Houston Wedding Photographer - Photographics » La Tranquila Ranch http://www.photosforu.com/blog Highlights of the memories I've had the honor of making Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:17:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 More of Houston’s wedding venues http://www.photosforu.com/blog/2009/02/23/more-of-houstons-wedding-venues/ http://www.photosforu.com/blog/2009/02/23/more-of-houstons-wedding-venues/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:01:07 +0000 Nathan Simmons http://www.photosforu.com/blog/2009/02/23/more-of-houstons-wedding-venues/ In addition to the other post I made regarding places in Houston to hold your wedding ceremony or wedding reception (post is here if you missed it), I have a few more that you can consider.  While most of these are located in Houston, there are some listed that are located in Spring, Texas and Tomball, Texas as well.  When looking for a venue, please consider the size of your wedding party, (not just the bridal party, but the number of invited guests).  you don’t want to get a place that holds 300 and you invite 500.  you also don’t want to get a place that holds 300 and you only invited 100 as that would be wasted space and wasted money and considering the current economy, that might not be a good idea.

Marriott West Loop by the Galleria

This room is actually on the second level and has a great view.  Since this room faces east, it might not be that great for an early morning wedding (10 or earlier), but it is ideal for any time after that.

Brenner’s on the Bayou

Brenner’s Steakhouse actually has two locations in Houston, Texas, but this one is off Memorial Dr and has a beautiful garden area, lovely gazebo and the restaurant area will hold a large crowd in its rooms.

McCormick and Schmick’s Uptown Park

I actually shot this room during a Christmas Party, but I loved the layout so much that I immediately thought how nice it would look for a wedding reception!

Hilton Greenspoint (formerly the Wyndham Greenspoint)

The Hilton has a very nice and very large ballroom downstairs as well as a “smaller” room upstairs.  Both rooms could accommodate both the ceremony and reception for your guests.  These are shots from the smaller room:

and this is the larger room where the bride and groom held the ceremony and reception in (they used a partition to split the room).

Chateau Crystale

I have had the opportunity to photograph this place several times and I absolutely LOVE this ballroom!  It has a large dance floor and it’s always well lit and there are plenty of places to shoot!

Spring Chateau

This place has several locations available, depending on the size of you wedding party, both indoor and outdoor locations.  This particular wedding was shot in the Fall (Halloween Night to be exact) and they used the outdoor gazebo.

La Tranquila Ranch – Tomball, Texas

I posted a few of these from a wedding I did there back in January, but here are a few more of the layout:

The Houston, Texas Metro area has a lot of great places that can be used for your wedding ceremony and reception.  Each one has a personality all its own and I’m sure you can find one to fit your style and your budget.

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]]> http://www.photosforu.com/blog/2009/02/23/more-of-houstons-wedding-venues/feed/ 0 Chris and Crystal http://www.photosforu.com/blog/2009/02/10/chris-and-crystal/ http://www.photosforu.com/blog/2009/02/10/chris-and-crystal/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:00:47 +0000 Nathan Simmons http://www.photosforu.com/blog/2009/02/10/chris-and-crystal/ How’s that song go again? “I’m proud to be an American”.    One of the joys of my job as a wedding photographer is being able to give back to those that make the ultimate sacrifice to protect me (Military as well as Fire and Police – I even offer discounts to those in Active service) and I was given that opportunity at the wedding of Chris and Crystal Floeck.  He is active Military and they held their wedding at the La Tranquila Ranch (the Villa) in Tomball Texas.  The family was very close and it showed the entire evening. 

Before I show the wedding, here are a few of Crystal’s Bridal portrait session.  We were scheduled to shoot at the South Shore Park in the Woodlands, but the cool weather changed our plans so we ended up using one of the model homes for D. R. Horton in Jacob’s Reserve in Conroe, Texas (I work for the company in my day job, but I’m not in Real Estate or Home sales)

and now on to the wedding!

a preceremony shot of the bride getting ready

The wedding cake was beautiful and tasted as good as it looks

It was a beautiful ceremony

The Bride and Groom in a formal shot:

the wedding cake and the Groom’s cake (yes, that is a beer can)

One of the groomsmen was also a musician and played a few songs in tribute to the happy couple

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