So, when I went shopping for an online wedding gallery and print ordering solution a few years ago, one thing I insisted on was that no matter where in the world my couples’ family and friends are located, their family and friends could order prints for direct shipment. In today’s world a bride and groom shouldn’t have to do any extra work to share prints with their family, no matter where they are at.

Other requirements were that the printing was absolutely top quality and the customer service fantastic. Further, the user experience had to be intuitive so that any friend or family member, regardless of their familiarity with computers, could view and enjoy a couple’s wedding and engagement photos – and if they wanted to order something – the ordering had to be simple to accomplish.

That all turned out to be a tall order!! Most solutions fell apart in one or more categories and few offered international ordering. But I kept looking and finally found a great place last year that has it all – a first-class pro lab, an intuitive user experience, great customer service, and the ability to place and fulfill orders anywhere!

I’ve been using it for a year now and it’s been great for couples. So, no matter where your family and friends are located:

Rome…

Tongli China…

or even Sacramento…

…your friends and family can enjoy your images and, if they love an image, they can order their own prints and you don’t have to do a bit of work to get their prints to them!

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Meet Jan and Cliff!

Jan.

Cliff.

Jan and Cliff got married up in the foothills above Sacramento, and thought it would be fun to get an urban feel for their after wedding photos.

This marble wall made a great backdrop for Cliff and Jan.

And for a photo of Cliff.

I love doing wedding photography in Old Sacramento. There are these great old buildings with cool colors.

This awesome red wall that we took advantage of for a bride photo…

…and a bride-and-groom photo.

And there are the trains!

A beautiful bride in front of a train is a concept I love to explore. Every time I get a chance, the image is always different – since every bride is different and her own story is unique.

After we had taken photos in Old Sacramento we thought we could also mix it up and get more after wedding photos at the California Capitol grounds.

I love taking wedding photos on the California Capitol grounds, too! It’s a great place for couple photos…

… and portraits of a beautiful bride!

There are some great spots for kissing!

And having fun!

The Capitol building itself has great wedding photo spots!

Like this place in the old entryway.

Still downtown Sacramento, back on the Capitol building grounds. I have no idea what Cliff told Jan.

Jan and Cliff are great and were up for lots of concepts!

I had tons of fun with Jan and Cliff doing after-wedding photography in two locations I love with a great, fun couple!

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Bigger is better, right? Well, I thought I’d start maxing out the sizes of blog images and wow! I really like the new size!!

Wedding photos look great big!

Check out this big bridal portrait of gorgeous Tristina:

and compare it to the photo size I was posting before:

And I think the energy in Emily & James’ engagement session breaks out in this big photo!

The energy is in this version, too. But I really like the bigger one!

Is it just me, or does everyone prefer the larger images?

over the identical, but smaller ones?

Fashion models look great in big photos!

Sure, she looks great in this image – no doubt! But I can’t get over how much I like the bigger, identical photos posted on the blog.

I’ll close this post with one more image, a favorite of mine from Tristina and Don’s bride-and-groom portraits. This time, I’ll reverse it.

Tristina looks fantastic in this smaller image.

Yet I like this bigger image better!!

I’m convinced, bigger is better!

Hey, if you agree or disagree – or have another view – why not post a comment?

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Christine and Andy.

Christine.

Andy and his guys.

I love the spring-time feel of the napkin “flowers” on the wedding reception tables. Very fitting for a flower farm wedding!

The antlers are a reference to Andy’s love of hunting.

More pink and spring-time flowers on the wedding cake.

I love shooting family groups at weddings. Everyone always has lots of fun!

Andy and Christine share a wedding first dance.

Cake and catering by Hanford’s Catering.

Music and DJ by Tracewell Entertainment.

Wedding location: The Flower Farm, Loomis California.

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Meet Don and Tristina!

Tristina.

Don.

We started their session at their place. I love shooting couples in their homes and also shooting brides and grooms in their getting ready locations.

I love the way the light from their window wraps around Tristina.

Don bathed in light from their beautiful window.

Tristina.

After shooting inside their place, we started exploring the public spaces of their home.

Tristina and Don were fantastic to work with – from the first shot through the last!! I really enjoyed hanging out with them and getting to know them!

There’s this statue in the lobby of their building that we had to get into a photo.

This is just a handful of the great indoor indoor images we got. Then we went outside to get photos walking around Midtown Sacramento.

We really liked the architecture of this building.

We were having fun mixing up concepts. From fashion…

…to easy-going fun!

Yes, we are still in Sacramento – now a bit more downtown than midtown.

We liked the heart-shapes in this cactus.

I loved Tristina’s shoes!

Tristina’s makeup was done by the fantastic Ingrid of Makeup by Ingrid.

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