This is Courtney and Doug's wedding from the grounds of Appellation California. They were married under a beautiful, huge oak tree on a gorgeous day in September, and these are a few of my favorite images from their day. Enjoy...
My good friends Polly and Matt got married and I was so stoked to be their photographer! The wedding took place at Birdstone Winery in Madera, CA. It was a great chance to catch up with people I hadn't seen since I photographed Matt's brother's wedding a few years ago. I'd been looking forward to this wedding for a while and I had a great night with my friends!
Next up is Sara and Mat's wedding, beautifully photographed by our Associate Photographer Craig Kohlruss. From what I hear it was blistering hot, but you wouldn't know it from all these great images! Sara and Mat looked great and Craig did a fantastic job. Enjoy a selection of my favorite images from the day...
While this wasn't actually a wedding, it was a wedding reception for a couple that ended up eloping rather than go through with a big wedding and all logistics involved with that - they simply took off and had a nice weekend together and took care of the important part. I was really stoked they had me come join them at a reception for their friends and family at the Viaggio Winery in Lodi, CA. Since there was no wedding, we had tons of time to make portraits all over the beautiful grounds - it really was a paradise. So this is a pretty portrait heavy post compared to most weddings here, but I'm sure you'll enjoy them!
Kristen and Spenser are from Fresno and Oklahoma respectively but they met down in Riverside so when they decided to get married, they landed on the beautiful Falkner Winery in nearby Temecula, CA. I don't travel often for weddings, but I love the opportunity to do so a few times each year to break up the regular flow of local weddings and this wedding certainly disappoint. We were blessed with a beautiful day, just a touch on the windy side, but the light was amazing and it wasn't too hot or too cold which is really all you can ask for in late June. Take a minute and look through some of my favorite images from the day.
A small "wedding photographer" dream of mine has been to shoot a wedding at the Carmel Mission in Carmel, CA. Being from Fresno, I didn't think that it was all that likely that I would ever get the opportunity though. Then Brianne called me. Brianne was a bridesmaid in another wedding I shot a couple years ago, and when she told me she was getting married at the Mission, I could barely contain my excitement! Fast forward to a couple months before her wedding when she called to let me know her reception location had changed to the Cardella Winery in Mendota, and yes, it was still following the wedding. So that brings me to the most miles travelled on one day
The recurring theme this fall has been a forecast all week calling for rain on the wedding day, only to break apart and deliver some of the most gorgeous possible weather imaginable. While it can be quite cool this time of year - especially in the evening - there is nothing like the Fall light in California. Passing storms and clouds only serve to make it more perfect. Kim and Aaron's wedding took place on one of those amazing days! I had so many favorites from this wedding it was nearly impossible to narrow it down. I do hope you enjoy this selection...
Grace and Chris asked to shoot at the wineries in Paso Robles and, since Chris is a Cal Poly SLO grad, a little in downtown San Luis Obispo. So that's what we did, and since you can't drive all the way to San Luis Obispo from Fresno and NOT go to the beach, we did that as well just for good measure. I know I had a blast, and Grace and Chris both agreed at the end of the session that it was actually fun and not nearly the painful, agonizing experience they thought having their pictures taken was going to be. ;)
