Northern California Wedding Photography-Junction City, Ca.-Kayla & Jaime

One really exciting thing about being a wedding photographer is getting the opportunity to photograph the weddings of my friends, new and old. Almost 2 years ago my friend Jaime came to me with the unique idea of photographing the proposal to his girlfriend on Sundial Bridge in Redding, the location of one of their very first dates.

The wedding date was set and I was the wedding photographer. Destination: the parents of the bride's beautiful home: a mountain ranch in Junction City, Ca. Fresh mountain air, green grass and trees as far as the eye could see. The wedding day was beautiful and everyone was excited about pictures. The father of the bride even pulled out a Ford4000 tractor for us to use as a wedding day prop. Kayla and Jaime sure knew how to put on a reception: homemade tamales, a smoke pit bbq and even a dunk tank!



As a wedding photographer, it is important to capture those special details of every wedding. Some of the most important details of the wedding day are, of course, the rings, the dress and the shoes. As we were photographing the rings, Sean noticed this cute "sprinkler dog" looking up at it's forehead and said, "he just needs something on his head." I loved the idea!







The Bride, Kayla, was stunning and so were her girls. We had a drink on the tractor and mom even brought out a horse for a few pictures with the bride. However, the horses attention was distracted by the fresh green grass and even the bride's bouquet.









The guys were hilarious! They really knew how to work the camera.







Before all the festivities of the evening began I captured some images of the couple beginning their new lives together as Mr. and Mrs. Fuentes. Congratulations to the newly weds, Jaime and Kayla!

Missette Butte County, Allison- Oroville Portrait Photography

A few weeks ago I got to photograph Allison at the Lott Home in Oroville. The location was beautiful and Allison was so much fun to work with. Here are some of my favorites from the portrait session.

Elizabeth & Christopher's Creative Session- Nevada City, Grass Valley Wedding Photograpy

As one might imagine, a wedding day is often a GO! GO! GO! kind of day. From morning mimosas during the hair & makeup session to the dance floor frenzy of the reception, the day just seems to blow right by. Because of the time restrictions, I offer my wedding clients the option of having a Creative Session on another day (most often the day after the wedding, but could be before the wedding or even after the honeymoon). Not only do these sessions give us extra hours of the bride and groom in their wedding attire, they also allow us to free up valuable wedding-day hours to pay more attention to the formal shots (family, etc.). We still take plenty of photos of the bride and groom on the wedding day, this is just another way to get the bride and groom to their reception asap so they can boogie.

Elizabeth and Christopher were eager to have photos taken the day after the wedding. I was more than excited to photograph the newly weds in their full wedding attire without any time limits and at additional locations in Nevada City/Grass Valley. One of my favorite aspects of a Creative Session is the location, a decision I usually leave to my clients (especially when I am traveling out of Chico) because I am always excited for a new location to photograph. The primary location Chris and Beth decided would be the Empire State Mine. Rock walls, fountains, old style architecture, the place was beautiful!

Here are my favorites from the session. Thanks Elizabeth and Christopher for the amazing Creative Session.