50th Wedding Anniversary

Had a shoot for the Banaga's 50th Wedding Anniversary this weekend. What a great family! Every from the happy couple, Oscar and Sally, to all 6 kids and their children were awesome. We started the day out at the Good Shepard church in Mira Mesa with a nice and looong mass. Great for the soul I'm sure but bad for an old photographer's knees. Some of the shots were actually pretty cool although the lighting was a logistical nightmare as a photographer, with the pews lit by warm tungsten lighting (orange-ish) and the alter lit by soft natural light. And of course to make things even more exciting the front few pews had a mixture of both kinds of light. Yay me! I guess I will be spending some time in post production playing with the lighting.

After the mass we took some family shots on the altar and then went to the officers club on Marine Corps Air Station Mira Mar, where there was a fantastic little buffet waiting for all the friends and family.The rest of the event progresses really nicely with a slide show of the couple throughout the years as well as testimonials from the family. The highlight of the day had to be the entertainment which was provided by all of the grandchildren.
All of the kids from ages 11 into their 20's provided dancing spectacles that everyone loved!

All in all a great day with a family that had a tremendous sense of love and connection to one another. We all should be so lucky to have a family like this.