In honor of this sunny holiday, we have an over the top inspirational shoot for you from Linda Chaja Photography and Armando Martinez for Alegria by Design.
Along with a whole crew of amazing Santa Barbara wedding vendors, the entire shoot took place aboard the legendary Channel Cat, an 85-foot, luxury sailing catamaran in the Santa Barbara harbor. Enjoy Love Sails in Santa Barbara and be sure to see all the images from the gallery and hear more from Armando.




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Event Design: Armando Martinez for Alegria By Design
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Photographer: Linda Chaja Photography
Floral Design: Santa Barbara Style
Venue: Channel Cat Charters
Makeup & Hair: Shannon Jordon of Flirt Make-up Artists
Cake/Desserts: Custom Crown for cake: Fabian Y Felipe
Dress and Head Piece: Beautiful by Mercedes Trump
Groom’s Attire: Mission Tux
Jewelry: 33 Jewels
Linen and Pillows: La Tavola
Vintage Clothing and Luggage: Paris Street Boutique
Cake: Montecito Confections
Custom Crown for cake: Fabian Y Felipe
Caterer: Scofield Catering
Film Processing: Richard Photo Lab
Model: Kaitlin Lopez




















































































Crazy beautiful!! I have my bags packed and I’ll be right there.
Absolutely gorgeous!
Stunning!
Chic!
Great wedding pictures yacht looks great
Amy & Jocey! The post looks great! Thank you for featuring our work!
Seriously STUNNING work, Linda! Congrats to the couple!
Beautiful images Armando and Linda and you are a beautiful, beautiful model, Miss Caitlin! So many fun details. Nice job on this!
Simply stunning details, the model reminds me of Grace Kelly she is gorgeous and Linda’s photography is AMAZING! Her crisp images and rich colors. Perfection on every level!
Just Amazing!!!!!!
Thank you for sharing it with us Linda! It’s so beautiful!
It’s always so strange to have an idea brought to life, magical, especially when others actually like what you’ve created. Thank you, very blessed and grateful for the brilliant team that helped to bring this shoot to life! -Armando
Stunning photos!!!!!
I’m so obsessed with this shoot that I need to leave a second comment. That first image with the veil and the necklace… I want to be her!
Megan: When Linda fist saw Kaitlin she just staired at her and said “OMG I’ve never seen anything so perfect, you’re flawless!” -Armando
um FAB!!!! I was lucky enough to join Linda and Armando on this awesome shoot, and the images that came out of this event, even shocked me! Linda, as always ahh-mazing photos, clean, crisp and dreamy! Armando, you and your personality are as fabulous as these photos, colorful and rich with ideas!! Linda your blog looks amazing too, love the details.
beautiful images and great florals!!! You guys rocked it Linda and Armando!!!
These may be the pictures that make me request a do-over wedding
Stunning! that is my cousin Kailin and she look absolutely amazing!
A Yacht wedding? How fabulous! Looks like it was a lot of fun (how can you not have fun on a yacht!?) Santa Barbara has some beautiful coastlines so I bet that was on spectacular wedding. I’ve been to countless weddings in Santa Barbara but never on a boat, that must of been awesome. Thankfully I get to go back to town in July and go wine tasting and enjoy the sights since I never get to when Im traveling there for friend’s weddings. I’m staying at this great little place-the South Coast Inn (www.goleta-hotel.com). Close to the beaches and a great bike path that will take you right down town! Great on a sunny day in the spring or summer time.