An Oakland Courthouse Wedding

Small Oakland Courthouse Wedding and Cato’s Ale House Reception

There are lots of other things that I enjoy about photographing weddings, but being around great people is a big one.  I recently had the pleasure of photographing the wedding of a local florist, Natalie from Belle Flower Floral Design Studio.  Natalie and her now husband, Ron, wanted to do something mellow, small, and personal.  I find that wedding vendors often opt for smaller, more casual weddings than most of their clients’ weddings.

On a Wednesday, along with a small group of friends and family, they went to the Alameda County Clerk’s Office in downtown Oakland and got married.  Just like that.  Ron wore a cool vintage suit, and Natalie wore a sweet blue dress.  After the ceremony, the small group drove over to Cato’s Ale House on Piedmont Ave. for drinks and food.  They did not do a buyout of the ale house; they just reserved some tables and showed up.  The whole day was fantastically mellow, and the small Oakalnd courthouse wedding was perfect for these two wonderful people. If you need flowers for your wedding, check out Belle Flower.

If you liked this Oakland courthouse wedding, here is an intimate San Francisco wedding I recently photographed in the Marin Headlands at the Point Bonita Lighthouse.