A year ago today I had the honor of helping Matt Mills McKnight photograph Frances and Justin’s amazing Kunde Estates wedding. Then, two days ago, I photographed Matt’s wedding, where Frances was a bridesmaid and Justin was a guest.
I love when everything comes full circle.
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Take a look at the sunshine bathing the field where Jen & Gordon are standing in the image above. That kind of gorgeous light is a rare and wonderful thing on the Santa Cruz coast, where the ocean breathes fog onto the land most days. Jen is from Santa Cruz, and she was of the expert opinion that the kind of perfect weather we got for their Santa Cruz engagement photos comes only a couple times a year.
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Oh, Big Sur. I will never tire of you. But as I shoot more engagement sessions there, I may get tired of returning to the exact same spots, amazing as they are.
So for Lorna & Jim’s Big Sur engagement photos, I tried some new twists on some iconic Big Sur locations.
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Susan and Eric decided to visit Big Sur during their pre-wedding vacation, and decided to hire me to photograph their engagement session there. We made the session an epic trip down the coast, a Big Sur engagement session that made stops at some of the most iconic scenes the area has to offer.
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I love dramatic light. During Ilene & Mike’s Monterey engagement session, we found it out along the rocky coast of Pacific Grove, casting a warm glow on the crashing waves, which stood out against the grey fog that was rolling in behind us.
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Sometimes weddings in churches are restrained affairs. I knew that Valencia and Antoine’s wedding wouldn’t be boring when it started with a dance performance.
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The looks on Sarah and Jeff’s faces when they saw each other for the first time during their wedding day said it all. They looked like kids on Christmas morning.
But instead of getting a pile of presents, they were getting each other. And they were so excited about it.
Sarah and Jeff’s Monterey wedding at the InterContinental The Clement on Cannery Row was a big day: Lots of guests, big families, great food and drinks and dancing and all the trappings. But their love for each other, and the way they expressed it that day, made the big event seem intimate and personal.
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