Category: Weddings

Before and After for the Pala Bridal show

Posted on August 17, 2009October 16, 2016William Bay

I’ve spent the last few days in a fury of preparing prints, scheduling rental equipment, and general craziness getting ready for the upcoming Pala Casino Bridal expo on Sunday. As I was selecting prints, I came across an image from a wedding I did a few years back here in San Diego for Cameryn & John (above left). It had a great view of the foothills around the Ramona area, but the sky was completely blown out. I thought that it would be a great image if I could do something about the sky. That’s when I remembered that I […]

Mike + Erin | San Diego Wedding | Swami’s Beach + Casa Qero

Posted on August 4, 2009October 16, 2016William Bay

I posted a teaser the other day about my latest wedding between mike + Erin. So here are some more photos that fill in more of the story of their lovely beach wedding at Swamis Beach in Encinitas, which is North County San Diego.

A Welcome Back to San Diego Wedding – Erin & Mike’s Beach Wedding

Posted on July 31, 2009October 16, 2016William Bay

Wow… It has really been a very eventful couple of weeks. My divorce to Heather became finalized on July 15th, which was to be our 2 year anniversary. My week long trip to San Diego for my birthday became a moving trip in the Nth hour. And on my drive out, I climbed the 12,000 ft Sierra Blanca in New Mexico which turned out to be the most physically challenging thing I have ever done. And upon arrival, my dear friend, Marne, had arranged for me to photograph two of the most warm spirited and incredible people, as they came […]

Hot Summer Nights!

Posted on July 1, 2009October 16, 2016William Bay

Win a Free Engagement Session and 8×10 July and August are heating up! And what better time is there to show off your passion for your fiance with an engagement portrait session on a steamy summer evening. Well, I’m excited to announce that I will be holding a drawing for four lucky couples to score a free engagement session with yours truly and an 8×10 print. Two random entries will be chosen on July 10th and another two on August 10th. The sessions will need to be scheduled before the end of each month. And after the session you will […]

Wedding Client Print Club

Posted on June 21, 2009October 16, 2016William Bay

I’m really excited to unveil the “Print of the Year Club” for all my wedding clients. If you have known me for anytime, you know I have a huge passion for [intlink id=”fine-art-gallery” type=”page”]Fine Art and Landscape photography[/intlink]. Well, each year every one of my wedding clients will receive a FREE 10×15 print (5×15 or 8.5×15 in the case of panoramas), matted and signed by me. This is merely a constant “Thank You” for choosing me to document your wedding.The best part is, the clients get to vote for the winner! I will post 5 pictures and everyone will vote […]

A Weird, Watery Weekend!

Posted on May 19, 2009October 16, 2016William Bay

I’m not even sure I can present a story that fully illustrates the crazy roller coaster of a weekend I had, so I’ll keep it to a simple narrative. Friday: I was very excited to start heading out to Krause Springs, where myself and some fellow photographers from an online photo group were going to get together and do a TTD (Trash The Dress) session with a couple models for portfolio type work, and just to have fun and meet each other. On my way out for a pre-trip errand, I noticed that I missed a call. I check the […]

Rain, A Blessing For Weddings

Posted on May 6, 2009September 21, 2011William Bay

The last time it rained while I was at a wedding, I was in a little town called San Juanico in Baja California on a surf trip. San Juanico is just a dusty, and dirty fishing village about 800 miles south of San Diego, and is renowned for it’s very long right hand point break. The break is called Scorpion Bay and has attracted a small American ex-pat community. On this particular trip I was honored to be invited to attend the wedding reception for one of the surfer ex-pats and a local girl roughly half his age. The day […]

My Bestfriend is Getting Married

Posted on April 9, 2009William Bay

“Back in the day” as they say, is when I met Chris Elders. We met each other while working in a live/work loft on 12th and J Street in San Diego. He and his sister Tanya were running Ignite My Site, a small web development firm in the front and living in the back at the time. When I moved into one of the open units, and we became neighbors, a strong friendship began to form. He introduced me to the magic of “House” music, and Landmark Education. And I like to think that I helped him strengthen his eye […]

Free Album April

Posted on April 7, 2009William Bay

Hi All, April is here once again. And I’m a little behind on updates, but it’s time for Free Album April… Here are the details: In addition to the album you get in your package you can get either- 1 Free 10×10 duplicate wedding album, or 2 Free 5×5 parent albums. Each are a $900 value. And of course I would only use the best album binder in the world, Leather Craftsmen. This will be valid only for signed contracts through April. Give me a call, so we can get you all set up! William 512.438.9662

Grace Ormonde Submission and the Odds of Getting Published

Posted on February 27, 2009William Bay

I just sent off a beautiful wedding I shot in October off to the always sexy and glamorous Grace Ormonde – Wedding Style for review and possible acceptance for the Fall issue!!! I found out the submission requirements a couple weeks ago and have been frantically preparing it for the March 1st deadline. And, I finally dropped it off at the customer service black hole, called the downtown FedEx today! As far as my odds of getting published in Wedding Style, I figure there will be about 1,500 other photographers submitting, and we’re all vying for the 6 Featured Wedding […]