San Francisco Elopement: April & Dan at City Hall

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It really doesn’t get more romantic than running off to another country without telling (almost) a soul and getting married, which is exactly what April & Dan did here in San Francisco recently. They flew down from Canada and had their wedding ceremony at San Francisco’s city hall on a quiet Monday afternoon before we ran off to a couple more of the best spots (in my humble opinion) in San Francisco for photos. We stopped by Baker Beach for foggy beach photos and a view of the Golden Gate Bridge. As soon as we got there they fearlessly headed straight for the water and didn’t seem to mind getting their feet wet, one little bit.

Our second photo location after city hall was the Sutro Baths. I love the Sutro Baths and it’s usually very crowded on the weekends but I loved having the place to ourselves (again, on a Monday afternoon) and I even loved the thick fog. I felt like it added to the ambiance and romance of their sweet elopement.

It is such an honor to be a couple’s witness to be spend time with them on their wedding day in such an intimate way. I had such a wonderful time with these two. Congratulations April & Dan!

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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.