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08 Dec 2011, Posted by Carmen in Blog, East Bay Wedding, Weddings, 0 Comments

Berkeley City Club Wedding Photography | Berkeley, CA | Terri + Brad


I was so happy to be back at the beautiful Berkeley City Club to photograph Terri & Brad’s classy romantic wedding!  All their elegant Julia Morgan-designed hallways, arches, staircases and courtyards make for so many great sneak-away portrait opportunities.  It was very fun to see that a few months after our engagement photo session, this originally slightly photo-shy couple had turned into pros relaxing in front of the camera :-) .  It was also fun to get the feedback at the reception that their friends had never seen Terri & Brad kiss as much as in their engagement photos… hee hee!  The only thing this venue did not lend itself to is running shots, which I otherwise would have gotten, given that these two are both runners and Brad actually proposed to Terri while on a run :-) .  The photo booth we set up for them at the reception was a giant success – I could post an entire album of just those photos!  But I restrained myself to one small guest and an informal side shot of a bunch of their friends from Williams College, where Terri & Brad met.  Enjoy!

Venue:  Berkeley City Club, Berkeley, CA

Berkeley City Club Wedding Photography, Berkeley City Club Wedding Photos

Berkeley City Club Wedding Photography, Berkeley City Club Wedding Photos

Berkeley City Club Wedding Photography, Berkeley City Club Wedding Photos

Berkeley City Club Wedding Photography, Berkeley City Club Wedding Photos

Berkeley City Club Wedding Photography, Berkeley City Club Wedding Photos

Berkeley City Club Wedding Photography, Berkeley City Club Wedding Photos

Berkeley City Club Wedding Photography, Berkeley City Club Wedding Photos

Berkeley City Club Wedding Photography, Berkeley City Club Wedding Photos

Berkeley City Club Wedding Photography, Berkeley City Club Wedding Photos

Berkeley City Club Wedding Photography, Berkeley City Club Wedding Photos

Berkeley City Club Wedding Photography, Berkeley City Club Wedding Photos

Berkeley City Club Wedding Photography, Berkeley City Club Wedding Photos

Berkeley City Club Wedding Photography, Berkeley City Club Wedding Photos

Berkeley City Club Wedding Photography, Berkeley City Club Wedding Photos

Berkeley City Club Wedding Photography, Berkeley City Club Wedding Photos

Berkeley City Club Wedding Photography, Berkeley City Club Wedding Photos

Who says we’re not both pregnant?? ;-)

Berkeley City Club Wedding Photography, Berkeley City Club Wedding Photos

Berkeley City Club Wedding Photography, Berkeley City Club Wedding Photos

Father of the bride hanging out with Terri right before the ceremony:

Berkeley City Club Wedding Photography, Berkeley City Club Wedding Photos

Berkeley City Club Wedding Photography, Berkeley City Club Wedding Photos

Berkeley City Club Wedding Photography, Berkeley City Club Wedding Photos

Berkeley City Club Wedding Photography, Berkeley City Club Wedding Photos

Berkeley City Club Wedding Photography, Berkeley City Club Wedding Photos

Berkeley City Club Wedding Photography, Berkeley City Club Wedding Photos

Berkeley City Club Wedding Photography, Berkeley City Club Wedding Photos

This is what happens when the props from the photo booth start wandering free…

Berkeley City Club Wedding Photography, Berkeley City Club Wedding Photos

Berkeley City Club Wedding Photography, Berkeley City Club Wedding Photos

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08 Nov 2011, Posted by Carmen in Blog, Outdoor Wedding, Recent Blog Highlights, South Bay Wedding, Weddings, 2 Comments

Thomas Fogarty Winery Wedding Photography, Woodside, CA | Tess + Aaron


Thomas Fogarty Winery Wedding Photography, Woodside, CA wedding photos

I had to start this post off with a photo, ’cause I am seriously in love with it!  (no Photoshop, just straight low-light shooting).  It also serves as a pretty good introduction to all the sweetness, radiance and in-love-ness (that’s a technical term!) of Tess & Aaron’s wedding that took place recently at the Thomas Fogarty Winery.  If you’ve never been there, it is quite a breathtakingly beautiful Bay Area wedding venue in Woodside.  Both med students at UCSF and marathon runners that lived together before they started dating, Tess and Aaron have a unique love story with strong spiritual leanings that I had the pleasure to watch culminate on this lovely wedding day that you are about to peek at.  Enjoy, and my heartfelt best wishes to the two of you, Tess & Aaron!

Venue:  Thomas Fogarty Winery, Woodland, CA

Florist:  Soulflower Flower Designs

Videographer:  AVR Films

DJ:  Big Fun

Cake:  Gerhard Michler

Thomas Fogarty Winery Wedding Photography, Woodside, CA wedding photos

Thomas Fogarty Winery Wedding Photography, Woodside, CA wedding photos

Thomas Fogarty Winery Wedding Photography, Woodside, CA wedding photos

Thomas Fogarty Winery Wedding Photography, Woodside, CA wedding photos

Thomas Fogarty Winery Wedding Photography, Woodside, CA wedding photos

Thomas Fogarty Winery Wedding Photography, Woodside, CA wedding photos

Thomas Fogarty Winery Wedding Photography, Woodside, CA wedding photos

Thomas Fogarty Winery Wedding Photography, Woodside, CA wedding photos

Thomas Fogarty Winery Wedding Photography, Woodside, CA wedding photos

Thomas Fogarty Winery Wedding Photography, Woodside, CA wedding photos

Thomas Fogarty Winery Wedding Photography, Woodside, CA wedding photos

Thomas Fogarty Winery Wedding Photography, Woodside, CA wedding photos

Thomas Fogarty Winery Wedding Photography, Woodside, CA wedding photos

Thomas Fogarty Winery Wedding Photography, Woodside, CA wedding photos

Thomas Fogarty Winery Wedding Photography, Woodside, CA wedding photos

Thomas Fogarty Winery Wedding Photography, Woodside, CA wedding photos

Thomas Fogarty Winery Wedding Photography, Woodside, CA wedding photos

Thomas Fogarty Winery Wedding Photography, Woodside, CA wedding photos

Thomas Fogarty Winery Wedding Photography, Woodside, CA wedding photos

Thomas Fogarty Winery Wedding Photography, Woodside, CA wedding photos

Thomas Fogarty Winery Wedding Photography, Woodside, CA wedding photos

Thomas Fogarty Winery Wedding Photography, Woodside, CA wedding photos

Thomas Fogarty Winery Wedding Photography, Woodside, CA wedding photos

Thomas Fogarty Winery Wedding Photography, Woodside, CA wedding photos

Thomas Fogarty Winery Wedding Photography, Woodside, CA wedding photos

Thomas Fogarty Winery Wedding Photography, Woodside, CA wedding photos

Thomas Fogarty Winery Wedding Photography, Woodside, CA wedding photos

Thomas Fogarty Winery Wedding Photography, Woodside, CA wedding photos

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