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I’ve been to hundreds of weddings. So many weddings in fact, that I think I’ve lost count.  I’ve been part of everything from  enormous and luxurious grand scale wedding events, to small intimate pot-luck backyard weddings.  I know weddings inside and out, upside and down….  From timelines to lighting details, catering options to  bridal party […]

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Empire Mine State Park garden wedding

Empire Mine Wedding | Laura and Ken This summer I had the honor of photographing Laura & Ken’s beautiful Empire Mine Wedding in Grass Valley, CA. this is one of my (many) favorite locations in Gold Country. Not only is the entire park lush and beautiful, but it’s filled with rustic brick and rock areas everywhere. […]

Empire Mine Wedding Photos |Tofanelli’s Reception, Grass Valley CA

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The only thing I love more than sun*kissed weddings are vineyard weddings and intimate backyard weddings… When Molly and Nick tied the knot this fall, they had all 3!  Their wedding day was a gorgeous day in September, located at her Dad’s private vineyard in Grass Valley.  The small guest count of 30 made this […]

Private Vineyard Wedding – Northern California

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river highlands ranch country wedding

This summer I had so many wonderful Northern California Destination Weddings.  I had tons of brides from the Bay Area, and some traveling from San Diego, Orange County,  Texas, and from as far as Washington DC.  Katie and David were one of my wonderful Bay Area Couples who came to the Sierras for their rustic […]

River Highlands Ranch Wedding – David + Katie

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Harmony Ridge Lodge Wedding Nevada City

We had a wonderful start to our wedding season a couple weeks ago with Dawn & Casey’s intimate early morning garden wedding ceremony at Crystal Hermitage Gardens in Ananda Village, followed by a beautiful reception at Harmony Ridge Lodge in Nevada City.  Both events were breathtaking!    The gardens at Ananda are a beautiful place […]

Ananda Wedding – Harmony Ridge Lodge Reception

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Nevada City wedding

Wow, I can’t believe that next week is already May!  This year has just flown by and wedding season is in full swing, so I figured I should catch up on some blogging from last wedding season 🙂 One of my absolute favorite weddings of the season was Marin and Shaun’s backyard garden wedding.  This […]

Marin and Shaun’s Backyard Wedding | Nevada City Weddings

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