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08 Nov 2010, Posted by Carmen in Blog, Outdoor Wedding, Sonoma/Napa/Wine Country Wedding, Weddings, 0 Comments

Kenwood Farms & Gardens Wedding Photography | Sonoma, CA | Stephanie & Grant


Well, I have to admit that what I didn’t want to have happen happened – I stopped posting on my blog!  I have been quite good at keeping up on posting new Facebook albums all season, but somehow this blog slowly slipped away… So now I’ve got a bit of catch-up to do!  Going back to June, here are a few shots from Stephanie & Grant’s wedding.  I met them at Kristan & Jason’s wedding last season, where Grant looked almost as handsome as a groomsman as he did on this day as a groom.  And I loved how Stephanie looked in her hourglass dress… Between the two of them, and the beautiful Sonoma venue, it’s kinda hard to get more stunning!

Venue:  Kenwood Farms & Gardens, Sonoma, CA
Florist:  Stems Floral Design

This is one of my favorite family portraits in a while, going out to all the parents out there with kids that will just not sit still for a picture! :)

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27 Oct 2009, Posted by Carmen in Blog, Outdoor Wedding, Sonoma/Napa/Wine Country Wedding, Weddings, 1 Comments

Bernadette & Allan | Sonoma Wedding | Cornerstone Gardens, Sonoma


I’m so happy to get some of Bernadette & Allan’s wedding photos up!  I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed myself shooting at Cornerstone Gardens for the first time – what an amazing location for a wedding!  I could have easily spent hours photographing in there… It’s like being in a vibrant art museum, only outdoors and with all the art consisting of beautifully landscaped gardens.  Some abstract, some political, most highly surreal… Definitely a visual feast!  I think one of my favorite moments of the day was during my portrait time with Bernadette & Allan, when we popped into one “garden” (no plants in sight! ;-) ) that I hadn’t noticed earlier, with a bunch of shiny silver tinsel pieces, each one with a person’s written prayer or wish on it, hanging from a metal sculpture.  I had this wonderful couple stand in the middle of all the tinsel flying around in the wind that had picked up at this point, and with no planning whatsoever, the piece of tinsel that flies into focus right in front of my lens says “I wish to find a loving man”.  Well, Bernadette sure did with Allan!

Thanks to David from Jigsaw Events for being such a helpful point person that day.  I hope everyone enjoys all the photos that were taken, and I hope I get to return to take the many more that we only had time to take in my mind!

Sonoma wedding photography, Cornerstone Gardens, Sonoma, CA

Sonoma wedding photography, Cornerstone Gardens, Sonoma, CA

Sonoma wedding photography, Cornerstone Gardens, Sonoma, CA

Sonoma wedding photography, Cornerstone Gardens, Sonoma, CA

Sonoma wedding photography, Cornerstone Gardens, Sonoma, CA

Sonoma wedding photography, Cornerstone Gardens, Sonoma, CA

Sonoma wedding photography, Cornerstone Gardens, Sonoma, CA

Sonoma wedding photography, Cornerstone Gardens, Sonoma, CA

Sonoma wedding photography, Cornerstone Gardens, Sonoma, CA

Sonoma wedding photography, Cornerstone Gardens, Sonoma, CA

Sonoma wedding photography, Cornerstone Gardens, Sonoma, CA

Sonoma wedding photography, Cornerstone Gardens, Sonoma, CA

Sonoma wedding photography, Cornerstone Gardens, Sonoma, CA

Sonoma wedding photography, Cornerstone Gardens, Sonoma, CA

Sonoma wedding photography, Cornerstone Gardens, Sonoma, CA

Sonoma wedding photography, Cornerstone Gardens, Sonoma, CA

Sonoma wedding photography, Cornerstone Gardens, Sonoma, CA

Sonoma wedding photography, Cornerstone Gardens, Sonoma, CA

Sonoma wedding photography, Cornerstone Gardens, Sonoma, CA

Sonoma wedding photography, Cornerstone Gardens, Sonoma, CA

Sonoma wedding photography, Cornerstone Gardens, Sonoma, CA

Sonoma wedding photography, Cornerstone Gardens, Sonoma, CA

Sonoma wedding photography, Cornerstone Gardens, Sonoma, CA

Sonoma wedding photography, Cornerstone Gardens, Sonoma, CA

Sonoma wedding photography, Cornerstone Gardens, Sonoma, CA

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