Lindey and Adam got engaged a few months ago at Razor Point on the Torrey Pines Trail in Southern California. While they are excited about planning their future wedding, they are currently focusing their energies on buying their first home together which as we all know in Northern California, isn’t a walk in the park. At least they got to enjoy this one.
Stephanie and Aaron drove up from San Jose for their engagement session up in high country. Little did Aaron know that he was just up this way the previous weekend when he was 4-wheeling with his friends out past Loon Lake. I enjoyed meeting Stephanie and Aaron outside of their wedding day. It’s great to get to know my wedding couples through a photo session prior to their wedding day. It helps me to better understand their connection so when the big day arrives, I know what is natural and what is comfortable for them, in order to capture them…
THE BEST phone call to receive is from a bride asking you when you are available so that she can choose a wedding day and THEN book their wedding venue. And it all makes me smile. I photographed the wedding of both of her sisters, Courtney and Erin, and now it’s Kristin’s turn! Kristin is tying her own knot to Derek at a beautiful vineyard-side wedding this fall, in Lodi. If it is anything like her sisters’ previous weddings, the absolute abundance of love, family and laughter will abound. I love her family and all the fun I’ve had documenting some very special milestones.…
For their summer wedding, Brianna and Dave transformed the elegant Sequoia Mansion into a nautically-inspired dream! The best part about it was that the couple made many of the beautiful decorations themselves, which gave their special day a heartfelt and authentic touch. Creating your own decor is a tall order for any bride and groom, but was made even more impressive by the fact that they pulled it off long distance from their home in Alaska! Honestly Brianna, I truly think you have a future in wedding and event staging. Your eye for detail and composition is nothing short of stunning! So…
When I met Jennifer and Abner photographing their engagement, I knew their wedding was going to be special. Jen and Abner, share a strong and playful love and I felt privileged to be invited to witness their vows. They are each other’s rocks, they are soulmates, and they are a perfect match. It’s no surprise that their summer wedding at the Sequoia Mansion was a great day! Jen wanted an elegant, classy, Victorian celebration, a style that she pulled off without a single flaw (big kudos to Dottie at Camino Flower Shop and Matti and Ben from Cocomont Vintage…basically their wheelhouse!) From Jen’s incredible lace…
Ashlie and Jay may have tied the knot a year ago, but waited until a beautiful summer evening in the El Dorado Hills before making it official in front of their friends and family. And who could blame them? The Serrano Country Club provided a beautiful setting for their stunning sunset reception. Ashlie’s mother in law helped plan an evening that was equal parts warm, personal, intimate, and elegant. For this beautiful couple it was all about the fellowship, food, fun and – luckily for me – photography! I love it when my couples want to get the absolute most…
Working with a couple through their engagement is one of the things I like best about wedding photography! You get to know the couple so much better when you have those extra few months of chatting, photographing, planning, and just shooting the breeze. Jessi and Peter booked me to photograph their wedding at Windwalker Vineyards this fall, but before that we snuck in a sweet little engagement session to get these two some pre-wedding practice (and a gallery of great images to include in their wedding, too). With smiles like Jessi and Peter have, it was no struggle teasing out some great…
Ellee and Jonathan – what a couple! This was not our first wedding with a full-scale Jenga set, but it definitely was the first where the Jenga did double-duty as a guest book! It was so cool to see how these two incorporated their love of games and good times into their wedding, giving their guests an opportunity to leave a lasting memory on each of the wooden blocks. But the individual touches didn’t stop there: hand-wrapped car cans with sentimental sayings hung in the lounge, a birch tree bedecked with Marvel Comic heroes directed guests to their seats in the ball room, and…
A marriage 20 years in the making… Linda and Kelly celebrated the lifelong commitment they made to each other over two decades ago at a beautiful wine country wedding filled with family and friends. From the outside, you might think they had just fallen in love! You can see their strong bond in every look and every move: the way Linda gazes at Kelly, emotion in her eyes and a shy hint of a smile…the way that Kelly clutches Linda’s hand in hers, bursting with excited energy and enthusiasm. There’s no question that these two were meant for each other. I first met Linda…
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