Weddings

Wedding season is almost here! Those save-the-date cards are arriving in mailboxes and creating wardrobe havoc all across the country. Weddings can be so tough to dress for: no black, no white, no red. If you want to wear pants instead of defaulting to a dress, it is even harder. Catherine wrote in recently with…

Rob and I had the honor of attending to a BIG Indian wedding on Saturday – our first! The whole event was fantastic – from the groom riding in on a white horse to the three hour-long ceremony full of tradition to the delicious food served to 400+ guests. A perfect celebration for two awesome…

Rob and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary last weekend. A perfect time to share the results of having a painter, instead of a photographer, document our Sausalito wedding ceremony and reception. This was back in 2008, when Rob and I were still occasionally photographing weddings on weekends as a favor to friends. Rob was using…

Yesterday, I showed you the wedding paintings that Paul Ferney made for the preparations and ceremony at our 2008 event. Today, I’ll show you his photos from the reception. Starting with probably my favorite of all the wedding paintings: a small simple portrait in the window seat at the Sausalito Women’s Club: Along with our…

Inspired by Holman Ranch, I put together an idea board for a Spanish-themed wedding in Carmel Valley. This is the kind of event that I love to attend: unfussy with a focus on excellent food, a beautiful setting and a few memorable details.  This wedding makes the most of the Spanish-colonial style of Holman Ranch,…

Whoa, I have been BUSY the last couple weeks. Rob and I went back to Tahoe after 4th of July to spend the weekend with his sister, nephews and parents. We swam, watched basketball, paddleboarded – it was great. Then, a short week and Jackie’s wedding. Margaret and I have been helping to plan this…

It was nice to get out of town this weekend and experience the start of summer in a place that’s actually warm! (PS: thanks to Trent for the party photos after I forgot my camera) After a quiet night at home on Friday, Rob and I woke up early on Saturday. Coffee at home before…

Oops, I forgot to post one of my favorite snapshots from the wedding day. Jean all dressed and ready to go. Pretty amazing to think that her whole “look” was essentially free: a family wedding dress and necklace, hair and makeup by friends and a homemade bouquet full of all her favorites. Her only new…

The flowers for this wedding were crazy awesome, if I do say so myself. Rob and I went to the wholesale flower market on Friday and loaded up the entire back seat of the car. Dressed shabby and paying cash, I scored some great deals when vendors assumed I had a professional badge. Our final…

This wedding was the perfect example of how much you can get done on a small budget with a little creativity and a lot of elbow grease. Dinner was served at one long table set down on the olive tree-lined road. The table was decorated with mason jars full of flowers and candles. A team…