Wedding Coordinator:  Stephanie Beer

Flowers:  Maria Philbin

Hair & makeup:  It’s A Date at The Powder Room

Cupcakes:  Sift Cupcakes

Band:  Tainted Love

Church:  St. Eugenes

When it’s your wedding day, you get to have people put on your earrings for you. 

Many congrats to you!!  I had such a great time documenting your beautiful day.  xoxo

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From L&N’s shoot:

From E & J’s shoot:

From S&J’s shoot:

From S&M’s shoot:   (still need to blog this sweet session!)

It was an absolutely gorgeous winter day in San Francisco, great light, great outfits.  The whole works.  We started out at Sutro Heights Park, and then crossed the street to the old Cliff House.  If you have a minute, it’s work checking out the opening page of their site -a great visual history of the Cliff House and the many forms it’s taken over the years!

Anyhoo…  it was wonderful to spend time with these two.  Simron is as adorable as she is beautiful (and smart -she’s in law school).  Jesse is funny, nice and also a visual artist -a videographer.  Thank you for the great field trip, you too!  (I’d never been out there and loved exploring the area.)

Enjoy!  Mary

Here is Karen and Dave’s wedding, slideshow style….

They got married in high style (while in Palm Springs, that would be over the top mid-century modern) at the Riviera in Palm Spring, CA.  We took a few photos of them in the hotel before the ceremony.  The backgrounds were so fabulous – I was a kid in a candy shop.    Here are some teasers -more to come soon!  xoxo

Marshall is my husband’s first cousin and I was honored to be asked to photograph his wedding with Nahyon, the lovely bride.  Marshall is one of the country’s best birders -and Nahyon is terrified of birds.  Love conquers all, doesn’t it!  Nahyon does, however, adore dogs.  They drove all the way across the country because they wanted to have their sweet dog Chula with them -who is actually quite sick and probably in her last months.  I loved that they refused to leave Chula behind, and she was there for the whole wedding, relaxing in the California sun.

It was a great time -the groomsmen were hysterical- and up for anything.  I stopped by the guy’s house when they were getting ready to grab a few documentary shots.  They asked what should they be doing and I said “Nothing!  I’m a fly on the wall -just act normal.”  Within 8 minutes they had made a human pyramid, juggled crochet balls, wrestled each other to the ground, and wrapped Marshall in paper towels.  No joke.  Then later after the wedding, they wanted to do one of those “groomsmen jumping in the air” shots, so they got on chairs and jumped off -we heard a huge crack when one of the chairs broke.  Really funny -it’s in the photos here.  The bridesmaids were just shaking their heads, all gorgeous and stylish in their killer black dresses.

Anyhow, many congrats to Marshall and Nahyon!!  It was such a great weekend down in Paso Robles, thank you for having me there to capture it.  xo

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Chileno Valley Ranch is a real farm -it is such a special place to get married.  They only have a handful of weddings there a year and I was so happy to be in that world for one day.

I always love the groom’s special wedding day socks:

Ariel’s phone with a shot from the engagement shoot. 

Friends Tilden and Dina helped with the styling.  Tilden designed and made both the suit he is wearing and Barrie’s skirt!  Dina tied everyone’s ties like a pro.

Tip- put a scarf over your head when putting the dress on.  That way your makeup doesn’t get on the dress.  Genius.

More to come soon!!  xoxo Mary

Many congrats Barrie and Ariel!!  xoxoxo  Mary