Oakland Aviation Museum Wedding: Steph + Mike

Steph & Mike held their wedding reception at the Oakland Aviation Museum. I had the pleasure of photographing their San Francisco City Hall wedding ceremony three years ago and it was such a joy to see them again for this celebration! They are now living in Berlin and came back to throw a larger reception to celebrate with all of their friends and family in Oakland. Their celebration was beautiful and low-key, which suited them perfectly.

A highlight for me was when Steph and Mike climbed into the museum’s giant plane for some portraits. It was originally built for the Royal Air Force and is one of only three remaining planes of its type in the world. They enjoyed some quiet moments as they cozied up inside, just look at the smiles on their faces. 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

Make sure you check out the little touches like the gold paper airplanes they had their guests sign! Steph also had a dress change into a stunning modern white dress that she wore for dinner and dancing.

Please see a list of their vendors below the photos, and enjoy the photos below!

Steph & Mike’s wedding reception was a huge success thanks to these vendors:
Venue: Oakland Aviation Museum | Planner: Little Owl Events | Caterer: Culinary Excellence | Florist: Lee’s Discount Florist | DJ: DJ Vinnie Esparza | Makeup/Hair: Bfab | Photography: Manali Anne Photography

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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.