Paradise Ridge Winery - Micaela and George

November 2, 2010

I've never photographed at Paradise Ridge Winery before. Pretty place and great views! Micaela and George were a gorgeous couple and were wonderful in front of the camera. Location: Paradise Ridge Winery

Wedding Coordinator: Jigsaw Events

Florist: TBD

Published on Pretty Little Weddings!

October 27, 2010

Natalie and Mike's wedding is featured on Pretty Little Weddings! Check out the wedding including Healdsburg Country Gardens (ceremony and reception site), Elsa Vera Productions (wedding coordination), J&S Makeup Artistry (hair and makeup), Paperwhites Press (invitations), Dragonfly Floral (florist), Preferred Sonoma Caterers (catering), Benny Be Music (music), and Patisserie Angelica (cake baker).

Healdsburg Country Gardens - Melissa and John!

October 18, 2010

As always, it was a great pleasure to photograph at Healdsburg Country Gardens in Sonoma. I thought this late-summer BBQ inspired wedding was adorable! Loved the checked table cloths and the cherry held escort cards. The BBQ was great too!Location: Healdsburg Country Gardens - Sonoma CountyFlorist: Erin Rose Floral DesignCatering: BB& Smokehouse Restaurant and Catering

San Francisco Elopement! Rebecca and Chris

October 7, 2010

Sweet, sweet destination elopement of Rebecca and Chris! I was honored to be a witness (literally signed the marriage license) to this Atlanta couple's intimate ceremony!

St. Regis, San Francisco - Rebekah and Drew

October 7, 2010

Rebekah and Drew chose this destination wedding location for it's sleek look. Both fans of architecture, they loved the clean lines of the St. Regis and so did I! The staff and food at the St. Regis was top notch as were all of the vendors for this lovely wedding! Location: St. Regis Hotel, San Francisco

Wedding Coordination: Natalia Guillen of My Best Friend's Wedding

Catering: St. Regis

Florist: Floramor

Cake: St. Regis Pastry Chef

Ethnic Band: Klezmania

Dance Band: Pop Fiction

Published on I Do Venues!

September 18, 2010

I've recently been featured a few times on I Do Venues! Check out the features including the Bently Reserve, Headlands Center for the Arts, Cavallo Point and Stryker Sonoma.Bently Reserve: http://www.idovenues.com/bently-reserve-elegance-and-sophistication/Headlands Center for the Arts: http://www.idovenues.com/headlands-center-for-the-arts-catering-and-facilities/Cavallo Point: http://www.idovenues.com/cavallo-point-catering-facilities/Stryker Sonoma: http://www.strykersonoma.com/

Headlands Center for the Arts - Kelly and Eddie!

August 27, 2010

Oh such fun photographing this wedding! Kelly and Eddie are both architects and very creative. They also were striving for a "green" wedding, so much so that they GREW THEIR OWN FLOWERS! Julia of Bloomies was the right local florist who agreed to go into their garden the day before the wedding to cut the flowers. Obviously she had to supplement with some flowers, but she managed to harvest a great amount for the wedding. Kelly and Eddie also contributed their own creativity by creating the terrariums that added to the floral centerpieces for each table at the Headlands Center for the Arts "mess hall". Sadie of One Big Fish Green Events managed to coordinate all of these creative pieces for a perfect, colorful and relaxed green wedding in one of my favorite locations. Katie Power's catering staff also did a wonderful job, as always, with the food. Thanks, Kelly and Eddie for a gorgeous wedding to photograph!

Beaulieu Gardens Napa Valley - Alison and Andrew!

August 13, 2010

It's been a while since I've shot a wedding at the gorgeous Beaulieu Gardens. It's such a spectacular place to shoot and this time didn't disappoint! Paula LeDuc Fine Catering did an absolutely phenomenal job and I took no less than FIVE shots of the beautiful salad set in an edible woven nest. Alison and Andrew were super nice and romantic and the families were Texans through and through. Gracious to no end. This was a destination wedding for these families and they entrusted their vendors to all do a spectacular job without having to put in much input from afar and they ended up with a PERFECT wedding. Location: Beaulieu Gardens, Napa Valley

Catering: Paula LeDuc Fine Catering

Florist: Lavendar Floral

Baker: Katrina Rozelle

Band: Laurent Fourgo

Wildwood Acres - Sarah and Joe!

August 12, 2010

Like Christine and Bruce, Sarah and Joe only contracted my services for a few hours for their Friday wedding. It was a fresh and lovely garden wedding with accents of blues and whites. I LOVED Joe's palpable emotion when he saw Sarah walking down the aisle and Sarah and Joe had the BEST engagement story I've ever heard. They met at a bus stop in Seattle and neither of them live in Seattle! Location: Wildwood Acres, Lafayette, CA

Sarah said the "S" word by mistake when she was trying to get herself together emotionally to say her vows. Yes, she had on a microphone. Her reaction is below:

The bridal party surprised them with a groom's cake complete with the bus number from their first meeting!

St. Mary's in Moraga - Christine and Bruce

August 12, 2010

Christine and Bruce contracted my services only for a few hours, so I didn't shoot much (including my 5 minute bridal portrait session ten minutes before the ceremony!), but it was a lovely wedding set in the beautiful little St. Mary's campus chapel. Location: St. Mary's, Moraga, CA

Florist: Granshaw's Flowers

Baker: The French Bakery

I loved the traditional dresses Christine changed into later in the evening!

Rebecca and Matt!

August 10, 2010

I've always wanted to shoot at V. Sattui Winery in St. Helena and after all these years, I finally had a chance! I was thrilled to photograph a fellow-Chicago area couple's destination wedding in Napa. I moved from Chicago about ten years ago, so it was a lot of fun to chat with Rebecca and Matt about our love of the Chicago area and why they chose to have a wine country destination wedding. They had a gorgeous day and V. Sattui was a great choice. Venue: V. Sattui Winery, St. Helena, Napa Valley

Catering: Alex's Catering

Florist: Valley Flora

Coordinating: Darlene Flores

D.J.: AMS Entertainment

Dress: Augusta Jones

My assistant Tress took the pretty photo on the right:

Featured on TV show "Red Carpet - Bay Area"!

August 4, 2010

Gosh, it's been over a month and I'm finally posting a link to a video clip of my feature on the local TV show "Red Carpet - Bay Area"! I've never seen myself on TV before. Ouch! Here is a link to the You Tube clip: You Tube clip of my segment

My work is also featured throughout the half hour special on weddings around the bay area. Check out the show here (look for my picture of a bride at Chrissy Field with dress blowing in the wind)!:

and this image:

Red Carpet Bay Area - Wedding Special

Fun!

Ava and Dave!

August 2, 2010

I've never shot a wedding at Hamlin Mansion in SF before. What a pretty venue. I always love working with gorgeous architecture and there's something about the light through old windows that is soft and gorgeous. I have to say that the flower girls ALMOST upstaged the bride at this wedding, but it was hard to beat the classic beauty of Ava on her wedding day. Elaine Bell Catering presented some gorgeous and wonderful food and I just loved working with Moira who is the site manager at Hamlin. Beautiful wedding! Getting ready location: Hotel Drisco

Wedding location: The Hamlin Mansion

Catering: Elaine Bell Catering

Flowers: Sharla Flock

Cake: Cake Coquette

Gina and Jim!

July 29, 2010

Gorgeous couple and gorgeous location! This wedding planned by Stephanie Beer of Covenant Coordinating and set at the very new Landcaster Estate venue in Sonoma was gorgeous through and through! How could the bride and her father arriving to the ceremony in a horse-drawn carriage through hilly vineyards be any prettier? The dinner in the wine cave was really wonderful and intimate and wow! That bride! Location: Landcaster Estate

Wedding Coordination: Stephanie Beer of Covenant Coordinating

Catering: Park Avenue Catering

Florist: Maria Philbin

Makeup: It's a Date

Hair: friend from NYC

I have photographed cigar bars, but never a cigar roller. How cool!

Featured on I Do Venues - Headlands Center for the Arts

July 27, 2010

I just love the Headland Center for the Arts and was thrilled when I Do Venues featured one of my weddings at Headlands on their blog recently. Here's a little sneak peek, but you can also view it on their blog by going to: I do Venues

Again, to view blog entry on I Do Venues, click below:

http://www.idovenues.com/headlands-center-for-the-arts-catering-and-facilities/#respond

Featured on I Do Venues - City Club

July 27, 2010

Another I DO Venues feature at the City Club! View the actual post at: I do Venues

To view blog entry on I Do Venues, click below:

http://www.idovenues.com/city-club-photography/

Natalie and Mike!

July 6, 2010

Oh how I love Jewish weddings! They are so very festive! Also, I love Healdsburg Country Gardens and I have to say that the caterer and Natalie and Mike hit the nail on the head with the food for this wedding and HCG. I just loved the elegant country family-style feel of the food. It fit in perfectly with the surroundings. It was summer bounty at its best. Location: Healdsburg Country Gardens

Flowers: Dragonfly Floral

Catering: Preferred Sonoma Caterers

Wedding Coordination: Elsa Vera Productions

Featured Today on SF Style Unveiled!

July 2, 2010

I just loved Jodi and Shane's gorgeous wedding last year at the Kohl Mansion and I think Heather of San Francisco's Style Unveiled blog does a stunning job of showcasing it! You can see all of the credits on the blog post, but I wanted to give Nancy Liu Chin a special thank you for such GORGEOUS flowers to photograph! Here's a direct link to the post and some little teaser clips: Jodi and Shane on San Francisco's Style Unveiled

The Knot of Northern California Magazine!

July 2, 2010

I'm pleased that Shawnti and Andrew's lovely Flood Mansion wedding is featured in the current issue of the Knot of Northern California! Hope you already have the issue, but if not, here's a clip!

Mandy and Jim!

June 30, 2010

This was a destination wedding for these Texas familes and they chose a couple of great locations with the help of wedding coordinator Stephanie Beer of Covenant Coordinating. I was fortunate enough to photograph the rehearsal dinner in the cave at Bella Vineyards and then stayed over in lovely Healdsburg to photograph the wedding the next day at Landmark Vineyards. Mandy and her mother have such great taste and did a lovely job working with the other vendors to come up with a casual yet elegant look for both events. So very pretty! Rehearsal location: Bella Vineyards

Wedding location: Landmark Vineyards

Coordinator: Stephanie Beer of Covenant Coordinating

Florist: Maria Philbin

Catering: Pacific Connection

Hair and Makeup: It's a Date

Band: Larry Lynch and the Mob