Wow, it has been a long while since my last post on the blog. It has been a busy year, between destination and local weddings. Anyhow, I want to share photos I took of Alex and Molly.  Molly and Alex got married a year ago, and wanted to hop back in their wedding outfits for a shoot on the beautiful Mount Diablo. This was not a trash the dress session, however, the dress along with my socks,picked up some grass and ticks attached. The shoot took us to the top of the mountain, and brought us down into a beautiful valley for a stunning sunset. The champagne toast shots were priceless. Very fun couple to work with, enjoy the photos.

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Something special happened on Ocean Beach the other day. I teamed up with a San Francisco artist, Andres Amador to capture his art on camera.  He was commissioned by Rik and Lou Ann to create one of his signature art pieces on the beach, to commemorate their love. The photos will be used for the wedding invitations, and are meant to be pieces of art to share with the couple’s friends. Andres and Ember led a team of the couple and their friends, to create a unique piece on the beach. Each person chose a flower, and created their own on the beach. This was not an easy project to orchestrate, since a sufficiently low tide around sunset only happens a few times a month, and summer days are often foggy on Ocean Beach. This combined with everyone’s schedules, its a marvel that we were able to pull this off. There was a caterer on site, serving up delicious food and peach champagne jello shots. The jello shot toast is an instant classic in my book. Looking forward to the wedding. Would like this for your engagement or proposal? Check out Andres Amador on the web.

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This San Francisco Chinatown wedding is the third wedding I’ve shot for this particular group of friends.  Sue and Norm had a destination wedding in Hawaii, and this was their San Francisco reception. It took place at the Far East Cafe Restaurant in Chinatown. Before heading to the restaurant the limo stopped by a few San Francisco landmarks, including the Embarcadero and parts of Chinatown. The groom was involved with Chinese martial arts, and so his old school provided the lion and dragon dancers for the wedding. It was an exceptional show. The whole restaurant is full of TV screens, which actually came in pretty useful when the slideshows were playing, so that guests facing the back would continue eating their meals. Norm was possibly the most acrobatic groom I’ve ever photographed. Very fun couple. More friends getting married? Bring it on!

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IdoVenues a great local wedding blog featured Alison and Keith’s Fairmont wedding. This wedding took place last July, and is one of the highlights from last year’s wedding season. I love all the attention to detail the blog post captured. More on this article and IdoVenues…

Congratulations Keith and Alison on your upcoming anniversary!

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Had a great wedding at Mission Ranch in Carmel a few weeks ago. Very nice couple, with some great friends. I knew some of the guests from another wedding I did last year, so it turned into a very relaxed wedding. The photos from the wedding are extra special to the couple, since Petar’s family is in Serbia and with exception of his sister, no other family members could make it for the wedding. While doing her vows, Heather surprised everyone by doing them in Serbian. This was an emotional moment, and I was personally moved. For this wedding we did a photo booth setup, and it was a huge hit. One disappointing part about the wedding was that Clint Eastwood did not crash the wedding. Other than that the wedding was perfect!

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