{"id":497,"date":"2013-02-20T18:07:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T18:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studio101west.com\/blog\/portrait\/how-to-celebrate-50-years-of-marriage\/"},"modified":"2013-02-20T18:07:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-20T18:07:00","slug":"how-to-celebrate-50-years-of-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studio101west.com\/portrait-blog\/2013\/02\/20\/how-to-celebrate-50-years-of-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Celebrate 50 Years of Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/studio101west.com\/portrait-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/james-8020.jpg\" style=\"clear: left;float: left;margin-bottom: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Family reunion portrait on Cayucos beach\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/studio101west.com\/portrait-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/james-8020.jpg\" title=\"Family reunion portrait on Cayucos beach\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><b>Instead of taking an exotic vacation to celebrate their 50th anniversary Richard and Peggy chose instead to rent a large house near the beach in Cayucos and have a family reunion. Part of the celebration included a shell ceremony and a portrait session to create photos that, I am sure, they will cherish for the rest of their lives.&nbsp; <\/b><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"float: left;margin-right: 1em;text-align: left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/studio101west.com\/portrait-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/james-131.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Family reunion portrait on the beach\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/studio101west.com\/portrait-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/james-131.jpg\" title=\"Family reunion portrait on Cayucos beach\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><b><span style=\"font-size: small\">With the grand kids.<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"float: left;margin-right: 1em;text-align: left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/studio101west.com\/portrait-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/james-160.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"anaversery portrait on Cayucos beach\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/studio101west.com\/portrait-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/james-160.jpg\" title=\"anaversery portrait on Cayucos beach\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><b><span style=\"font-size: small\">Whats better than a portrait with your grand kids playing on the beach in the background?<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"float: left;margin-right: 1em;text-align: left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/studio101west.com\/portrait-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/james-179.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"anaversery family reunion portrait, Cayucos beach photographer\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/studio101west.com\/portrait-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/james-179.jpg\" title=\"anaversery family reunion portrait, Cayucos beach photographer\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;<b><span style=\"font-size: small\">All their kids and grand kids playing in the background.<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"float: left;margin-right: 1em;text-align: left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/studio101west.com\/portrait-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/james-8123.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"anaversery family reunion portrait, Cayucos beach photographer\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/studio101west.com\/portrait-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/james-8123.jpg\" title=\" family reunion shell ceremony, Cayucos beach photographer\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><b><span style=\"font-size: small\">Part of the gathering included a ceremony where Richard and Peggy were presented with a large antique jar.<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"float: left;margin-right: 1em;text-align: left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/studio101west.com\/portrait-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/james-8145.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\" family reunion shell ceremony, Cayucos beach photographer\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/studio101west.com\/portrait-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/james-8145.jpg\" title=\" family reunion shell ceremony, Cayucos beach photographer\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><b><span style=\"font-size: small\">After adding some beach sand and a small shell for each year of marriage each member added a larger shell that was unique to each of them.<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"float: left;margin-right: 1em;text-align: left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/studio101west.com\/portrait-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/james-8162.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\" family reunion shell ceremony, Cayucos beach photographer\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/studio101west.com\/portrait-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/james-8162.jpg\" title=\" 50th annaversery shell ceremony, Cayucos beach photographer\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><b><span style=\"font-size: small\">The jar had a hand made medallion attached that read, &#8220;50 Wonderful Years Richard &amp; Peggy 2.20.13&#8221;<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"float: left;margin-right: 1em;text-align: left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/studio101west.com\/portrait-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/james-8107-1.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jumping girl cousins at Cayucos Beach\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/studio101west.com\/portrait-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/james-8107-1.jpg\" title=\"Jumping girl cousins at Cayucos Beach\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b>Jumping cousins.<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"float: left;margin-right: 1em;text-align: left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/studio101west.com\/portrait-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/james-8155-1.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\" 50th annaversery shell ceremony, Cayucos beach photographer\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/studio101west.com\/portrait-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/james-8155-1.jpg\" title=\" 50th annaversery shell ceremony, Cayucos beach photographer\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b>What a blessed couple. It was an honor to be asked to commemorate this very special occasion.<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instead of taking an exotic vacation to celebrate their 50th anniversary Richard and Peggy chose&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[19,58,85,141,142,143,251],"class_list":["post-497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-studio-news","tag-anniversary-portraits","tag-beach-portraits","tag-cayucos-beach","tag-family-portrait-photographer-atascadero","tag-family-portraits","tag-family-reunion","tag-portraits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio101west.com\/portrait-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio101west.com\/portrait-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio101west.com\/portrait-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio101west.com\/portrait-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio101west.com\/portrait-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studio101west.com\/portrait-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio101west.com\/portrait-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio101west.com\/portrait-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio101west.com\/portrait-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}