With a ceremony in a soaring cathedral and a reception in a beautiful art gallery, Gertrude & Greg’s St. Ignatius San Francisco wedding was the kind of awesome day that even a little rain couldn’t put a damper on.
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There’s something about sitting on the lawn at the Big Sur River Inn that’s so profoundly relaxing that it makes me want to retire from life and just stay there.
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A good sign that your wedding is really fun: During the reception, all the bridesmaids trade their high-heel shoes for silver dinosaur sandals.
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From the heartfelt ceremony to the incredibly fun dance floor, Becky & Hoss’s Napa backyard wedding was a genuine reflection of their personalities.
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Marie & Rafa’s Livermore Community Center wedding was a big family reunion and an even bigger party — with live music, great food, lots of dancing and much celebration.
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Way back in 2002, when my now-wife Amber and I moved to California, I drove a U-Haul cross-country from Ohio while Amber stayed behind and finished up her job. It was chock full of our belongings and dragging my car behind it, and the trip would’ve been a solo mission if my friend Clint didn’t step up and come with me.
Fast forward fourteen years and I’m hopping out of a back seat of a car well after midnight in the middle of rural Vermont after a very long day of delayed flights and a pair of double IPAs (thanks, Kyle and Pam!) and Clint and I embrace like no time had passed at all. We had only seen each other once since that cross-country trip. Now I was there to document his marriage to Antoinette.
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When I first talked to Karolina and Ashley, they told me they wanted a photo from their wedding that captured them surrounded by the grandness of Big Sur. Something epic they could blow up big and hang on their wall.
No problem, I figured. They were getting married at Wind and Sea, a private home perched on a Pacific cliff, the majesty of the Big Sur coast spread out before it. In my mind I envisioned something with cliffs and ocean and the sunset.
But I quietly hoped for a clear night with no moon and a visible Milky Way, so I could do a shot exactly like the one at the top of this blog post.
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