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Welcome to the ZeloPhotoBlog!

Who says you can't have fun working with your spouse?!?  As a husband-wife team we share the same overall vision and the last thing we want to do is give you cheesy photos.  We want to give you photos that reflect who you are in the cool, casual and classic Zelo Photography style that so many people have already fallen in love with!  Take a few moments and click around the blog.  Like what you see?  Leave a comment!  Wanna know more?  Use our contact page to shoot us an email!  We'd love to hear from you either way  :)

Zelo Photography at the Bridal Bazaar

Thank you to everybody who stopped by our booth at Sunday’s Bridal Bazaar!  We appreciate all the wonderful things you all had to say about our booth and our work…it was music to our ears!  As many of you know, we actually ran out of our hand-assembled pricing brochures and we’re sorry for that.  We just didn’t expect quite so many of you, haha!  It won’t happen again, we promise  :)

Next up is a short clip of our booth setup.  Forgive us for the weird “flicker” you see in the video….we failed to take the wonderful, beautiful fluorescent lighting frequency into account, haha!  Enjoy it anyway, and by all means leave us a comment!  You should also shoot us an email and set up a time to meet and chat about your wedding :)

February 1, 2010 - 7:01 pm Rachel - love, love, love the video, and what I saw at the bridal show yesterday. You guys are on my list! :)

February 1, 2010 - 8:28 pm Danielle - LOVE IT!! I'm guessing you already had the music in mind before you shot everything :) you are one patient guy for that photo switching part, it was worth the time it took!

February 1, 2010 - 11:16 pm Peeks - You guys rock! We love your photography and always love seeing your videos too!

February 2, 2010 - 1:30 pm Zane - very creative! the flicker actually doesn't hurt the final video. good job!

Brooke & Brandon Are Totally Married!


















Coordinator:  Orange Blossom Events
Florals/Decor:  Decor With Distinction
Cake:  Sweet Cheeks Bakery
Videography:  Side By Side Video
Photography:  Zelo Photography

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Zelo Photography – WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards 2010

We opened the email inbox this afternoon and we were delighted to see an email from the head honchos over at WeddingWire.  Thanks to the ratings and positive feedback left by our brides and grooms we were able to pick up a spot in the WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards for 2010!

A big fat thank you to all of our brides and grooms for supporting Zelo Photography, and thanks to the folks over at WeddingWire.com for running such a great site.  Here’s to a killer 2010!!

-seth & desiree mondragon, zelo photography

January 19, 2010 - 4:29 pm Tracey Brown - Congrats my friend!!!

January 19, 2010 - 4:33 pm zelophotoblog - thanks Tracey! You know, we couldn't have done it without our 135 f/2.0! Haha! :)

January 19, 2010 - 8:01 pm Tim Aderman - SWEET! You guys are so deserving of this award!

January 25, 2010 - 8:48 pm Natalie Morris - Congrats you two! That's such an honor - you guys deserve it!

A Quickie From A Fun Sibling Session

Last year we got to shoot Sandy & Chris’s engagement session….this year Sandy is back with her brother Kelley to do some photos for their mom.  As we downloaded the images tonight this was one of our favorites and I think their mom should definitely blow this one up HUGE and put it on her living room wall….what do ya think?  :)

we’ll have the rest in a few weeks, including some “regular” ones, haha!

January 26, 2010 - 2:57 pm Jared Zacharias - Haha, love the Turtles shirt. Post more!

February 6, 2010 - 4:29 pm Mother Minka - I agree! I just was made aware of these pictures today, 2/6/10, and one will definitely be added to "The Wall" that was started in 1990 of Sandy and Kelley. Thank you for your beautiful work!

Jennifer & Darren’s Wedding!

Another super duper wedding!  Jennifer & Darren’s ceremony took place at one of our favorite ceremony spots, St. Therese of Carmel.   Chad Fortin of Injoy Entertainment kept their reception poppin’ at Embassy Suites and it was just an all around good time.  Here’s a few of our favorites.  Enjoy!


January 6, 2010 - 8:39 am Jared Zacharias - Haha, love that ring shot! It's sweet (ba-dum... PSSSHHH!) Great job you two.

Shay & Broc’s Engagement!

How can we not love Shay & Broc?  Gosh, from the get-go we hit it off with these two and have had some great conversations about the contestants on Survivor, haha!  They made the engagement session really easy for us and since then I’ve been able to come up with a couple new names for Broc like “B-Rock” and “Broc-tober”.  Anyway, enjoy a few of their engagement photos and stay tuned for their wedding photos from The Ivy Hotel coming soon!

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See you again soon!

The Bodacious Booth at Danielle’s Bash

Birthdays can be a good time.  The other night we got to celebrate our good friend Danielle’s birthday and we had a good time with the Bodacious Booth. We got a blast from the past with a bunch of 80’s outfits and it was like, totally rad!  So take a chill pill for a minute and bug out on a few of our favorites before you go mental:

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I think everybody needs to goof off like this at their birthday party.  In fact, I think everybody needs to goof off like this in their everyday lives once in a while also.  It’s good for you.  If you didn’t know that, now you know…and knowing is half the battle!

Lindsay & Dan Rock El Cortez

Lindsay & Dan’s wedding was a big day with big fun, and after shooting their engagement photos we knew that’s what it would be.  The girls got ready down at the Embassy Suites while the guys were busy being guys over at the Hard Rock Hotel.  A hop, skip and a jump over to El Cortez and we’re at the wedding!  El Cortez is just plain cool and has tons of character.  Lindsay & Dan were able to incorporate a bunch of cool little details that just made the wedding all that much better.  Here’s a few of our favorites!

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