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November 3, 2011 by scottmacdonaldweddings

Caroline & Giulio’s Bernardus Lodge wedding

It’s been awhile since I’ve had a chance to be second shooter for Salinas photographer Glen McDowell, but when the opportunity to work with him came up I welcomed it, despite having a wedding of my own in Sacramento the day before.

Caroline & Giulio got married in an elegant ceremony at a very elegant location, Bernardus Lodge in Carmel Valley. We had beautiful light, a gorgeous setting and a fun reception. It was my first Bernardus Lodge wedding, and the venue’s reputation is well-deserved.
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October 24, 2011 by scottmacdonaldweddings

Steph & John’s Monterey wedding

Here’s one way to sum up Stephanie & John’s Monterey wedding: The night ended with a mosh pit.

Steph and John got married on a gorgeous day with a gorgeous wedding at the Old Whaling Station in Monterey. Their day was filled with so much passion and perfectness that it left everybody who was there — me included — excited about it for weeks after it was over. (I’ve seen multiple posts on Facebook asking the couple if they could have their wedding all over again.)
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October 4, 2011 by scottmacdonaldweddings

Athena & Anthony’s Monterey engagement photos

Ah, Monterey. It can be so beautiful — the rocky coast line, the wide sandy beaches, the sparkling bay.

It can also be so darn foggy.

On the evening I went with Athena and Anthony to make their Monterey engagement photos, the fog got progressively thicker, eventually turning into something close to a light rain. But that didn’t stop us from finding lots of great places to shoot and coming up with a wonderful set of engagement pictures.
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September 29, 2011 by scottmacdonaldweddings

Leslie & Ryan’s Big Sur wedding

What I can say to sum up Leslie & Ryan’s wedding? There were fire dancers. Custom home-brewed beer. We saw endangered California Condors. Abe Lincoln was there. The weather was beautiful and the ceremony was touching and the setting was incredible. It was quite a day.

Leslie & Ryan got married under the redwoods during a wedding at Henry Miller Memorial Library in Big Sur, California. These two are good friends of mine, and were the subject of a marathon engagement session a few months back.
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September 25, 2011 by scottmacdonaldweddings

Sunita & Brian’s Big Sur engagement photos

It’s hard to go wrong on a photo shoot in Big Sur. Still, it always helps to have great light, no matter where you go.

So it was with some trepidation that Sunita, Brian, Conner and I drove down a very foggy Highway 1 on our way to make their Big Sur engagement photos.

Sunita and Brian love Big Sur, as I do, and had at least one spot in mind for their engagement session. I had put a lot of pressure on myself to make this one great, since Sunita and Brian are friends with Leslie and Ryan, and all our mutual friends had been raving about their Big Sur engagement pictures, which I shot a couple months ago. Photographers are always judged by their past work, but when the past work involves close friends, well, let’s just say I didn’t want to disappoint.
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September 8, 2011 by scottmacdonaldweddings

Leslie & Ryan’s Big Sur engagement panoramas


Click and drag inside the panorama to look around.

During Leslie & Ryan’s Big Sur engagement photo session, I made a couple panoramic images. These are produced by shooting a series of photos in all directions, then using software to stitch them together for display online. Go ahead and click on a panorama to load it, then you can use your mouse to click inside and drag it around.

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