We started out our weekend in Carmel Valley by photographing Amy & Paul’s rehearsal dinner at Gardiner’s Resort on Friday evening, followed by their beautiful wedding on Saturday at Bernardus Lodge.

These candy favors had their initials on them and were in a cute little box tied with ribbon.

Amy’s shoes by Kate Spade.

Some pre-ceremony bridal portraits.

I love this profile of Amy.

Paul had the biggest smile on his face all day!

Here is one of my favorite things to photograph during the wedding day, when the bride and groom have a special meeting and see each other pre-ceremony for the first time.


A gorgeous and dramatic silhouette of Amy as she waits for the ceremony to begin.

Amy was proudly escorted up the aisle by her brother, Rusty.




This shot was taken right after the previous recessional shot as the sun was just setting below the mountains.

Post ceremony hugs and kisses are a lot of fun and always filled with such great emotions.

Here’s Amy with her flower girl, Caroline, whom we photographed a few months ago for her first birthday. We also photographed her parent’s wedding in 2005. It is so nice to have the opportunity to photograph more than one wedding for a family and then do photos of their children!

This little cute guy was the ring bearer. I wonder what he was thinking here?!

Some post ceremony photos of the new Mr. and Mrs.

The ceremony site was a fun place to do a few photos as all the guests had gone onto the cocktail reception.

They did their first dance immediately upon being introduced as husband and wife at their reception.

Amy said this pyramid was a tradition. : )


Their end of the night departure!

Congratulations!

Milliken Creek Inn & Spa was the location of Trace and Evan’s Napa Valley Style destination wedding ceremony.

Here Evan is holding the wedding ring he placed on Trace’s finger. Reverend Jacqueline Eigen of Wine Country Minister performed the wedding ceremony.

Trace enjoyed every minute of the ceremony.

They wrote their own vows shown here on Milliken Creek stationery.

A champagne toast.

Trace’s black platform shoes with red soles by designer Christian Louboutin of Paris were beautiful!

A portrait of Evan.

A few photos following the ceremony.




That was fun guys! Congrats!

Tuesday morning Bonnie and Stephen exchanged vows and were married at Churchill Manor in Napa, accompanied by Stephen’s parents and his brother. Stephen’s father performed the ceremony.

Bonnie’s bouquet had beautiful fall colors. Flowers by Garaventa’s of Napa.

This cute little tag was on Bonnie’s luggage. She also had a tag on another piece of luggage that said “The Honeymooners”.

I love the way this shot with the sidewalk draws you right to the ceremony, which is the center of interest.

I found these tiny apples on the ground which were unique holders for their wedding bands.

The happy couple taking a stroll.


They went on a limousine tour of several wineries after the ceremony.

Congratulations Bonnie & Stephen!

They were married on a beautiful Tuesday afternoon at Harvest Inn, located in St. Helena.

Kimberly Thompson of A Beautiful Ceremony Napa Valley was the wedding officiant.

A view of the ceremony.

A variety of post ceremony photos.




Here is a fun one we did after the romantic ones! : )

Best wishes!

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