to see their <a href=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/slideshows\/Melanie_Lawrence\/\" target=\"_blank\">slideshow<\/a>:<a href=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/slideshows\/Melanie_Lawrence\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Melanie+Lawrence | First United Methodist Church Wedding in Palo Alto<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.studiocontact.net\/Ari\/\" target=\"_blank\">E-mail Ari to Document Your Wedding<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><\/strong>Thank you for visiting\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/los-angeles-weddings\/\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/santa-barbara-weddings\/\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Barbara<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/san-luis-obispo-weddings-find-your-perfect-wedding-site-in-san-luis-obispo\/\" target=\"_blank\">San Luis Obispo<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/san-francisco-wedding-photography\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0San Francisco Wedding Photography blog\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.justari.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wedding website<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Contact\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.studiocontact.net\/Ari\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ari\u00a0Photographers.\u00a0209.981.9820<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Contact Ari to Document Your Wedding I photographed Melanie and Lawrence&#8217;s engagement a while back in L.A. (View a sample\u00a0engagement\u00a0book from their session here.) I love how this couple just falls into place when I was taking their portraits. Their wedding day in Palo Alto also fell into place perfectly. Everything from the schedule to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/first-united-methodist-church-palo-alto-wedding\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Melanie+Lawrence | First United Methodist Church | Palo Alto, Ca&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":666668,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weddings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/666668"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2937\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justari.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}