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Orange Turtle Photography Blog | Feel In Color.

What's up! Welcome to our blog! I hope this will be a nice little distraction for you! :) We are Cindy and Daniel and we are Orange Turtle Photography.  We are San Diego and Bay Area wedding photographers.  We love taking pretty pictures of people, weddings, nature, and bunnies.  We also love the San Diego Chargers, hanging out with friends, eating sushi, swing dancing, playing monopoly & bang! (it's a card game) and riding our folding bikes.

A turtle is just a turtle until you give it color.  Once you give it color, all of a sudden the turtle has personality, emotion and life.  The turtle is now sun loving, ocean swimming, happy fun and fresh.  Color helps you feel. So we have a choice to leave the turtle just a turtle... or to give the turtle color.  That's exactly how we see wedding photography.  Feel In Color. 

So let us know if you want us to take pretty pictures of you! :)

Photo by The Image is Found.

Christine & Mark * San Diego Wedding Photography

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Christine and Mark got married on a gorgous Saturday last week!  I’ve gotta say that the most memorable moment of the day (for me personally) was when I walked into Christine’s home - and saw that she and the girls are all ready, waiting for me! I was like, what?! It was my first time walking into a bridal party where they are not only on time, but ahead of the schedule! Many thanks to the awesome award winning wedding coordinator Brenda who made sure that everything runs smoothly and of course…ahead of schedule! She’s just absolutely fantastic to work with.

And as I said, since the girls were early and had some time to kill, we took some fun pics before Christine put on her dress! :)

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She was beaming with joy!

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The guys also arrived at the church early so Daniel took some fun shots of them as well!

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Time to put on the dress!

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They had their wedding ceremony at St. Mary’s Catholic Church at National City.

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I love this bridal party shot! I love the cityscape and palm trees in the background! :)

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Their reception at Marriot Missiona Valley.

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Christine and Mark - we were seriously blown away by the love you guys have for each other! :) Congrats on your beautiful wedding day! Here’s to many more years of tears of happiness!

July 1, 2009 - 5:32 pm Josh - Excellent work! I'm loving every single shot!

July 1, 2009 - 5:41 pm William Bay - Love the "Do Not Block Driveway" shot. I really like the downtown shots too. I used to live down there, so it makes me nostalgic.

July 1, 2009 - 6:34 pm alison conklin - love these all. you guys make everything look so simple and beautiful - you guys have such grace and ease with the camera! i love the shot with the dress tie sort of flying around. wonderful per the usual!

July 1, 2009 - 9:48 pm alex.kruk - Beautiful pictures as always. I love your style of photography !

July 1, 2009 - 10:49 pm Brenda Swann - Beautiful shots you guys! They were such an amazing couple- so in-love <3... I hope to work with you again very soon!! xoxo!

July 2, 2009 - 10:08 am saphoto - fantastic wedding cindy =) love your guys work =) btw my gf and i like your orange turtle logo =)

July 2, 2009 - 11:18 am Emily Faulknor - Daniel and Cindy, these are priceless and precious pictures. I LOVE the pool table, the church shots, the veil shots, all of them. You utilized your surroundings so well. Love it!

July 2, 2009 - 1:04 pm ohana photographers - david & kimi - love love love the beaming with joy shot and of course the candy bar!!!

July 2, 2009 - 6:38 pm Bobby Earle - Amazing as ever!

Christine & Mark * Teaser

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From a wedding last Saturday! :)

July 1, 2009 - 8:50 am Tor - ooh i love khaki suits

Rebecca & D * San Diego Engagement Photography

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This was probably one of the most relaxing engagement sessions we had!  Rebecca and D were so full of love and they were totally not camera shy! :) Thank you guys - for making our job easy!

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This spot, right here - we could have stayed there forever! It was our last shot of the session and I think they did stay there for a little longer after we left.  :)

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June 27, 2009 - 9:13 am lindsay earle - oh my gosh you two... my heart started to beat a little faster by the time I got to the end. I think that means I like them :) Theses are incredible.

June 27, 2009 - 9:13 am lindsay earle - oh my gosh you two... my heart started to beat a little faster by the time I got to the end. I think that means I like them :) These are incredible.

June 27, 2009 - 1:52 pm Tor - I love the one in the hallway with the shadows! Amazing

June 28, 2009 - 6:19 am Mandi - You really captured the love between this couple.

June 29, 2009 - 6:40 pm Bobby Earle - Fifth one down... and you say I do sexy shots?!?! That shot is AMAZING!

Tiffany Ilan * Huntington Beach Wedding

Dear blogging world, somehow I caught a cold and now I’m feeling oh.so.sick.   I was actually feeling pretty good yesterday so I ran around doing a bunch of stuff.  Now I realized that I shouldn’t have done that because instead of getting better, I’m getting worse and feeling quite miserable today.  I promise myself that after writing this blog post, I’ll go right back to sleep.  I need to get better before my Saturday wedding this weekend! :)  And I WILL get better. Don’t you worry, my lovely clients.

Anyways, here are some images from Tiffany and Ilan’s wedding at Hyatt Huntington Beach. The whole day was beautifully coordinated by Stephanie Anderson from Exquisite Events Specialists.

I met Tiffany for the first time when I walked into the hotel room where she was getting ready. She was one of the most calm and confident bride I’ve met! The day started off as quite overcast, in fact it was drizzling. But by the time for the ceremony, the sun broke out and you can even see little bit of blue sky too!

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Best man toast.

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The father of the bride gave a really touching toast too. :)

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It was such a great party! Tiffany and Ilan - congrats once again! We had a fabulous time celebrating, documenting your day with you. :)  I’ll see you guys again soon! :)

June 25, 2009 - 1:36 pm Junshien - Again, FABULOUS work!

June 25, 2009 - 2:15 pm Char Baiz - ooooohhhh, that ring shot is so perfect!

June 25, 2009 - 2:36 pm luke arms - Seriously ripping work. Wow.

June 25, 2009 - 8:05 pm Julie Cruz - Stunning as always! I love that hotel (spent the day at the spa and pool there for one of my best friends' bridal shower)....and what a gorgeous wedding. You make me want to lose 100 lbs and get married again just so I can have awesome new pics ;)

June 25, 2009 - 9:15 pm alex.kruk - Beautiful pictures ! I love that there was a lot of pink. Dresses for girls were so nice looking.

June 26, 2009 - 9:02 am Nathan Walker - breathtaking - once again! nice one guys!

June 26, 2009 - 10:07 pm ohana photographers - david & kimi - love love love!!!

July 1, 2009 - 12:34 am Cachoman - Now what an amazing wedding! A picture perfect event with all the details and the right team to capture it. Great work. Tiff and Ilan- These shots belong in a magazine or brochures for the hotels. You guys are smoking hot!