I absolutely adore photographing small weddings. If you are lucky enough to get married in the bay area, then you might as well choose a beautiful vineyard to exchange your vows.  B.R. Cohn winery is by far one of my favorite venues to shoot in for couples that love to keep everything very simple and intimate.

Congratulations Brad and Kim.  xoxoxoxoxo

Natalie and Steve married in Sonoma at The Garden Pavilion, a beautiful and lush private estate that hosts less than a dozen weddings a year.  This was by far one of my favorite and most beloved weddings to shoot this year!  Beautiful and fun couple + exquisite details + Sonoma (purrrrrrrrrr) = FABULOUS wedding!

Thank you Natalie and Steve for letting me be a part of it!  XOXOXOXO

Click on the images below and enjoy!

Location: Sonoma, CA  The Garden Pavilion

Flourist: Elisa Stollmeyer

Hair and Make-up:  Rebecca Butz

Lafayette Park

City Hall in San Francisco is fabulous, gorgeous, and a great place to exchange vows.   This wedding made me melt!  I was surrounded by beautiful details, a loving family, and a spectacular couple.  And… Erica and Justin got extra lucky because their wedding was the very last one to take place that day, so they had the opportunity to wed on the fourth floor of city hall, which is the most beautiful floor!  Lots of pretty light and privacy!  Afterwards, we strolled through Lafayette park in Pacific Heights for some sweet picture taking and then landed in SOMA at the delicious and romantic french restaurant, Le Charm.

Weddings like this, make me daydream.   Thank you Erica and Justin!!!  PRETTY PRETTY!!!!!

Location: City Hall   San Francisco, CA

Flowers:  Natalie Bowen Designs

Hair and Make-Up:  Mary O’Reilly

Again, I am so so lucky.  I get to photograph a gorgeous couple, at one of my favorite venues, Holman Ranch, on a BEAUTIFUL summer day in Carmel Valley, CA.  Shannon Leahy planned and designed this charming, rustic, ranch style wedding with all sorts of cute details that were so much fun to photograph!  I have to admit that it was very hard for me to resist the fried chicken (I’m a vegetarian, but my goodness it looked so yummy ), but I wasn’t that disciplined when it came to Kara’s cupcakes (the best cupcakes in San Francisco!  I ate ONE privately…I promise.)

Thank you, Vannessa and Cayman, for a beautiful wedding to photograph.   Best wishes to you both!

got to live happy

I love couples who laugh a lot.  Anne and Vin were married this March 2010 and managed to have three ceremonies , in three different cities, over the course of two days, and laughed, danced, and kissed the whole way through.  Their wedding was absolutely beautiful and full of culture.  I’m so lucky to have been a part of it.

It was such a pleasure, Anne and Vin.  Thank you.

winter flowers

It’s always a pleasure being featured on one of my favorite wedding blogs.  I collaborated with a lovely team of creative creatures to produce a series of photographs to inspire the winter bride’s wedding bouquet.  Grey Likes Weddings, a beautiful and informative blog, decided to share our photos with their readers.  Thank you Natalie Bowen, from Natalie Bowen Designs, for your beautiful floral design.  And thank you thank you to my amazing make-up artist, Danica Green, stylist, Akasha Enkil, and the lovely model, S.I. Fran.  You ladies are fabulous.  Enjoy these photographs.

pretty bride

2009 was a great year filled with gorgeous brides, handsome grooms, and lots and lots of kisses.  I can’t wait for the new wedding season to start!  So far, I am daydreaming of Carmel Valley, foggy San Francisco I-do’s, sunny Sonoma, and a winter white New England wedding bash.  I want to photograph all the pretty weddings, so send them my way.  Happy New Year!

Ashley and Beto

I love kisses.   I especially love that moment right before the kiss.  Lucky for me and the lovely couple above, it’s sealed. Ashley and Beto got married last week in Santa Cruz, CA and I had the pleasure of photographing it.  Congrats you two!

Now, where is my kiss ???

I love how excited and in awe the little flower girls get at weddings.  It’s nice to step back from the bride and groom and photograph those cutie patooties.  I typically like to photograph them when they are unaware because the moment they hear “click” they either want to touch my lens or stand still and stare at me as if it was a school portrait being taken.  Here are some of my faves…