A quiet backyard wedding with only close family in Novato California, 2023

An intimate San Francisco City Hall wedding with just immediate family accompanying the bride and the groom. We began with couples formals, then directly to the wedding ceremony, followed by family photos, then finishing up with more couple formals as they exited city hall.

A quiet elopement with close friends and family at South Lake Tahoe. The day started with some bridal prep, covering her details then moving straight into a first look on a dock reaching out into Lake Tahoe. Moving from the first look straight to the wedding ceremony taking place in a snowy field just outside the town with just close friends and family. After the ceremony we took our family portraits, then couples formals on the edge of the snowy lake at sunset.

We started off the day with brideprep; her details, dress, and makeup / hair getting finished up. The shifting focus to the groom to cover his prep. before we head to the wedding ceremony. After the ceremony wraps up we move along to photographing the family formals, then the bride and groom formals in the vineyards. After a couple of speeches from the family of the couple we jump into open dancing to finish off the rest of the night.

A San Francisco city hall wedding during a cold California winter. The day started with the bride and groom at their hotel room in downtown San Francisco with detail shots, some getting ready photos and then a first look before they head out for their ceremony. The ceremony was a short, simple, intimate moment with their fathers and the officiant. After the wedding ceremony we took the time to explore San Francisco City Hall for some bride and groom formals.

A quiet elopement in the Berkeley City club with a traditional ceremony in the inner courtyard of the club. The day started out with a first look between of the bride and the groom on top of their apartment building, then a drive over to the venue in the groom’s Mercedes G-Wagon. The traditional ceremony was kept fairly short and intimate with only close family in attendance. After the wedding ceremony the family photos were taken as well as more bride and groom formals all around the property.

An intimate wedding day with Diana and Sam staring at their hotel in Tiburon, CA. We start off the gallery with some hasty groom prep just before we begin their first look with the San Francisco skyline across the bay. We then head up into the California coast to have their wedding ceremony with their close family on the Muir beach overlook just off of highway 1.