Angela + Brett Orinda, CA

Good morning blog world!  We had a really fun shooting weekend - a San Francisco engagement and gorgeous wedding in Carmel, and hope you all had a super Labor Day weekend too!  To ease back into the work week, we're sharing Angela and Brett's "fairytale casual" wedding!

What is fairytale casual you may wonder?  Well, it's what Angela and Brett instructed their guests to wear, and while it's open to interpretation, one thing that's for certain is that it leads to a whole lot of fun.  Angela and Brett know how to have a good time, and when you bring together some wizards, Aladdin, Jasmin, steampunk inspired  Burning Man costumes, and grown men with butterfly wings running around it's guaranteed to be a crazy party.

These two were married atop the hill in Brett's parents' backyard in Orinda.  Surrounded by tall pines and food and drink carts scattered throughout the property, guests dined on fresh oysters, paella, home brew and creme brûlée.  Of all the weddings that Adm and I have photographed together, this one has to be the most enchanting.  Thank you, Angela and Brett, for marching to the beat of your own drum.

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Jenni + Steve Engagement

Over the weekend, we met up with Jenni and Steve to do their engagement session.  As it turns out, we all are very close neighbors and so we started just a few short blocks from home at Gaylord's, a coffee shop off of Piedmont Ave. where Jenni and Steve had their first date.  After a few photos with their wiggly cats, we headed to Steve's old stomping grounds in Mill Valley.  Mini redwood forests surround this town, and so we had no problem finding beautiful places to take photos.  We stopped in at their favorite pizza place, Tony Tutto's to devour some delicious pizzas before ending the shoot along Blackies Pasture in Tiburon.

We can't wait photograph them with their family and friends at their wedding in just a few months!

Rachel + Sky in Big Sur, CA

Rachel_Sky_135 Rachel and Sky were married within the gorgeous Redwood trees in Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park.  With only their parents and Rachel's brother, it was an intimate wedding in an idyllic setting.  After their ceremony, Rachel's brother and father treated us to one of my personal Bob Dylan favorites, "If Not For You."  Rachel and Sky had a super fun vibe, and their families were lovely.  To signify how simpatico everyone was, their moms both (coincidentally) wore the scarves that Rachel and Sky had brought back for them from a trip to India.  It couldn't have been done more perfectly.

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