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A quick preview of the wedding I shot this past weekend at the London West Hollywood. Isn’t the bride just gorgeous?
Full post coming soon!
Monthly Archives: September 2009
You know all those horror stories you hear about the high school experience? Malicious gossip, thuggish bullies, backstabbing frenemies etc etc. Well I must have been one of the lucky ones because the enduring memories I have of my High School experience is that of the wonderful friends I made. Wonderful ladies whose friendship I was lucky enough to earn and who have since become like sisters to me.
And one of those friends, turns 23 today!
I usually can’t remember the beginning of the friendships I’ve made over the years. Can’t remember the precise moment we met and started developing that relationship. But with Val, I remember and I remember it CLEARLY. Probably because there I was, a scared little freshmen when all of a sudden this strange and excited girl jumps right in front of me and exclaims something along the lines of, “I KNOW YOU!!” And proceeds to talk about how I was Hannah, the Asian cheerleader from Orange Grove Middle School. Oh yeah, she freaked me out at first.
But Val has this magic quality about her that oozes warmth and friendliness. She may be super hyper at times, but she makes you feel at home. There are times when we go out and meet new people and I’m so glad to have Val by my side because I swear, the girl can make friends and carry a conversation with perfect strangers with perfect ease.
Last week while I was in LA, we treated Val out to an early birthday dinner and while on the way home I mentioned how much I love her chocolate chip-less chocolate chip cookies and what does she do? She proceeds to go home, grab all her baking equipment and ingredients, brings it all over to my house and bakes me the most delicious cookies right then and there. That’s the kind of wonderfully giving person she is and I love her for it.
This isn’t a recent photo, but I love it anyway because I think it perfectly captures Val’s open and warm personality.
Happy Birthday Val! Let’s keep on growing old together.
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Last Thursday as I was doing the drive from San Francisco to Los Angeles for the billionth time (quick tidbit, I’ve driven up and down, to and from LA and SF so many times that I’ve racked up enough miles to have circled the circumference of the world!) I took a detour to spend a few hours shooting with Susie Linquist at a lovely wedding at Nestldown, a stunningly gorgeous and fairytale-esque private residence tucked away in the redwood filled mountains of Los Gatos.
How cute are these kids?
I love the steps leading down to the ceremony site. A great way to make an entrance.
Ceremony:
Nestldown
Los Gatos, CA 95033
(408) 353-5311
www.nestldown.com
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September 24, 2009 - 8:30 PM
I just have to say that the bride and groom looked amazing and your photos are gorgeous!
I so hope that they have wonderful, wonderful memories of their day!!
Thank you for sharing them!
Sincerely,
Barbara Beck
Owner, Nestldown
September 26, 2009 - 1:51 AM
Really creative wedding photos, Hannah! Great location, Nestldown looks like so much fun. Love outdoor weddings!
September 26, 2009 - 2:21 AM
What a beautiful location! The couple look like they had a ton of fun during their photoshoot!
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September 26, 2009 - 4:38 AM
What a beautiful location for a wedding! Really enjoy your use of available light and color!
September 26, 2009 - 1:12 PM
Wonderful location. You captured some great images. Good work!
September 26, 2009 - 7:51 PM
Beautiful ceremony location! I love the details that you captured and the way that you presented them.
September 26, 2009 - 10:59 PM
What a cool location! Awesome shots. 
September 27, 2009 - 9:30 AM
Lovely wedding photographs. Great use of color and light. I really enjoyed these photos.
September 30, 2009 - 6:44 PM
Beautiful wedding and beautiful photographs. Great color there.
October 3, 2009 - 9:40 PM
Wonderful wedding photography Hannah! I love the photos!
October 7, 2009 - 3:32 PM
Beautiful set of photos, what a great location! —Robert
October 16, 2009 - 12:19 AM
Wow, you got some amazing color in some of those photographs! Love it!
November 12, 2009 - 2:53 PM
Great photographs, what a stunning location for a wedding, you certainly captured the essence of their day in your photography!
January 9, 2010 - 2:31 AM
Love that butterfly chair! And the little red details with the white wedding dress is just gorgeous! 
Especially love how u used available light to make the whole scene looked so fairytale-like… glowing… u know… like soft fog in enchanted forest kinda feel. 
February 24, 2010 - 1:38 PM
All I can say is that this pictures are lovely and awesome! Cool wedding location! I love their sweet smile, you an really see in their faces that they had a very wonderful and fun memories on that day! Their wedding flowers are nice and the butterfly chair! great photo shots! =)great work!
Over Labor Day Weekend, I got to shoot my first San Francisco wedding at the lovely Shakespeare Garden in Golden Gate Park with another Los Angeles native, Henry Chen of Henry Chen Photography.
I really love small intimate garden weddings. And the Shakespeare Garden had an English charm about it.
The bride getting ready:
The ceremony site, with lots of lovely little details. The bride and her bridesmaids had a moss party and made those moss ball decorations by hand!
Bubbles! Tossing flower petals is nice, but bubbles are whimsical and beautiful. A great way to top off a ceremony.
We went to the Japanese Tea Garden, another beautiful location within the Golden Gate Park to do some bride and groom portraits.
And then headed on to gorgeous Tiburon for a intimate reception dinner.
Kenneth and Lulu were so thoughtful of their guests with individualized jars to act as drinking cups for the night, pots of rosemary, basil and other herbs to take home as favors, and a candy bar!
They also had a talented silhouette artist come in and make silhouette cut outs for all the guests. How neat is that?
Ceremony:
Shakespeare Garden
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA 94121
(415) 831-2700
Reception:
Landmarks Arts and Garden Center
841 Tiburon Blvd.
Tiburon, CA 94920
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September 22, 2009 - 7:36 PM
That’s so beautiful. I love their little details.
September 26, 2009 - 11:05 AM
Love the bubble photo. Great job with the detail and portrait shots of the bride and groom.
September 26, 2009 - 10:25 PM
the bubble shot is maybe the best I’ve ever seen! great job!
October 1, 2009 - 12:27 PM
Wow the silhouette artist is really cool….how long does it take her to do each one! These pictures are the reason I want to be burried in the Napa/Bay area….what a gorgeous area to be able to photograph weddings each week!
October 3, 2009 - 6:08 PM
Brilliant / colorful images of your wedding photography.
October 16, 2009 - 4:41 AM
gosh your wedding photography is simply stunning!
October 16, 2009 - 3:44 PM
Lovely photos. You have a great eye for details.
November 13, 2009 - 1:05 AM
I have to stop looking… I’m so envious! Gorgeous couples, beautiful locations, oh my!
December 1, 2009 - 10:26 PM
These are gorgeous.
May 4, 2010 - 7:48 AM
Hello! I came across your site while searching for SF venues, and I just had to feature your work on my wedding blog. Here’s the link and thanks for such beautiful photos!
November 17, 2010 - 3:28 AM
Hi Hannah! I must say, those photos are very inspiring. Reminds me of my wedding five years ago. My wife just looked stunning, especially that the photos seemed like it was just yesterday. Do you do your own website hosting? I think it would be a great help if you contact a good private label SEO service provider which would contribute to the success of your business. I heard these sorts of strategies are effective online marketing techniques. Anyway, good luck on your business! I’m looking forward to seeing more of your works.
January 3, 2011 - 9:17 PM
beautiful photography. who made that cake?
January 30, 2011 - 2:08 AM
Bubbles, bubbles bubbles. What can I say? The wedding concept is brilliantly carried out. The cake looks delectably delicious in the photo. Whoever made that cake is a true master of his craft.
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Chris Mann / Brilliant Turks & Caicos - Those are beautiful, Hannah! I especially like the full-length shot…
bestphotog - Simply Love it! – Awesome . your work is great !
– Sandeep
grand rapids wedding photographer brett maxwell - such personality in both!
Lloyd Dobbie - Great wedding photography. The second photograph in particular shows the Bride (and the bridal dress) in a gorgeous light.
Would love to see more photographs from this wedding!
portland oregon photographer - Amazing wedding photography, great used of BW and the light is incredible.
Hooman - Wow, fantastic light and shots. The B&W is really interesting. I can’t wait to see what you do next!
Jay Crihfield - I love that first one with the veil curling out of the frame….sweet image!
Benipayo - Just love these photographs of the bride. It reminds me of old hollywood photography from 40′s. Great job!
Lydia - Gorgeous pictures! It was so great meeting you today, Hannah!
Charlotte Geary - So beautiful!!
Tamara - I want to see more pics….I’m considering having my wedding at the London as well!
christine - Wow!So gorgeous! The model is so pretty and very beautiful in the picture! Loves the bride’s gown..simple but elegant!=) The pictures is great even in a black and white mode! Great work!