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14 Jul 2009, Posted by Carmen in Blog, Portrait Session, 0 Comments

Bernadette & Allan | Yerba Buena Gardens Portrait Session | San Francisco, CA | Engagement Photos


I’m a bit behind in my blog postings, so I am so pleased to start again with Bernadette & Allan’s engagement portrait session!  We were originally scheduled to shoot in the Marin Headlands, but due to the crazy in-and-out fog & wind that day, we headed into my favorite urban oasis instead – Yerba Buena Gardens.  I also intended to start the session inside the SF MOMA, which ended up being closed that day, which ended up letting us shoot in corners and doorways that we would not otherwise have been able to stand still in!  At the end of this post you can see one of my highlights of our session, which was when (after some time of shyness) I discovered one of their hidden talents – butt-bumping! ;-)   Great to get to know you guys better, and can’t wait to shoot your wedding in Sonoma this October!  :)

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01 Jun 2009, Posted by Carmen in Blog, Outdoor Wedding, Santa Cruz Wedding, Weddings, 0 Comments

Erica & Nicholas | Santa Cruz Wedding | Highlands Park | Santa Cruz, CA


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Erica & Nicholas chose the natural setting of Highlands Park in Santa Cruz for their beautiful wedding… some gorgeous secluded trails that start there offered a great woodsy sneak-away portrait session.  It really is a beautiful and special privilege to spend a little time with the bride and groom right after their ceremony, away from everyone else, creating portraits while they get to relax & enjoy the first moments of this new stage in their lives…

And I confess that I’m a sucker for photographing cute flower girls, which this wedding definitely had, from the moment she arrived with her outrageously cute sunglasses!  So be warned, she appears a lot! ;-)

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Here’s her brother, walking Erica down the path to the aisle – I love how much alike they look, and how expressive she is…

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Here’s the best-dressed guest at the reception:

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Besides being pretty funny, I think, this next photo goes out with a big thanks to Karissa Paxton, of Coastside Concierge, (in the middle, laughing her head off) for her awesome, super-reliable and sweet wedding coordination!

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And as a parting shot, all I’ll say is that the cake cutting got nasty, in the best way! ;-)  Congratulations, Erica & Nicholas, and I can’t wait to show you the rest of your photos!

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