Byington Winery & Vineyard wedding photography, Los Gatos 2012-04-21

Juliette and Mike’s wedding was magic. What a perfect day at Byington Winery in the Los Gatos Mountains. Gorgeous bride, handsome groom, cool family and friends, all the details were correct. Check out their wedding film:

Thanks for the look y’all!

~Mike

Palo Alto Golf and Country Club wedding film 2011-12-02

Frances, you were a beautiful bride. So graceful and elegant. Vy, you’re a handsome and lucky guy! These guys are totally in Love, here’s their fab engagement pictures that I made last Spring, and here’s some of the wedding photographs I made for them. You guys go together like peanut butter and jelly : )

Shot this wedding at the gorgeous Palo Alto Hills Golf and Country Club. What a beautiful venue- the view there is fantastic. Everything about this wedding was so great. Great family and friends. I loved working with LT Beaton and her professional staff, they made everything perfect. The tasty wedding cake was made by Rose Graboski at Cakes by Rose. Spencer Sutherland of Sutherland Entertainment rocked the reception. Shout out to my main man Martin for the help shooting- awesome job as usual!

Thanks so much for having me, it has been super fun working with you guys!

~Mike

Monterey Beach Resort wedding photography ::: Jimmy & Allyson 2011-11-30

November at the California coast is beautiful. You can get beautiful sunsets and dramatic skies. Not much fog. If you’re a landscape photographer, you might want to add the Natural Bridge in Santa Cruz to your portfolio. Bring the tripod for long exposures. This is the time- you might see me there at sunset trying for the perfect shot : )

Meet Jimmy and Allyson, a super sweet couple from the East Bay, getting married on the beach in Monterey at the Monterey Beach Resort next year. They love the coast, and I was psyched when they said that they wanted to shoot their engagement session down by the beach. We had fun shooting, they are so carefree and awesome. Very relaxed. I thought that they were made for each other : )

Thanks much guys, you ROCKED your session! Can’t wait for your wedding!!!

~Mike

WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Award 2011 2011-10-31

Whoo hoo! I have been chosen to receive the WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Award™ 2011. This award recognizes the top 5 percent of local wedding professionals from the WeddingWire Network who demonstrate excellence in quality, service and professionalism.

The Bride’s Choice Awards™ are determined exclusively by recent newlyweds (brides and grooms) through extensive surveys and reviews, so thanks so much to my fantastic clients who spoke on my behalf and selected me to receive this honor!

Happy Halloween!!!

~Mike

Mike Danen Photography is certified by Here Comes The Guide! 2011-10-27

Whoo hoo! Very exciting news, Mike Danen Photography has been officially Certified by Here Comes The Guide! Here Comes The Guide is the premier wedding planning publication in the country, and goes to great lengths to really scrutinize it’s vendors so that brides don’t have to. What does this mean? From the Here Comes the Guide Website:

“Our goal is to represent only the best event professionals in the industry. In order to achieve this, we thoroughly screen all of the service providers on HereComesTheGuide.com. That means you don’t have to take a chance on some anonymous photographer or caterer. Every one of our vendors has been carefully checked out and Certified By The Guide.

Our rigorous certification process requires each vendor to submit 30-40 references, including wedding industry professionals and at least 10 recent brides. Then we contact each person and get their honest feedback. Only if the company gets a rave review do we accept them as a client.”

I am very proud of this honor, and I am very thankful to my clients who spoke to Denise Auerbach and the rest of the staff at Here Comes the Guide. For more information, you can reach Denise at 510/548-0400 ext. 321 or at denise@herecomestheguide.com.