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Real Wedding Tips: Create Something Meaningful for your wedding I love hearing all the details as our couples plan their wedding day.  Yet after being part of hundreds of weddings over the years, I’ve noticed  that sometimes the most important things can get lost in the shuffle. So today I’m taking it back to basics with my  real weddings tips: Create […]

Real Wedding Tips | Create Something Meaningful for YOU

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Nevada City Wedding Photographers, Grass Valley weddings

Spring in the Sierra Foothills is always such a beautiful time…. The weather has been warming up, and the wildflowers were in bloom at Bridgeport a couple weeks ago when I headed out to photograph Lindsey and Josh’s outdoor engagement session.   If you haven’t done the wildflower walk down at Bridgeport, then you should […]

Lindsey & Josh | Bridgeport Engagement Session Grass Valley

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engagement session in Truckee, Lake Tahoe engagement

Last month Andy and I headed up to Truckee, Ca on a sunny Sunday to photograph Cheree & Thomas’s engagement session. The forecast that day said 80% chance of snow, yet the day ended up being crystal clear- we couldn’t have asked for a more perfect day to shoot their engagement session!   Even though […]

Truckee Engagement Session | Northern California Wedding Photographers

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Engagements

nevada city engagement session

Happy March!  I was just organizing my hard drives when I realized I have a TON of wedding and engagements to share with  you!    I’m going to start off with Alissa & Travis’ outdoor engagement session at Bridgeport and around Grass Valley.  I met Alissa at the Grass Valley Bridal Show at the Veterans […]

Bridgeport Engagement Session, Grass Valley | Alissa & Travis

Engagements

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Elegant farm tables for garden wedding Luchessi Vineyards, CA

Time to get back to blogging and we have a TON of weddings to share with you!  What better way to start than this beautiful Grass Valley vineyard wedding that was recently featured in Real Weddings Magazine. We collaborated with some of the best vendors in the industry and had a blast at Linda and […]

Grass Valley Vineyard Wedding | Lake Tahoe Wedding Photographers

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Lake Tahoe Wedding Photos

Having an unplugged wedding ceremony Now that just about everyone carries around a cell phone or device with a camera attached to it, many couples are opting to have an  “unplugged wedding ceremony.”  What exactly is an unplugged wedding ceremony you ask?  Basically, it’s where your family and friends are fully present for your ceremony […]

6 ways to create an unplugged wedding ceremony

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