Archive for the “Weddings” Category

Jamie and Chris got married a few weeks ago with a ceremony at the Crystal Springs Golf Course and a dinner reception at the Wedgewood Wedding and Event Center. It was great to meet them over a year ago and learn the story of how they met. Being locals to San Mateo, we also enjoyed connecting with them about this wonderful part of the Bay Area. Jamie and Chris have known each other their entire lives and it was an honor to be there for them on their wedding day.

Here are a few of our favorites:

Love, love this First Look moment! We always suggest for our clients to have it and it turns out different every time. The moment when the groom finally turns around and his breath is taken away is absolutely magical and makes me teary-eyed every time :)

This was our first time shooting a wedding at Crystal Springs Golf Course and we absolutely loved it! I honestly don’t think you can find a venue with better views in the Bay Area. We’ve seen this gazebo so many times when passing the Wedgewood Wedding Center on Highway 280, but here we were finally able to get close to it. Here are all the possible angles on this great ceremony site :)

Here Jamie was coming down the very long aisle:

I don’t think there were any dry eyes among the guests during Jamie and Chris’ wedding vows:

I had to climb a hill to capture this image, but I think it was totally worth it!

It’s not always easy to shoot portraits on a golf course during the day because of the direct sunlight, but we found a gorgeous pine tree and stuck around it for many of the portraits:

The sunsets at Crystal Springs Golf Course are absolutely amazing and we were lucky enough to be there to catch this gorgeous light:

Another romantic moment on a trail between winding through the golf course:

One of our favorites from this wedding – their first dance :) Jamie and Chris had beautiful uplighting on the walls of their reception room and it looked gorgeous! We love uplighting and always, always recommend it because it makes dark venues bright, small venues bigger, and helps to visually sculpt the entire place showing off the good parts of the room while hiding the less interesting areas:

Jamie and Chris’ families have know each other for a really, really long time and you could really see see all of this love at their wedding: there was much happiness, tears, and joy all around and it was just a pleasure to capture it all. Here are just a few of the reception candids:

Congratulations to you guys, Jamie and Chris! It was an honor to be there for you :)

All the vendors of the day:

Ceremony & Reception Venue: Wedgewood Wedding and Banquet Center at Crystal Springs Golf Course
Hair & Makeup: Epic Artistry
DJ: Storm Productions
Florals: Rosedale Floral Design
Catering: Wedgewood Wedding and Banquet Center at Crystal Springs Golf Course
Wedding Cake: The Cakery

We recently had a chance to photograph Valerie and Ben’s Brazilian Room wedding reception and loved spending the day with them. There were lots of favorite from this wedding and we wanted to share a few with our blog readers:

I loved Valerie’s shoes – so bright and cheery, they reminded me of cute Dorothy shoes!

We started our coverage when Valerie was almost completely ready. Penney Do is one of our favorite Bay Area make-up artists and she did a wonderful job on Valerie’s hair and make-up!

Love this one of the bridesmaids getting ready – there was a large, horizontal mirror on the wall to help with their preparations:

We had just a few minutes to spare at the Shattuck Plaza Hotel after Valerie was all ready, but we just had to make use of these colorful walls:

Loved their First Look at the Brazilian Room:

We walked around the Tilden Park a bit and even though these photos were taken right in the middle of the day, when sun is the brightest, the light was just gorgeous!

We were happy to see our past clients Zahra and Ryan again! They got married in 2009 and we still remember every minute of their beautiful wedding day:

There was a yummy candy buffet at the wedding so we borrowed some gummy hearts for this ring photo:

Congratulations, Valerie and Ben! It was great to celebrate this day with you :)

A few weeks back we had the chance to photograph Inna and Alex’s wedding at the Osher Marin Jewish Community Center – one of the most popular Marin wedding venues. The day was full of sunshine, great celebration, as well as amazing details and decorations. We loved witnessing a more traditional Jewish ceremony at their wedding and it was an honor to be there for them. Without any further ado, here are our favorites!

Inna looked absolutely gorgeous and we loved shooting her portraits at the Legion of Honor:

The day started for us in San Francisco at Inna’s parents’ house where we photographed preparations as well as the couple’s First Look. Of course, I also had a chance to photograph these gorgeous wedding shoes:

This might be one of my favorite photos of the day: we were shooting bridal party photographs at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco and Inna’s little sister just couldn’t contain her happiness and love.

We had a little bit of time for bride and groom portraits at the Osher Marin JCC itself, so we decide to walk around and see what fun settings we’ll be able to find. Inna was a great sport and was posing stoically, even when she was right under the sun:

Loved the vibrant, red brick wall on the property:

A traditional Jewish ceremony was held in the courtyard of the Osher Center under a simple and very elegant chuppah:

The wedding reception was held at the Hoytt Theater of the Jewish Center. The dinner room was lit by beautiful lights that added so much to the ambiance and made their first dance look absolutely magical:

Loved this beautiful moment between Alex and his mom during their dance!

This was probably one of my favorite ring shots so far! We went a bit crazy and used some unusual props for this photo. Can you guess what they are? :)

Congratulations to Inna and Alex!! We loved being there for you on your beautiful wedding day.

All the great vendors for this event:

Ceremony & Reception Venue: Osher Marin Jewish Community Center
Wedding Planner: Miracle Events
Hair & Makeup: Untangled Salon
Florals and Chuppah: Jane’s Roses
Catering: Too Caterer
Wedding Cake: Have Your Cake