Andrea & JJ // San Francisco Wedding Photographer, Conservatory of Flowers
Andrea & JJ Beard, one of the sweetest, most genuine couples you’ll ever meet. They tied the knot at one of the greenest spots in SF – the Conservatory of Flowers, a giant home for some of the most beautiful exotic plants and flowers. And if there’s one thing that inspires me the most its natural elements which the Conservatory had plenty of. In addition to all the cute paper products and details they designed, Andrea and JJ cut and curated all the stone centerpieces for each table, which held a collection of their favorite cheeses and garnishes — the perfect edible center piece, in my opinion. When two super talented graphic designers fall in love and get married, you can only expect to attend one very unique event, right? 
Getting Ready Location: Chateau Tivoli // Venue: Conservatory of Flowers // Coordination and Florals: Fork and Spoon Productions // Catering: Fork and Spoon // A special thank you to Rachelle and Isaiah for assisting me for the day!
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Irene & Brian // Sausalito Wedding Photographer
Irene and Brian have such a child like love for one another, the joy they possess in their eyes says it all. Their engagement session was recently featured on Style Me Pretty, check it out if you haven’t seen it. Their wedding was a perfect extension of the engagement session, with cute hearts and paper floral accents. There was so much joy overflowing from everyone all day — I absolutely loved shooting their wedding and spending the day with their sweet friends and family.
Wedding film done by Michael Baca // Venue: Deer Park Villa // Coordination: Kat Kim // Vintage Rentals: Heritage & Craft // Cakes: Miette & Susie’s Cakes // Flowers: Lee’s Discount Flowers // DIY flowers, Invitation, Paper goods: Bride // Hair: Calm Salon // Shoes: Bhldn
West Elm + Glitter Guide Dinner Soiree
If there’s one thing I love more than photography its great decorating and interior design..so imagine how excited I was to hear that West Elm was opening up a store right in my neighborhood. I had the pleasure of photographing a dinner in honor of the new Palo Alto store opening for Glitter Guide! Jacin from Lovely Little Details decorated the restuarant space with West Elm vases and fun ornaments from Confetti System for West Elm. How cute are those ornaments? Check out the video below for a little behind the scenes…created and captured by Arash.
Featured! Style Me Pretty California // Irene & Brian, Knights Ferry Engagement Photography
A big thank you to Style Me Pretty for featuring Irene & Brian today! I have been itching to post this and I’m so thankful that I finally get to share Irene and Brian with all of you…definitely check out the SMP feature to see the full session! I am so blessed to have clients who are just such sweet people and these two are no exception. We spent the day together exploring the rolling hills, picnicking on some delicious sandwiches prepared by Brian and dishing on some deep convo. There is something so sweet and child-like about Irene and Brian’s love and the heart theme was a perfect touch to their whimsical wedding decor. I was in awe of how much beauty was in this place. It reminded me of Switzerland…a little slice of European charm right here in Cali. 
Isabelle & Asrar // Destination Wedding, Lyon, France
One thing we absolutely love to do is travel and this season we traveled all over the world, with France being one stop on the map. We spent some time in Lyon, the second largest city in France next to Paris. It was one of the most charming cities we visited this year –walking the streets after sunset, sipping on rose and exploring the old city — so magical. In France its very common for a bride and groom to get married at City Hall first then throw a much bigger reception afterwards and that’s just what Isabelle and Asrar did…City Hall one day and a big Persian-French style wedding the next. It was quite the unique experience! Isabelle and Asrar showed us the best of the old part of Lyon where we had the chance to follow the cobble stone roads to tons of historic buildings with secret passageways at every turn; the very roads where they fell in love and their story began. The big day was hosted at a gorgeous mansion about an hour north of the city, with a tall tree lined road leading up to the house, a massive lawn leading up to the front door and ivy covered backyard, perfect for an outdoor wedding. Weddings in France are so different than the US…food is the main attraction, socializing and mingling is at the core of it all and with a 3 hour cocktail hour, I learned pretty quickly just how the French do it. Isabelle and Asrar shared so much of the French culture with us, it was a dream to photograph and can’t wait to go back again.
A little sneak /// Anna & Tim’s Costnoa Wedding
This one made me smile — I just had to share it. Anna and Tim’s wedding was a beautiful day on the coast — filled with creativity and beauty — another great collaboration with my girls Megan and Emily of Enjoy Events Co. I can’t wait to share the full wedding! I’m so thankful for the summer we had, shooting at some of the most beautiful venues and sharing our weekends with some equally beautiful and sweet couples. I have been swimming in endless amounts of gorgeousity (yes, I created that word) — so many wedding images, I can’t wait to share them. Hope you are all having a wonderful week, cheers!
Chris & Hanniel // Maui, Hawaii Wedding Photographer
Well this one may be a longer post but so completely worth it. Over the summer, Arash and I did quite a bit of traveling, a few destination weddings were on the calendar and this one being the most near and dear to my heart. Why? Because the bride is not only my oldest friend (we’ve been friends since we were 5 and 6 years old!) but Chris and Hanniel have an insanely beautiful love. If you haven’t seen their engagement session featured on 100 Layer Cake or read about their story then you must. Their love is one of a kind, and with everything these two have already been through together, watching them finally get to celebrate their long awaited wedding day was probably the highlight of my year. And to top it all off? A backdrop like Maui could not have been more perfect! We all ventured out to Ioa Valley State Park for a bit of a guerilla style ceremony in the jungles of what felt like a scene out of a movie. Tall trees, tons of lush greenery all around and a view that was unreal. After the ceremony, we explored and discovered large valleys of sugar cane that we couldn’t resist but shoot in, and I’m so glad we did. From there, we ventured to the beach for a tasty and very cutely designed boxed lunch for all — from gingham napkins to yummy pie. For the reception, we all met up again at a local spot in town where the celebrating continued. All the graphics from the welcome bags to the “just maui’d” sign, were all done by Chris himself…how talented is he? All the decor and coordination of the wedding was done by none other than Rebekah and Alex of A&B Creative who I just love collaborating with whenever we can. The trip was such a great time and what better reason to head to hawaii than to celebrate these two? Cheers!
Probably some of the biggest news yet…
Last night, on instagram, we let the cat out of the bag. Yup! Arash and I are having a baby!! We couldn’t be more thrilled with the news — we most definitely had to share it with the world as soon as we could. Big changes coming our way, right? I still can’t believe it but we’re definitely excited and looking forward to the road ahead. If you think of us, keep us in your prayers, we’d really appreciate it! Next year will prove to be another eventful year full of amazing weddings AND baby goodness. Guess I finally joined the momma club. Cheers!
