Shari and Jeff | Ahwahnee Hotel Wedding | Yosemite National Park

Shari, Jeff and a few of their friends met up in Yosemite for a fantastic wedding at the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park. We had a great portrait session in the Valley before returning to the hotel to take care of the business of the day. There was no shortage of unique touches to the wedding, everything was truly special to Shari and Jeff and everyone had a blast on the dance floor after dinner. Take a few and enjoy my favorites. Thanks!

Rebecca and Louis | Yosemite Engagement Photographs | Yosemite National Park

I'm so fortunate to be a photographer in Central California. Working here means that Yosemite is right in my backyard and I get a chance to photograph quite a few weddings and engagement sessions in Yosemite Valley. Nothing on Earth can beat El Capitan, Half Dome, Yosemite Falls, and the rest of the natural monuments in Yosemite as photography backdrops. This time around I was lucky enough to be chosen by Rebecca and Louis to be the wedding photographer at their Yosemite wedding at the Ahwahnee this coming fall. This is their engagement session, enjoy some of my favorite images from the shoot.

Daniel and Yi-Hsing | Yosemite Engagement Session | Yosemite National Park, CA

Continuing with the "Summer in Yosemite" theme, here's Dan and Yi-Hsing's engagement session. I shot this wedding with the wickedly talented Mariano Friginal on video and we headed up the day before to shoot a little engagement session ahead of the wedding. Just another amazingly beautiful day in Yosemite! Take a minute to enjoy a few of my favorites.

Sarah and Edward | From the Wedding Lawn at the Ahwahnee in Yosemite National Park

I gotta love a May that sends me to Yosemite National Park TWICE for weddings. The first was an amazing day, and Sarah and Edward's wedding didn't disappoint either. After several straight days of rain - and more rain in the forecast for the wedding day - remarkably the clouds parted and didn't drop more than the tiniest of a sprinkle at any point during the day. Sarah was total trooper marching around the park, unafraid of a little dirt, in the quest for some amazing portraits. Sarah and Edward were married on the Wedding Lawn and the historic Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite Valley following an afternoon roaming Cook's Meadow, El Capitan Meadow, and the Yosemite Falls trails for their portrait session.

Heather and Andy | A Yosemite Wedding from the Historic Chapel and Ahwahnee Hotel

Heather called me just a few short months ago to ask me about shooting her wedding in Yosemite. Of course I nearly leapt out of my chair at the chance. I've been going to Yosemite frequently since I was a young child. Many of the earliest photographs I ever made were in the park, so the prospect of shooting weddings there gets me all kinds of excited. I've photographed a few weddings in Yosemite Valley and I look forward to shooting many more Yosemite weddings. Below are a few of my favorites from Heather and Andy's wedding from the historic chapel in Yosemite Valley and their reception in the beautiful Mural Room in the old Ahwahnee Hotel - and of course many

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