I have to say I got pretty lucky with these two. Between their choice of locations – holy smokes San Francisco are you kidding me? and their sense of style it was hard NOT to get great images.

Thanks so much Jen and Alex for choosing me to be your photographer and giving me the opportunity to capture some amazing images.

To be honest I think it has got out a bit. I’ve been getting some visits from OZ on the blog. Which is great cause I will travel anywhere for a wedding (hint, hint).

At any rate I don’t think any thing says “Ta Da we sneaked off and got hitched in San Fran” like this image.

Enjoy. More to come.

These two Brits were my first wedding of the year and if they are any indication of what this year holds I’m gonna have a killer year in images.

I only wish I had more time with these two. So entirely off beat in their approach to life. Such a different take on weddings. I have to admit I was a little unsure about an elopement. That little part of my brain that always worries about getting great images for the portfolio was worried that without a “traditional” wedding the shoot wouldn’t do much for my emerging business.

Boy was that a stupid thing to worry about. Yeah, yeah there wasn’t a ceremony or lots of little details to photograph that are so popular. But these two more than made up for it in flair and humor.

I love Jen’s dress. The “I DO” was their idea (thank you to what ever photographer they Bogarted that idea from). I take full credit for the “DO I.” The expressions were all Alex and Jen.

One thing I’m pretty sure I could get my head around was that there are all kinds of things in life that give us these little squirts of dopamine, in other words, little bio-chemical shots of happiness.

Right now I’m building a sample album to present to couples during our consults. I’m using a wedding from last fall that was one of my all time favorite weddings to photograph. I’m culling images, doing little edits, sorting and thinking about how I want the images laid out and I realized I was getting these little shots of joy.

I thought I would post a few.

Photography, for me at least, is about looking for the right light, anticipating a moment unfolding and then capturing it when it does. This one unfolded while Steph was getting ready. Mitch and Steph had decided to have a private moment before the ceremony to see one another. Here she is just about ready to walk out and see Mitch. The light from the window was soft and bright and she was holding her flowers just so. I waited until something in my gut said “hit the shutter dummy!”

This is the result.

Mitch has his back turned waiting for Steph to come up to the alter where he’ll see her in her dress for the first time.
This is seriously one of my favorite moments during a wedding. Steph approaches with her grooms gift and flowers in hand. Shaking just a bit.

Image on left is Mitch just before he turns, image right is Mitch right as he sees Steph. Need I say more?

A deep breath… an embrace.

The dear kabobs were the bomb. And yes I ate until my little belly cast a little shadow over my feet…

I really can’t articulate how much joy I had shooting this wedding. They are just such a rad couple. I would love to post every image from the wedding, they were all killer. But I that would make for a very long post, and of course there are a few images that would incriminate a few folks! — Did I mention that after our venue closed I followed the wedding party as they CRASHED another wedding reception! Who would have thought folks from the land of Prairie Home Companion knew how to party?

At anyrate, the church was beautiful, the ceremony was beautiful, the dress was amazing and of course the bride…

What also made this wedding killer was that there were tons of little moments like this one (look on the right)…

Of course if you think that is funny you should see some of the out takes from the formals!

All the best Mitch and Steph.