The Wedding Chicks Feature!

February 15, 2011

Link to the Wedding Chicks

Sonoma Mystery Shoot - Sneak Peek!

February 9, 2011

I'm not revealing anything about this shoot yest, but wanted to post a sneak peek!

Couture Wedding Gown - San Francisco Fashion 1

Fairmont San Francisco Swigg Suite Local Fashion Shoot

February 9, 2011

Per my recent post, I was thrilled to be featured in the current issue of SF Brides magazine. As a follow up, I want to share a few more photos from our shoot! A big thanks to Suzanne Hanley or Atelier Des Modistes, couture wedding gown designer in San Francisco and Kathleena Gorga of Conscious Beauty who did hair and makeup. Melissa Comito of A Simple Ceremony did flowers, but unfortunately most of our focus was on the gowns!

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Wedding Wire Bride's Choice 2011!

February 1, 2011

Excited to be chosen for the second year in a row by Martha Stewart's Wedding Wire Brides Best of 2011!

Featured in San Francisco Brides Magazine

January 28, 2011

So excited to see my collaborative couture fashion shoot at the Fairmont Hotel's Swigg Suite in the current 2nd Anniversary issue of SF Brides Magazine! Gown Designer: Suzanne Hanley of Atelier Des Modistes, San Francisco

Hair and Makeup: Kathleena Gorga of Conscious Beauty

Casa Real - Shae'l and Alfonso

January 15, 2011

Another pretty fall/winter wedding at Casa Real! Shae'l and Alfonso met at a salsa club and the dancing at this wedding was so much fun! Venue: Casa Real

Florist: The Flower House

Cake: My Aunt Debbie

Gown: Maggie Sottero

Hair: Shine the Hair Studio

Music: Oye Productions

Casa Real at Ruby Hill Winery - Tasha and George

December 23, 2010

What a GORGEOUS winter wedding! I was blown away by Casa Real's indoor ceremony site all lit up and cozy for a winter wedding. Really gorgeous. The vendors really did a great job of making this a warm and wonderful winter wedding and Tasha and George seemed to have a wonderful time! Thanks Tasha and George! Venue: Casa Real

Florist: Jinger of the Flower House

Baker/Cake: Edith Meyer Wedding Cakes

Hair and Makeup: Julie Morgan

DJ/Lighting & Videography: Kevin Dennis of Fantasy Sound Event Services

Wedding Gown Designer: Peter Langer

Wedding Gown Purchased at Marina Morrison Bridal Salon San Francisco

Gelato: Dolce Spazio

Harpist: Krista Strader

Jazz Band: Golden Gate Jazz Trio

Marin Headlands for the Arts - Didi and Tim

December 20, 2010

As always, it's wonderful to photograph weddings at Marin Headlands Center for the Arts. It's such an original location and even on a dark stormy day offers wonderful photo opps. I just loved this late fall wedding with warm touches of candles and heart-warming food. Svenja of Chestnut and Vine went over-the-top with the flowers and Katie Powers and crew turned out yet another perfect feast of locally grown and organic food. I had the special treat of seeing Rebecca (the site manager) who acted as day-of coordinator too! Didi and Tim and families also couldn't have been nicer and all had a fabulous time! Venue: Marin Headlands for the Arts

Caterer: Katie Powers Catering

Florist: Chestnut and Vine

Half Moon Bay Golf Links - Sam and Jeff

December 20, 2010

The Half Moon Bay Golf Links ceremony location and staff are just great. I always love shooting there! Plus the bonus golf cart ride to the beach for the portrait session is such fun! We had perfect light for our near sunset portrait session and Sam and Jeff had a lot of fun getting away for a little while. Venue: Half Moon Bay Golf Links

Caterer: Mullin's Bar and Grill

Florist: Jane Myers

Cake: Shannie Cakes

Featured on Style Me Pretty Today!

December 15, 2010

So excited to see Melissa and John's darling Healdsburg Country Gardens BBQ themed wedding on Style Me Pretty today! Even though there's a winter chill I'm sure there are a lot of 2011 summer brides doing their planning now so check it out! Floral and Design: Erica Rose Designs

Wedding Coordination: Gillian Shenon with Alison Events

Here's the link: Style Me Pretty - Healdsburg Country Gardens

Style Me Pretty_Healsburg Country Gardens

Published Today on Pretty Italian Blog!

December 9, 2010

I love when I get requests from bloggers from overseas! That means they are keeping track of my work! This Italian blogger contacted me about a single floral shot and I was please to give them permission to publish! Check it out here: partecipazionipermatrimonio

Baker Beach engagement session in the rain

Freezing, Rainy Five Minute E-Session

December 9, 2010

I don't usually post e-sessions while I'm up to my ears from the wedding season, but I had to post a few from this one because it's a miracle we got anything at all from this session! I always tell clients that for e-sessions I shoot "rain or shine or fog" because with SF weather, I would have to be rescheduling constantly to wait for "good" weather, but I also always say "unless it's POURING rain". I called Brian and Austin at around 2:30 the afternoon of our e-session to say that I thought the weather was unusually bad and that we should probably reschedule, however, Austin had already gotten her hair and makeup done and I was already going to be near Baker Beach (our shoot destination) to shoot a rehearsal dinner, so we decided to meet anyway. I told them to bring an umbrella. When we arrived, the wind was WHIPPING and freezing off of the ocean and although it wasn't a downpour, it was raining pretty hard. None of us wanted to get out of the cars! BUT I said, we're here, let's just shoot for five minutes and see what happens. SO these shots, plus lots more were truly taken within about five-ten minutes. My cameras were malfunctioning and soaked by the time the last few shots were taken and we were all freezing, but I think for five minutes of shooting we got some fun stuff!

PS - Of course the GG Bridge was nowhere to be found!

Headlands Center for the Arts - Style Me Pretty Feature!

December 8, 2010

Wow! I didn't even see this when it was published! Here's another great feature on Style Me Pretty! Loved Kelly and Eddie's "green" wedding at Headlands Center for the Arts. Sadie of "One Big Fish" a certified green planning company helped coordinate and Julia of Bloomies in Oakland did a great job incorporating flowers the couple grew in their won backyard into her floral designs for the day. Check out the story on Style Me Pretty

Style Me Pretty Feature Today!

December 8, 2010

Excited to have another feature on Style Me Pretty today! Taylor and John's classic San Francisco Ferry Building wedding was so pretty with all of it's fresh blue and white features. Amy Nichols of Amy Nichols Special Events, Le Fleuriste and Paula LeDuc Fine Catering all did a wonderful job pulling it together! Go to: Style Me Pretty to view the full article and here's a sneak peek:

Lancaster Estate - Jamie and Ozzie

December 1, 2010

Holy smokes what a gorgeous couple and beautiful wedding at Landcaster Estate! I just love a wedding dinner in a wine cave and then dancing under the stars. This out of state couple chose Sonoma for their destination wedding and Stephanie Beer of Covenant Coordinating did a terrific job of pulling it all together. Congratulations Jamie and Ozzie! Wedding Location: Lancaster Estate

Wedding Coordinator: Stephanie Beer of Covenant Coordinating

Catering: Grapevine Catering

Cake: Fleur de Lisa

Florist: Maria Philbin

Wedding Chicks - Published today!

November 19, 2010

This wedding at the Marin Art and Garden Center was recently published on I do Venues and now picked up by "The Wedding Chicks"! Love it when that happens and so much fun for the Joanna and Padraic (the bride and groom)! Click this for a direct link, but here's a sneak peek:

Featured Today on Style Me Pretty!

November 12, 2010

I'm thrilled that my good friend Beka's DIY wedding is featured today on Style Me Pretty! I flew to Arizona in September to photograph and had a blast shooting all of the pretty little details that Beka hand-crafted. Check it out on SMP and my own blog post will be up here later today to follow up! Direct link: http://www.stylemepretty.com/2010/11/12/handmade-wedding-by-julie-mikos/#respond

Here's a little sneak peek. Abby always does such a great job with the design layout of each story!

DIY Wedding - Beka and Josh

November 11, 2010

As mentioned when I posted the Style Me Pretty link, I had such fun photographing Beka's wedding! Beka also happens to be a wedding photographer who used to come out to SF to assist me. I guess a lot of what she learned, she learned from me and then she photographed my own wedding! Beka and Josh's wedding reception was hosted and held t my good friend's home in a little mountain town in Arizona. We all pitched in to decorate the house and yard with the great crafty details that Beka created. Lucky for us, Kathy is a great stylist. In fact I met Kathy when she used to style home interiors for me when I was shooting for the interior design magazines. Oh, that was many years ago! Have fun looking at this wedding. So adorable!

Sonoma Private Estate - Trish and Bronson

November 11, 2010

Trish and Bronson had such a gorgeous outdoor wedding with great details. Stephanie Beer of Covenant Coordinating did a wonderful job of coordinating this "At Home" wedding on a large property. Everything was brought in and in the planning stages for over a year. The results were so gorgeous and I thought Kate's flowers were so bright and perfect for that gorgeous tent setting! Wedding Location: Private Estate

Wedding Coordinator: Stephanie Beer of Covenant Coordinating

Catering: Grapevine Catering

Cake: Fleur de Lisa

Florist: Kate Stanley Design, Calistoga