Mr. and Mrs. Wehrman.... the teaser! {Trentadue Winery Wedding, Sonoma County Wedding Photographer, Vineyard Wedding Photos}

Sean and Stephanie should never have booked me. In all theory that is! We set an appointment to meet at my home office so they could see my album and design product samples and so we could meet in person to go over my services and all the other details. Well my 4 month old (at the time) had other plans. She decided to stay up all night crying (she had colic) so I got less than 2 hours sleep by the time Sean and Stephanie arrived. Needless to say I was delirious, exhausted, in my PJs, and totally with out make up and my hair had not met a brush in over 12 hours! Due to all of this I was frazzled and I felt like I couldn't put two sentences together properly with out sounding like a basket case! When they left I immediately felt disappointed. Although I was a total mess I felt a connection with them. I really thought they were the type of people I'd really enjoy getting to know and photographing! But I was SURE they weren't calling me back. To my delight and utter shock I received an e mail saying they wanted to hire me! So I knew I had to totally redeem myself at their engagement session... hence the shots in the middle of the street, I was willing to run into traffic to prove to them they made the right call!! (go to the engagement link to view their engagement session from several months ago)

Anyways, there is so much I have to say about this couple and since this is just the "teaser" post I will save it until I post the rest of the images. I do have to say that I had an amazing amazing amazing time with this family, bridal party, venue staff, and especially this Bride and Groom! I brought an photography entourage with me and the results would not have been as amazing if it were not for them. A HUGE thank you to Jihan Cerda for second shooting with me and a big huge huge huge thank you to the wonderful Ayrjia Child for assisting us both! Please enjoy a small small handful of images. I can't even call them my favorites because I saved a few of my favs for later!!

Stephanie got ready at her Parent's house in Windsor. This is the home she grew up in. When I took her out front to snap a few bridal shots the entire neighborhood seemed to come running out of their houses to come see this vision of beauty! It was so sweet to see her adoring neighbors come out just to see and congratulate her!

I asked Stephanie if she had spoken with Sean that morning yet and she said no but he had sent her a picture. I wasn't quite sure what I was about to see but then I saw this picture of Sean in his Groom shirt that matched her Bride shirt! They are so adorable I could just eat them up!!!!
Since they both live in San Francisco they wanted to have a bit of the city style incorporated into their Vineyard wedding so they rented a Trolly Car from the City of Santa Rosa. It was such a cute touch! It picked the girls up and brought them to Trentadue Winery and then went and picked up the boys and brought them there as well.

Sean and Stephanie met at UC Davis and it just so happens that Trentadue has a series of wine bottles with various colleges etched into the bottle!

Mr. and Mrs. Stock {Petaluma Wedding Photographer, Sonoma County Wedding Photos}

I had a lot of fun with this couple! It all started at the super fun engagement session on the Corda Family Dairy Farm in Petaluma! Right away you could see their chemistry. So I knew this day would be filled with fun, love, and laughter.











Most of the time its the groomsmen that are out of control and hard to get posed for the camera and once in a while it's the ring bearers! When little boys get restless we need to get creative and give them a job to do.... like holding up the Groom!

Jenny and Tina {commitment ceremony pictures, Coronado Commitment Ceremony Pictures}

I've known Jenny for quite a while now. I think over the years we've just been able to get each other. Jenny is one of those friends to me that we maybe don't talk everyday but whenever she is in town we always get together and manage to catch up in one visit! And I know that if I ever needed anything I could call her. So when she called me to ask me if I would photograph her and Tina's commitment ceremony I was truly honored.
One thing that I have always been very passionate about is equality. unfortunately the title of this blog isn't the wedding or marriage of Jenny and Tina, it's the commitment ceremony. But let me tell you something, I've photographed a lot of weddings this year and in past years. There was more love on this day than I've seen in many of the weddings I've photographed! and that's all that really matters. I have every confidence in the world that there will be a future post to congratulate them on getting "officially" married but until then please enjoy the beautiful images from Jenny and Tina's commitment ceremony.

The White Wedding {Redwood Gardens Wedding Photos, Sebastopol Wedding Photographer}

Kurt and Jamie picked a beautiful beautiful venue for their July 16th wedding. It's a home in Sebastopol with an amazing property with multiple levels and areas that is built perfectly for hosting events. The lush greenery and gorgeous redwood trees made for a beautiful backdrop for their wonderful day. They even had a little swing set and sandbox for the kids!

Becky & Chris Engagement Sneak Peek {sonoma county engagement photos, winery engagement photos}

Becky & Chris met me out in Sonoma a couple weeks ago for their engagement shoot. I met them at the same time that I normally meet people for an evening shoot. The best light is just before the sun goes down. I haven't done a ton of vineyard shoots this summer. I'm used to being out there in the Fall when the sun goes down much much earlier. It didn't even dawn on me that the winery might be closed at 6:30!! sure enough it was! Luckily for me Becky and Chris are not afraid to hop over a little gate to get the photos we wanted! Besides me sliding down a dry river bed and landing on a large rock, the shoot went amazingly! I am in the middle of designing their reception book with the photos from that day and I just had to post a few! I will post the rest of my favorites a little later next week!