Samantha & Justin in San Francisco!

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Carrie & Rich's Engagement Session, Napa Valley

After a couple of months kicking around where we were going to do their session, Carrie and I decided on the Napa Valley. I'm so glad we made that decision. We had a great evening. We met at Taylor's Refresher for some milkshakes to get us started. We couldn't pass up some photo ops there.

On to V. Sattui's wedding courtyard where Carrie had considered having their ceremony and reception.



I think this is such a sweet image.


Ryan getting low for the shot.


An awesome vintage Chevy. A great find since Tim works for Chevrolet.



On to Peju for a few shots.



Our last stop, Domaine Carneros. We had an awesome sunset view of the valley.



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I cannot wait for your ceremony! We are looking forward to getting some more killer images at the Citizen.

Heather and Blake: Engagement

For this session Rose, DJ, and I followed Heather, Blake, and the rest of the family (horses included) to Point Reyes. It was a perfect day. A little windy at the beach but perfect nonetheless. This was the first time that Heather and Blake's horses have been to the ocean and the first time I've been to Point Reyes. We started out first on the beach with the horses.



All smiles


And a kiss



Their horses were beautiful and did an amazing job


We stopped at this barn on the side of the road


Blake's "barn" shot


We also stopped at a trail head on the side of the road for some cool shots.



We all had a blast and can't wait for the wedding! :)

Imelda and Mike's Engagement

We met Imelda and Mike at the Beringer Winery in St. Helena this morning. Since it was going to be the hottest day of the year (so far), we thought it was a better idea to start in the morning. Plus, Beringer gets busy and it was nice not to have many people at the winery while we photographed. I could tell why Beringer gets busy...after we were done, Sandy, who allowed us to photograph on the grounds and in the caves, had all of us do some wine tasting and the wine was delicious! (the Port especially). This was definitly one of the highlights of the day. :)

I was really excited to see the kind of caves this winery had. I was even more excited about the relief we all got when we entered the caves because it had been so hot outside and the caves were about 20 degrees cooler. With that said, here is a photo we grabbed in the caves...

In a private tasting room,

Another private room upstairs, we were so lucky to have been able to have access to all the locations we did.



The grounds were as nice as the mansion.


We learned a little history about Imelda and Mike today. Fun fact number one: Mike proposed to Imelda at this restaurant, Rutherford Grill.


Fun Fact 2: When Imelda was little, she used to swim in this swimming hole.


The carriage house at Beringer,

More in the wine caves,


We all had a great time with you guys today and can't wait for your wedding!

:)

Teaser from Gina and Michael's Engagement Session in St. Helena

The weather held-out on Monday so we were able to have an amazing engagement session for Gina and Michael in St. Helena. I couldn't wait to share one of our favorite images with Michael's Harley.

This pose was DJ's idea and we all loved it!



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Melissa and Colby: We Will June 6, 2009.

Mother Nature always has a say in anything a photographer does. Rain, Sun, Cloudy, Snowy, Windy, anything. For Melissa and Colby's engagement session we were scared of them being blown away by the major gusts of wind! Us photographers, naturally with all the camera gear we carry, would be weighed down. Okay let's be serious...We weren't really scared of them being blown away. Instead we saw what the wind was doing outside and wondered if it would be good weather conditions to shoot the session down in Old Sacramento. We decided to go for it and this is what turned out. :)













Melissa and Colby had a theme of "1940's" for their session which I thought was a really cool idea. Can't wait for your wedding!

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Janelle and Tim's Engagement

I get a text from Rose at 4:30AM. "Hi Ry, R u up?" I reply back, "Two, just got up." I don't remember the last time I was up that early and have no recollection of that text message. So she calls me and I quickly snap out of it and wake up. I drive over to Rose's still half asleep and her, DJ, and I make our way to Baker Beach to meet up with Janelle and Tim for their engagement session. We've never had this early of an engagement session but getting up that early for this one was totally worth it. I had so much fun and I'm pretty sure everyone else did too.











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Janelle and Tim we had so much fun and can't wait for May 30th!