Elisabeth & Brian: Married Under a Canopy of Redwood Trees

June 1st was a warm summery day and just a stone’s throw away from the Russian River Elisabeth & Brian got married in a beautiful setting under a sea of tall redwood trees. Not only is the place beautiful it’s been a meaningful place for Brian’s family for 3 generations. His grandparents vacationed there when they were young and his mother owns a house nearby. Elisabeth’s friends and mother in law did a great job getting her ready for the big day, doing her hair and make up. Unfortunately Elisabeth’s mother has passed away as well as Brian’s father. They made sure to commemorate them in special ways. Elisabeth had photo keychains of both of them hanging from her bouquet and during the ceremony she sang a beautiful song acapella dedicated to her mother. However this was by no means a somber affair. Brian and Elisabeth clearly adore each other and have surrounded themselves with great friends. The speeches were moving and honest and no one could get enough of the dancing.

Congratulations Elisabeth & Brian!

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So freaking excited for these two! They kept it sweet and simple with a private elopement in San Francisco's golden gate park and they also had an enormous amount of luck when they planned to get married on Wednesday when we had a break in the rain here in the SF Bay Area. It was such a joy to capture this moment ❤️
Just going to put this here... my first attempt at putting myself in front of the camera! Everyone else is doing it so I'm giving it a shot now too. ⁠
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This is from Christy & Dory's gorgeous wedding at Straus Home Ranch, in Marshall, CA. It is one of my favorite venues and this was a very special wedding. Even though this is a more serious moment there is tons of laughter that happens between these two. Christy has the most contagious laugh. I'm sure you'll be smiling when you take a peek. Check out the link in bio.⁠
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📍 Wedding Venue: Straus Home Ranch @straushomeranch⁠
💐 Florals + Planning: Three Summer Days Events, Ashley Babin @threesummerdaysevents⁠
🧀 Catering: The Girl and the Fig @figcaters⁠
🎵 Band: Lucky Devils @luckydevilsband⁠
💄 Hair + Makeup: Lea B Gorgeous @lea_bgorgeous⁠
Enjoy fleet week San Francisco. Hope you enjoy it as much as this mother of the bride!⁠
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The most memorable moments are the unexpected ones. We were getting lined up for family photos when we could hear the blue angels starting up (very loudly) and flying overhead. Emily & Will got so lucky they didn't fly over while they were exchanging their vows and only started up just minutes after they said "I do."⁠
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Also when taking this photo I was disappointed for a split second that I didn't have a long close up lens on me so I could get a better photo of the planes, but then I realized my wide angle lens was perfect for allowing me to get everyone's reaction to the planes just before they zoomed out of frame.