A Mount Tam Wedding When I first spoke with Malala about her plans for her 15 person wedding on Mount Tam, there was a lot of planning still to be done. She had a date and general location for the wedding. She was originally thinking about doing the ceremony at Trojan Point on Mount Tamalpais. … Read more
Trivia, dancing, and unmasked revelry ruled the day at Kinsey and Memo’s cool barn wedding. Surrounded by friends and family, they got married at the Barn at River House in Ben Lomond. Dogwoods were blooming everywhere around this beautiful property. After a year of postponed events, and cautious gatherings, it was nice to be surrounded … Read more
Nina’s family has been in the East Bay for generations. Andrew is from the Czech Republic. When the pandemic hit, they moved into a sweet house in Carmel. It seems to be a fairly ideal situation as they were both able to work from home. They take morning walks at the ocean with their dog … Read more
Genine and Chike’s beautiful Cavallo Point wedding celebrated their community, family, and multicultural backgrounds. Their wedding day started with getting ready at private homes in San Francisco. Once everyone was ready, we progressed to the Star of the Sea Catholic Church in the Richmond District of San Francisco for the ceremony. After the ceremony, we … Read more
2020 started off looking like it was going to be a great year for weddings. I had a bunch of fun weddings booked with couples who were planning unique celebrations. There would be so much great food, laughter, great stories, hugs, joy, and smiles shared with friends and family… 2020 was going to be rad. … Read more
You are wondering the best way to plan an excellent pandemic era wedding. This is not something you would have had to consider in your planning process just a year ago. Things change. We are living in increasingly uncertain times. If the last year has taught us anything (and I hope it has), it has … Read more
Shirley and Todd had a joyful pop-up wedding in the San Francisco Presidio this October. Their original plan was to have a medium-sized wedding at a private residence in Sonoma County. But as we have discovered this year, original plans are not for 2020. This is the year for original plans. When Shirley and Todd … Read more
2019 – A Strange Year Here are 100 images I shot in the San Francisco Bay Area and California in 2019. They are mostly wedding images with a few engagement shots. It was a weird year for me. I was thankful to have great people to work with, and interesting weddings to shoot. I had … Read more
Long tables, local cheese and seasonal fruit, hog island oysters, paella, live music, and lots of good vibes and laughter permeated Morgen and Doug’s Point Reyes wedding. Morgen got ready at Smitty’s Cottage in Inverness. The cottage is spitting distance from the Point Reyes ship wreck and just a few miles from the ceremony and … Read more