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y Monica Sawyer, Editor photos by D&P Photographytheonebrideguide.com • February – May 2013 {4}My favorite family in the wedding business is theBorens. I've had a long, lovely friendship withPriscilla Boren of D&P Photography and she, herhusband Danney, son Marshall and daughter Janessaare always game to help me out, whether it be tophotograph an event, or video some random storyfor another one of my crazy projects. And I have tomention Bobby, who's office visits and super herocostumes I miss sincehe's getting all grown upnow! This business is reallyabout relationships:honoring friendships,the people who help youthe most, and lifting eachother up and showing theworld our best. I've beenthinking about Priscillaand her talent for a longtime and really wantedher to shoot anothercover for The One. TheFebruary cover seemedperfect since her familyis always so full of LOVE!If you've read past issues,you know I am also inlove with Josh Salinas andGreg Ybarra of Josh &Co. and Get Jeweled Productions.If people thinkI give them too muchcoverage, well, that's becausethey volunteer theirtime, work extremely hard, and I go to them becauseI can predict amazing results without having to eventhink about it. I LOVE them and their dedicationto excellence. The trio of Priscilla, Josh and Gregdreamed up this romantic cover, which is all aboutpassion, intimacy and style, embraced in a beautifulimage. It was probably the smoothest shoot I'veever been a part of thanks to Priscilla's sweetness andeasy nature, Josh and Greg's charms, and the helpinghands of Marshall.Josh Salinas hand-picked our cover models, SarahAngoori and boyfriend Christopher Llanas. Theywere great sports, allowing Josh to pose them in allkinds of positions on the floor to get the perfect,unique angle. Sarah graduated last May from TexasA&M-CC and currently works at the Aquarium aswell as my favorite date spot, The Yardarm restaurant.Chris was recently promoted to marketing directorat Suntide Credit Union.The One has really become about showcasing thebest, and Kari Morrisonat Julian Gold, who is thebest in the local fashionbusiness, was so helpful toloan us two luscious gownsfor the shoot. The covergown is by Vera Wang, retailingfor $6,500 and thegown pictured to the left isby Amasale, retailing for$3850. Bobby Buentellofrom Men's Wearhouse,a long-time contributor,provided the handsometuxes including one fromVera Wang's new tux line(sorry, not pictured).One of my favorite partsof all the cover shoot experiencesover the lastyear or so has been droolingover the jewels GoldMaster Jewelers brings.This time, they loanedus so much bling, BeverlyPatlan, an associate at Gold Master, had to personallyescort the jewels and watch over them. We'retalking over $118,000 worth of jewels people! Wowzers!Our model showed off an 18k Giovani SethBridal Collection ring with 2.55 carats of diamondsvaluing $17,710. Haytayan was the designer of theday as we ogled over pieces from that collection:an 18k necklace with 56 carats of multi-coloredgems valuing $50,000, an 18k white gold necklaceencrusted with 1.63 carats of diamonds valuing$12,237, an 18k white gold ring with 1.76 caratsof diamonds valuing $12,069, 14k white gold