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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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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Choosing favorites is hard. Especially when it’s your own work. That’s why there are photo editors in the world. I’ve worked as a photo editor, and I still have trouble picking favorite photos. Especially when they’re my own. And extra especially when I try to pick my own best wedding photography. It’s because I’m too close to these photos. I have good feelings for the couples pictured in them, for the good times we had while they were being shot, for the funny stories behind each of my photos. I just don’t want to leave any out.
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Rosa and Adam’s Monterey wedding was very reflective of their personalities — and their personalities are really unique and interesting.
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A San Francisco City Hall wedding, a dinner at Wayfare Tavern, a champagne toast in a suite at The Fairmont … Dawn and Zach’s wedding day had a lot of fun activities. And they kept the fun going the next day with a reception barbecue at Golden Gate Park.
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It wasn’t that long ago that Kaylene, Nils and I were running on Roberts Beach during their Monterey engagement session. We returned to the same spot with their family and friends on a Saturday in late September for their Monterey Beach wedding.
People get married in Monterey in September because there’s less chance of being subjected to Monterey’s pervasive fog. The cold wet stuff was polite on that Saturday and decided to stay away until after the ceremony’s conclusion, providing a gorgeous blue background for a touching ceremony.
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