Another beautiful High School Senior

Here are a few shots from our most recent session in Balboa Park. Kailene was so much fun, her photos turned out so pretty.  And her eyes, wow, they are gorgeous!

Don't forget Mamarazzi when thinking about your senior portraits! For $125 we offer a personal photo session in the location of your choice. We spend as much time as needed to help you capture gorgeous photos to remember your senior year with. We also include 25 free custom photo announcement cards. Creating unique and fun cards is one of our favorite things to do!

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Introducing Mr. & Mrs Arzu!

We had the pleasure of photographing a fun wedding two weeks ago on October 30th, 2010. The day started out grey and drizzly, not exactly the weather that brides & grooms hope for. The weatherman promised clear skies by 4pm, the start time for Tony & Amra's wedding. Thankfully the prediction could not have been more accurate. It turned out to be an absolutely beautiful day, with a gorgeous bride, dashing groom, and an amazing setting at The Sheraton Hotel on Harbor Island, pouring with a wealth of flowers. Mr & Mrs Arzu said "I do" in front of a large group, with family in town from all over the country to share in their special day.
We are excited to share a sneak peek into their beautiful day:

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Amy & Sam, Married!

It was a gorgeous day at the Encinitas Ranch golf course on October 10th, 2010. Sam & Amy, along with their adorable one year old little girl, Lily, said their vows in front of all of their closest family & friends. Here is a sneak peek at some of the memories of the day. Thank you, Barstad family, for allowing Mamarazzi to be a part of your special day!

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Finally a happy ending...

Hi Everybody, its Tricia.

As many of you have heard, I broke my heel last year during our annual Help Patrick Walk fundraiser. I was in the midst of a photoshoot with a beautiful couple, Patrick's uncle and his fiance, showing them just how to pose....hanging from a train car.. that's right.. a train car. You won't believe this, but I slipped off. Okay, so if you know me, you knew that would happen. Well, I landed right on a railroad tie and broke my heel, the hardest bone in your body to break, at least that's what the doctors told me. It took eight weeks in a cast to heal, and thankfully didn't require any surgery or therapy.

But, back to this beautiful couple. Can you imagine? Watching your photographer/stunt person fall and seriously injure herself? It was awful, and super embarrassing for me, but how awkward (yet funny) for them. They were amazing though! They ran and found me some ice, then stayed with me until my superhero husband came and carried me to the car, then helped to finish the last two photo shoots for me.

This was the best picture from the fateful shoot:

I finally had a chance, after a couple of reschedules, to repay this couple by doing an unlimited photoshoot all around Balboa Park. We had such a good time. They really are great people, and oh so forgiving.

A huge thanks to Tony and Kelly for being so gracious.

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Traci & Mark's Wedding

We had the honor of photographing a gorgeous wedding at the Sheraton on Harbor Island a couple of weekends ago. After a long week of June gloom, the sun joined us for a great event. The bright yellow flowers set the tone for a cheerful, fun wedding. Thanks, Traci & Mark for allowing Mamarazzi to be a part of your special day!

Here is a "sneak peek" video from the day. Stay tuned as our website will be updated with more as we finish the rest of the pictures!

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Weddings by Mamarazzi

Our basic wedding photography service fee is $650.  For this price you will get:

• 2 photographers
• Up to 5 hours photographic coverage
• (2) 8x10 prints of your choice
• (5) 5x7 prints of your choice
• Online wedding gallery to share with your family & friends, and reasonably priced print offerings
• Gorgeous custom albums available, starting at $250
• Option to buy full-resolution disc of all wedding images for $350, with full privileges to print the pictures as you wish

Please view our website portfolio and our Facebook page to view a sampling of our work. Our previous clients loved us, you will too! Here are a few testimonials from weddings we have done:

• "You guys were so great and very professional. Thank you again for all you've done. You guys went above and beyond my expectation. Thank You!!!" - De Anna H., Mother of the Groom
• "Thanks again for doing our wedding. We couldn't be happier with the results. You guys were awesome." - David E., Groom
• "We are so happy with our pictures! I look so beautiful. You captured precious moments for us and I love them!" - Kim H., Bride
• "I'm going to renew my vows just so I can use your photographer...these pics are fantastic!!!”
• “Your pictures are the best I've EVER seen! Absolutely stunning.”

We look forward to capturing gorgeous memories for your big day! Feel free to email us with any questions, or to meet us in person and see our samples.

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An ugly day turned pretty

Last Sunday we went out to Oceanside for our most recent Senior portrait session. We were there the week before and it was gorgeous - sunny skies, very few people, and clean water under the pier. This was not the case this time, the skies were as grey as could be, it was freezing cold, there were people everywhere, and some disgusting odd black muck was gushing out of a pipe, causing black water under the pier that we had hoped to use in our pictures. We considered rescheduling for a moment, but then decided we could make it work, and look at these gorgeous results! You would never know the gloomy conditions by looking at the resulting pictures.







Mamarazzi offers a great Senior portrait special. It's an affordable opportunity to get pictures different from the standard school photographer shots. For just $99 you get a 30 minute photo session, and an online gallery to choose an 8x10 print of your choice. Get the entire session on disc for just $50 more. Contact us to schedule your session!

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Haiti Fundraiser Video

Mamarazzi is proud to have given to the orphans in Haiti, through Danita's Children. We teamed up with Photographers for Haiti, and hosted a photo day, where all of the proceeds went directly to Danita's Children. We are excited to report that we helped raise over $550 to assist in relief efforts. Take a peek at our video to get a glimpse of all of the wonderful families who participated:

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Jumping for Joy!

The theme this week at I Heart Faces is "Jump for Joy", and that is exactly what this image says to us. It is from a photo session during the holiday season. This cute little guy kept asking if it was time for the "fun stuff", and after posing patiently for all the photos we asked him for he set off to jump, and boy did he ever. He FLEW right over that bush below him, and paused mid-air to look at the camera, just as requested. He is going to be a star athlete some day for sure!



Take a peek at all of the other joyous entries over here:

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Photographers for Haiti

Have you been looking for a way to help support the victims of Haiti? Here is your chance to help out a great cause, and have your family portraits done at the same time. Mamarazzi is teaming up with Photographers for Haiti, along with many other photographers across the country, to raise money for charities that support Haiti's recovery efforts. We chose to support the Help Danita organization. We will be booking 4 sessions in San Diego and 4 sessions in Temecula, and all the proceeds will go directly to the cause, in fact you will be making your check out to them! Click here to find out more, and book your tax deductible session today.

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I Heart Faces - Texture

You can almost feel the joy...

I heart faces is having another contest, and we are totally sucked in, so of course we are entering!

Stacey took this picture of Sydney on a dry, sunny afternoon. You know us Southern California girls have to have umbrellas even when it rains only about 3 times a year. We experimented with various textures until we came up with just the right style we were looking for.

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I Heart Faces - Best Face Photo

Mamarazzi just heard about an incredibly cool way to share a favorite picture! I Heart Faces has a contest right now called "Best Face Photo", seems like a fun idea, so we thought we'd join the fun!

Here is a picture of the littlest one between our two families. Tricia gets credit for the baby, Stacey gets credit for the outfit. We took lil' Miss Carleigh to the park to get some pictures with her buddy, and unfortunately neither were up for the gig. Carleigh was mid laugh.... and then meltdown!

Thanks for looking!

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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year from Mamarazzi!

We'd like to share with you a brief snapshot of how much fun we had during 2009. It was a great year thanks to all of you!

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