Weddings

Michelle and Zac decided to share their special day with a small, intimate group of family and friends at Sequoia in Placerville. We started the day off with Michelle getting ready, and took some beautiful portraits on one of the many Victorian couches Sequoia has to offer. For their first look, Michelle walked across the front lawn to where Zac was waiting beneath the archway.  Their beautiful daughter Ellie was there to celebrate the day with them as well, and spent most of the day bouncing between relatives, and just being the cheerful 9-month old that she is. After the…

When I logged on to Facebook the morning of Trisha and Justin’s wedding, I couldn’t help but love Trisha’s post for the day: Today I marry my best friend. Their day took place at The Flower Farm in Loomis. The bride got ready in her own suite surrounded by her many bridesmaids, and the groom and groomsmen took over the main house. I love that there are so many cottages and gardens to work with, and it worked out great to be able to just pop in to a cottage for a quick break from all the heat. For their…

I finally got the chance to meet Kristi and Derek just a few days before their wedding. We met up in Lake Tahoe for their engagement session. Just a few days later, I was on my way up to Taylorsville for their big day. Derek’s family owns the mill in Taylorsville, and was also playing host for the wedding. The reception was set up in the front of their property, with the dance floor (surrounded by hay bales) right in front of their barn. And the spot they chose for their ceremony had a beautiful view of the mountains behind…

Deanna, the owner of Fausel Ranch, was kind enough to drive us on the back of her quad so that I could take a few photographs of Michelle and Tim as they left the ceremony on their motorcycle, it made for some awesome images, and what I would give for a few photos of Me, Anna, Deanna, and all our gear bouncing on the back of that quad! Congratulations Tim and Michelle!

Kate and Evan are from Pollock Pines or at least have lived here for a long time. They met at Sly Park Lake working together. Their wedding gave a lot of local vendors a chance to get together and help to make their big day shine. Kate and Evan chose a first look at Bella Vista Bed and Breakfast, where they got ready. After their first look, they had the whole day to spend with each other. After many photographs in the wild flowers fields in Coloma, we headed to Sierra Banquet Center in Camino. Sue does such a fabulous…

I’m always a bit nervous going into a wedding having not done an engagement session, or worked with the couple prior to the wedding, but I have to say that all of that went out the window the moment I met up with Kate in her suite. Kate and Josh were so much fun to work with! Totally in love. Ready to be married and Josh was so enamored with Kate- it was clearly visible the entire day. The day had a wonderful ease about it – just the idea that whatever happened would be perfect -and it was. The…

I was so happy when Judy called me up and asked me if I would take her daughter’s senior photographs. Judy and I have worked together a bunch over the last several years as she is the wedding coordinator at David Girard Vineyards. Judy and the staff at DGV are fun and fabulous to work with if you have a wedding in your future! I was truly honored that she asked me to do this for her. Judy told me that I would enjoy Lainey and she was right. A snowboarder, Lainey seemed happy to go along for the ride.…

“A wet knot is harder to untie than a dry knot”….and this is the ol’ proverb that is supposed to provide solace when it dumps on your wedding day. It dumped on my wedding day too and to this day, the wet weather will always bring back fond memories of the best day of my life: wet bride, lucky bride- I’m a firm believer! Karen and Dave’s wedding day was no exception. After meeting on Match.com and Karen, needing a little nudging from Dave to go out on their first date, they finally tied the knot in some of the…

Pollock Pines was digging out of a storm the day Anna and I drive down through Folsom over to Penryn to meet Trisha and Justin for their engagement shoot. It was a beautiful spring day(in Folsom). Everyone was out jogging, bike riding and walking over the Rainbow Bridge. I felt like I was in another world. Trisha and Justin met at Westmont College in Santa Barbara. Her first boyfriend and his last girlfriend! Easy going, fun loving and adventurous- we had a great time exploring a new location. They will be getting married at the Flower Farm in Loomis on…