I love working with such expressive people and Sarah and Aaron - and their families - are a shining example. So many great moments between everyone made my day fly by and made this wedding a little extra enjoyable. Take a minute and enjoy a few of my favorites from the day!
Getting back to last year's weddings, here's an amazing couple from last October at Wolf Lakes Garden Venue. Lot's of kids at this one, including Melissa's adorable daughter! Had a hard time narrowing down this selection, I hope you enjoy it!
So we're going to take a little break from posting weddings from last year (don't worry, I'll get back to that shortly) and post my first wedding of 2014 that happened a few weeks ago at beautiful Wolf Lakes Park. We started the day at Roslyn's family's home in Chowchilla for preparations and headed over to Wolf Lakes to enjoy a brilliantly beautiful March day. We were blessed with such a great group of people, and as she always does, Cassandra from Weddings by Cassandra did an amazing job coordinating everything. Enjoy a few of my favorite moments and portraits from the day...
Hallie and Matt traveled clear across the United States to get married in the most beautiful place on Earth - Yosemite National Park. I honestly don't think there is a better wedding location than Yosemite. If you haven't been there, you owe it to yourself to make the trek! Hallie and Matt were fabulous - so much energy, so easy to laugh, they're the exact kind of people that make my job so rewarding. I thank them for the opportunity to document their wedding in Yosemite. Enjoy my favorites from the day!
So what do you do if it rains on your wedding day? Well if you're total badasses like Robin and Steve, you get WET! I couldn't have asked for a better group of people to work with last September at the Valhalla in South Lake Tahoe. Of course no one wants it to rain on their wedding day, but Robin and Steve just embraced it and they have some phenomenal memories to show for it. Definitely a highlight of my year and I love the set of images I've posted here. Enjoy!
Here we go, back on the wedding posting train! I'm really far behind, so get ready for a flood of new posts - I have the whole 2nd half of 2013 to catch up on! First up is Julie and Tony's wedding from St. John's Cathedral followed by a gorgeous outdoor reception at a private residence in the historic Old Fig Garden neighborhood. It may have been scorching hot, but that didn't slow anyone down on the dance floor. It was a certainly one of the parties of the year! It was also an opportunity to catch up with some old friends, including Tony's sister Rosa who's wedding I photographed a couple years ago. It was a total blast, full of characters
After 4 years, I finally sat down and went through 100,000+ or so wedding pictures I've taken over the last 8 years and pared it down to 76 or so of my absolute favorites - the images that I feel define my style and how I photograph weddings. True to nature it's heavy on moments, heavy on joy, heavy on the quirky little kids, with a dash of dynamic portraits thrown in for good measure. I hope it brings a smile to your face, and I really hope it inspires you to get in touch with me about shooting your wedding. Enjoy!
Shantelle and JP's wedding celebration happened at a pair of what are probably my favorite venues on the entire California Central Coast. We headed over to Carmel for their ceremony at the historic Carmel Mission followed by an exquisite reception held at the beautiful Holman Ranch. Holman Ranch is perched on a mountain top with sweeping views of the Carmel Valley. Every detail for the day was meticulously planned by Shantelle and exhibited many items hand made by her and her friends and family. I was so happy to have the opportunity to photograph her wedding and to catch up with one of her bridesmaids whose wedding I photographed a couple of years ago. I even get meet this fine group of
When looking back at my weddings of 2013, I'm quite certain that Sarah and Michael's wedding among the giant redwood trees near Santa Cruz will be right at the top of my most memorable wedding photography experiences. The venue was stunningly beautiful, nestled on a mountain side with giant redwood trees in every direction. While traversing the incredibly steep terrain certainly wasn't easy, the pay off made it more than worthwhile. Add to the amazing venue the fact that Sarah, Mike, and every one of their friends and family were among the warmest and friendliest people I have had the pleasure of knowing, and it made for a wonderfully tight knit, intimate group, where capturing emotion filled moments came easily. The celebration
