04 Apr 2013, Posted by Carmen in Blog, Outdoor Wedding, Sonoma/Napa/Wine Country Wedding, Weddings, 2 Comments

El Dorado Kitchen & Hotel | Sonoma Wedding Photography | Crissandra + Mark

It turns out that St. Patrick’s Day of this year was the perfect spring day to get married, just as Crissandra and Mark predicted!  The unusual warmth that day allowed us to take photographs lounging about on the quintessentially spring-green grass at Bartholemew Park in Sonoma, where we chose to do Crissandra & Mark’s first look, and then at some nearby vineyards with the yellow mustard grass that treats our eyes briefly here during this season in the Wine Country.  Then off to the ceremony and reception at El Dorado Kitchen we went.  It is such a treat to photograph here, because in case you’ve never been, besides being a classically elegant venue the food and wine at El Dorado Kitchen is absolutely phenomenal!  Congratulations Crissy & Mark, you guys were awesome to work with!

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24 Aug 2012, Posted by Carmen in Blog, Outdoor Wedding, Sonoma/Napa/Wine Country Wedding, Weddings, 5 Comments

Sonoma Wedding Photography | Alexis + Noam

I learned a lot of awesome things that one CAN do at their wedding from Alexis & Noam’s personally taylored layed-back wedding at a private estate in Sonoma.  I learned that at your wedding, you CAN…

… take your shoes off whenever you want,

… hang flowers from trees instead of putting them in vases,

… wear a short dress,

… encourage alternative modes of transportation,

…have a ton of fun (duh!)

… have your guests lounge on brightly colored blankets on the lawn during the ceremony instead of chairs while still maintaining some Jewish traditions,

… have both sets of parents happy and actually approving of it all,

… have Grandma start to dance before anyone else does,

… sneak away to catch the most magical moments right before sunset that really do look like this,

… and have a first kareoke instead of a first dance and then have your guests sing the night away.

Congratulations Alexis & Noam!!

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