Siegel Thurston Photography

Here is a look at Mel & Doug’s beautiful Leo Carrillo Ranch Wedding in San Diego.  Leo Carrillo Ranch is a large historic park located in the carlsbad hills and it houses wonderful old ranch style buildings, making it an amazing rustic wedding venue in southern California.  The moment you walk onto the Leo Carrillo property it feels like you’ve stepped onto a move set with how well all of the buildings are preserved and propped.  There are peacocks just wandering about  and our favorite building is probably the white barn with the blue doors on the ranch.  Tucked in with the barn are some old stables a windmill and some tiny houses.  It truly is an incredible property for a wedding.

Mel and Doug’s wedding was held under a beautiful large tree in the courtyard at the ranch house.  After the ceremony everyone wandered down to the pool behind the house where they had games and refreshments set up.  A taco truck showed up to make snack for everyone while they socialized and waited for the reception to open up.  Tables were set up on the lawn behind the ranch house for the reception.  Market lights were strung for the evening festivities and tables were adorned with fun diy mason jars and vintage decor.  This reception was off the hook and everyone had a wonderful time.  Everyone spent time in the photo booth and showing off their best moves on the dance floor.  The end of the night was filled with glow sticks and a full on dance off.  Mel and Doug put together a great wedding and Leo Carrillo Ranch was a perfect place for it.

Mel’s mint color wedding wedges… are these not the coolest!

The bridesmaids all had cute matching t-shirts to lounge around in.  The back of each shirt had how long they had known Mel for.
A bottle of champaign covered in glitter is a must for every bride when she’s getting ready!
Love that all the bridesmaids dresses are different.These flower girls were just the cutest! and they had so much fun getting ready with everyone.Can you tell these ladies have know one another a long time?Slurpees – a tradition from their high school years. We kinda love when wedding parties all rock the matching sunglasses.Doug hand made all the marquee signs for their wedding.  What a talented guy.Mason Jars, Succulents, and Baby’s Breath oh my.Their outdoor reception behind the ranch house was just spectacular.  During happy hour they had a taco truck show up to keep the natives from getting restless.  What a great idea.
A funfetti wedding cake are you kidding me!  We had so much fun photographing Mel and Doug’s Leo Carrillo Ranch Wedding.

Here’s a look at Ashley and Marco’s wonderful  Aldredge House wedding reception.  Ashley and Marco fell in love with this old historic house in Dallas Texas for their reception and we can completely understand why.  The house is full of beautiful old furniture and decor, and don’t get me started on the spiral stair case.  The reception was originally set to be held outside under the market lights in the back yard.  Rain early in the day got the staff on the move and they were able to set up the entire wedding reception indoors and it turned out amazing.  Ashley and Marco made their grand entrance down the spiral staircase and jumped right into a night of fun and dancing.

Sadly the Aldredge house is currently not booking any events unit further notice but check back with them for updates.

It was so much fun having the opportunity be a part of Ashley and Marco’s Nasher Sculpture Center wedding photos.  They had their wedding ceremony at the Watermark Community Church in Dallas Texas and when the I Do’s were said and Ashley and Marco were cheered down the aisle they hopped into a limo with their wedding party and headed to the Nasher for some fun portraits.  The sculpture garden is nestled in the heart of down town Dallas, so it was a bit of a commute but wedding party celebrated the 30 minute drive to the museum with music and champaign.  The Nasher is beautiful little gem of a museum and well worth the detour.  We had so much fun photographing the wedding party amongst all of the amazing sculptures and they certainly enjoyed letting their personalities come out for some of the photos.  The garden was a wonderful place to take wedding portraits and would be a phenomenal spot for an out door wedding.  We can’t wait for a return visit.