Wine Lovers Wedding at Ru’s Farm in Healdsburg

New Traditions. Weddings can be many things, and people hold these celebrations for different reasons.  Many of the people I work with have been living together for several years.  At least around here, in Northern California, most people forgo wedding traditions that feel do resonate with them. The evocative traditions continue to be used.  I … Read more

100 Images From 2015

Here are 100 fun, interesting, goofy, unique wedding and engagement images from 2015. In the course of my work I have been all over the Bay Area. Here is a quick lowdown. The wedding I shot in the San Francisco Presidio was a blast. I loved the parade from the wedding chapel to the reception … Read more

Chileno Valley Ranch Wedding

Surrounded by rolling hills, grazing cows, and crowing roosters, Chileno Valley Ranch offers a rustic background for a wedding. It is located in Sonoma County, in between Petaluma and Marshall.  The owners spent years restoring the majestic Victorian on the property. Dancing and dinner were in the barn, and the ceremony was in the hay fields. … Read more

100 Images from 2014

2014 was full of adventures, great people, and an awesome Bay Area wedding or two. I had people close to me die, watched friends bring babies into the world, and went on exciting adventures. In my personal and professional life, I strive to be better. I focus on the stuff that counts, stay open to … Read more

Ramekins Culinary and General’s Daughter Wedding

Jill and Jonathan had their wedding at Ramekins Culinary School in Sonoma, and we did some portraits at the General’s Daughter next door. For a few days before Jill and Jonathan’s wedding, I had been hearing a funny sound coming from the engine of my 2002 Honda CRV.  Loretta questioned my decision to drive it … Read more