LaRaye and Andy’s Amazing Coloma Wedding

Posted on November 29, 2011 by

Amazing is the best way to describe LaRaye and Andy’s wedding. From beginning to end, everything was funky and beautiful. Loved shooting this wedding! LaRaye and Andy have such a unique sense of style and with the help of Carrell Halley and Marjorie Denton Sanborn of Coloma Country Inn, they put together an eclectic, warm and gorgeous setting for their reception. Working with such a fun couple and the ladies at CCI was a huge treat! A big thank you to Anne Chadwick Williams for her wonderful photographic talents as well in helping me shoot this beautiful day!

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Maren and Matt’s Freezing Cold Engagement Session

Posted on November 26, 2011 by

Maren and Matt's Freezing Cold Engagement SessionMaren, Matt and I had a great time shooting their engagement session in South Lake Tahoe a few weeks back. We were gambling that it was going to be sunny and warm, but we instead got C-O-L-D!  Thankfully, these two had a nice bottle of sparkling wine to keep them warm for a little while. When that ran out, it was a hop in to the car with the heater blasting while searching for a place to finish our shoot. We ended up at an undisclosed location that, lets just say, required some creative entry techniques…. even though Matt assured me he’d pay any bail or fines, it never came to that. We got to finish our session, go have some more drinks to warm back up and call it a day. These two are getting married next year and if their wedding is anything like this engagement session, it’s going to be blast!

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Angela and Tim’s Apple Hill Engagement Session

Posted on November 26, 2011 by

Angela and Tim's Apple Hill Engagement Session

Angela, Tim and I headed up to Apple Hill a couple of weekends ago for an engagement session, and man, what a gorgeous place! And these two were a lot of fun to photograph, especially since they are wedding photographers! They are getting married next year in another beautiful spot, The Coloma Country Inn!

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Elyse and Stephen’s Sequoia Wedding

Posted on November 3, 2011 by

Elyse and Stephen had the sweetest wedding October 16th at the Sequoia in Placerville, a beautiful Gold Rush era Victorian that now is a great place to eat, sample some wine, get married and perhaps see a few ghosts.  It’s location  across the street from a graveyard gives credence to the rumor that the place is haunted. Never did see any  ghosts, but after the ceremony, Elyse, Stephen, wedding party and I headed across the street for some group shots before it got dark. Strangest thing happened. Everybody turned into Zombies! Luckily, the transformation was just temporary and everyone was able to return for a fun filled, ghost and zombie free reception. Whewwww!

A big thank you to Anne Williams for helping shoot this wedding!

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Holly and Tim’s El Dorado Engagement Session

Posted on October 19, 2011 by

Don’t know how I keep lucking out with such awesome clients! Holly and Tim are absolute sweetie pies and I am going to love shooting their wedding next June. The fun already started last weekend when we went up to El Dorado to do an engagement session. One of my favorite spots now has a chain linked fence around it but we managed to find this cool, busted up old house instead. And the lovely Renee at The Barn let us go in to the lot at their very cool antique store and get some shots of this old bus. Thanks Renee and thanks to Holly and Tim for such a fun day!

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Posted on October 13, 2011 by

For those who remember Tiffany and Tony’s engagement session photos on my blog last year, you will recall that these two are big baseball fans and that they met at a River Cats game. Their engagement session was at Raley Field so it just made sense that their wedding would have a base ball theme too. Might I add too that I have not seen so much laughing as I have with this wedding. I caught myself laughing out loud more than a few times while in the middle of taking pictures. The folks at Forrest House were awesome to work with and of course, I appreciate the wonderfully talented Ann Chadwick Williams for helping shoot this wedding.

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Amy and Jonathan Get Married in Paradise

Posted on September 8, 2011 by

If a friend e mails you and asks, “Do you want to help me shoot a wedding in Maui?” how long do you think it would take to decide? Ummmmm, minutes? A few days? It took me seconds, especially since the friend was the lovely Diana Kay. We’ve shot weddings together before in always wonderful places and without exception, with very wonderful clients. This wedding was no different. Jonathan and Amy are really a dynamic, adventurous and generous couple. Friends and family are first and foremost with these two and many were able to make the long trip out not only to see Amy and Jonathan get married,  but to experience one island escapade after another. There was even a Lance Armstrong sighting at the Ritz Carlton! It was a wonderful week and I am grateful to Diana, Amy and Jonathan for letting me be a part of your wonderful wedding week in paradise.  A big heart-felt thank you to you all, or as they say in Hawaii, Mahalo!

Also present to capture the beauty of this wedding were Jonathan and Dustin of 1023 Media. Check out their fabulous video here

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