If you haven’t already heard, I’ve switched to exclusively photographing intimate weddings (50 guests or less… with an exception here or there).
Sam & Chrisy’s wedding was confirmation that I’ve made the right choice. Everything about their backyard wedding was what I love about weddings — family, connection, and sun-drenched couples portraits. And I am smitten.
Hair & Makeup: Yvette of Rozetree Bridal
Florals: Farmermaid Flowers
Catering: Trumpet Vine Catering
Rentals: All About Events
I can’t believe it’s been 3 years since I took engagement photos of these two.
It is such a gift to get to tag along on a couple’s love story.
Weddings have not only looked a little different this year, but they’ve FELT different too.
It’s as if the roller coaster that has been 2020 has taught us what’s really important, what to cling to, and what to let go. Weddings have reflected that in big ways. And when all this is over someday, I hope we never go back to the way it was before. I hope we continue to find gratitude in simple places, spread love and connection like it’s our job, and never EVER take hugs for granted.
Ron & Kelly’s wedding reminded me of that. I hope it can remind you too.
Venue: The Holly Farm / Carmel Mission Basilica | Florist: Laughin’ Gal Floral
A few months ago, I got to steal away to Big Sur with these two to commemorate their city hall wedding ceremony with some coastal portraits. The California coastline NEVER disappoints.
Some might say you only get one great love in your life time. These two, a widow and a widower, are living proof that is hogwash. A year and a half after his wife’s passing, on her birthday, Neil’s wife came to him in a dream and revealed to him the face of a beautiful redheaded woman. With the help of Match.com and nudges from beyond the veil, it took three days of clicking through profiles before he finally found her — the woman from his dream. She was 850 miles away. Hundreds of hours talking on the phone eventually led to plane tickets for a real life meetup, where it became clear their souls were linked on an inexplicable level.
Which led us to this wedding. The wedding to rule all weddings.
From the processional set to the Game of Thrones theme, to the honoring of great spirits represented by great birds, to their fairy princess granddaughter tossing magical selenite dust everywhere she went (a jar of which Neil’s first wife kept for years and years, promising it was meant for something incredible, she just couldn’t say what) — every single moment was a thread in the tapestry of their love story. A story I am beyond honored to have been a witness to and sacred documenter of.
VENUE: Ragged Point Inn | FLORALS: Flowers by Kim | DJ: Kramer Events | CINEMA: FoxJump Cinematics
Based in San Luis Obispo and traveling the globe documenting destination weddings, elopements, and stories of all kinds. Inspired by love, light, heartache, and all the things that make us human.
