Bay Area and Los Angeles wedding and portrait photographer
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Ray & Heidi had a gorgeous wedding at Beaulieu Garden, a private estate and vineyard in the lush Napa Valley landscape.
It was such a pleasure to be able to shoot this wedding with Josef Isayo, an insanely talented photographer from Southern California.
Beaulieu Garden
Rutherford, CA 94573
707-963-3336
One thing I love about weddings is how different cultures each have beautiful and unique traditions and customs related to the wedding day.
This was my first opportunity to shoot a traditional Chinese Tea Ceremony for Ray & Heidi’s beautiful Napa Valley wedding. And it was lovely watching the exchange of tea and blessings and gifts. Heidi also made it extra special by wearing the same traditional Chinese dress that her Mom wore for her own wedding.
More of of Ray & Heidi’s Napa wedding coming soon!
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What a fabulous wedding ceremony to be able to photograph. I especially like your ‘detail’ photographs!
There are lots of things I love in this life. Photography (obviously!), good food, great friends, handwritten notes, dancing, traveling, eating unhealthy snacks at 1:00 in the morning, etc.
But sometimes I think that all these loves that I have in my life are eclipsed by the singular love for my beautiful dogs.
It really doesn’t make any sense. My Lizzie, a gorgeous 2 year old Korean Jindo spends most of her day chewing up phone cords and paperback books and when she’s not wrecking havoc she just sleeps. And sleeps. And sleeps some more. But I can’t help it! I love that lazy, chew-happy dog to pieces. And my male Jindo, Charles has learned to vertically scale walls and climb trees like a cat and in this way, regularly escapes from the back yard to go roaming around the neighborhood. Many hours have been spent with me tearing through the streets of Suburbia, leash in hand as I try and corner Charlie as he runs through the neighbor’s front lawns. But again, I can’t help but love the crazy dog. What can I say, the cuteness just melts my heart.
So here’s to my beautiful babies. If nothing else, they sure make my life more interesting.
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What an amazing couple to shoot! Congratulations Bri & Julian!
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f-ing gorgeous!
wow. colors. amazing.
Bri~ I have never seen more beautiful wedding pictures. Congratulations again! Best wishes & God Bless!
Wow Bri – these pics are so amazing! So bright, so happy, so beautiful!
I always love beach weddings and your photography did a great job of capturing the joy and romance of the day. The portraits, the detail shots… all are quite nice.
This couple looks to be in complete love, I truly enjoyed viewing the couple images, very well captured with some great light.
You have a very elegant and beautiful style. This was a gorgeous wedding!
Just a quick peek from Brianne & Julian’s wedding today in Marina Del Ray.
More to come soon.
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Pretty! She has a really nice dress too, I’ve never seen that kind of dress being worn to a wedding, I love it.
Congratulations!!!!!!! Have a super life. Bri, you look beautiful. Cristina
love the light on these two! your cropping is superb, thank you very much for sharing.
There’s just too much to be said about the beauty of Spain, it’s just such a gorgeous country. So different from what I’m used to here in the States. My trip to Spain was riddled with things like getting lost (so many many times!), accidentally losing souvenir I had bought, and clutching at my purse for fear of pickpockets, jetlag, etc. But none of those little annoyances of travel really amount to anything in the face of the overwhelming beauty that is Spain.
One of my favorite parts of the entire trip were the night time strolls taken along the beautifully lit Spanish streets. There are gardens everywhere, beautiful ornate statues on street corners, the sound of trickeling fountains following you while you walk along at 1 in the morning with tons of people still out and about. So lovely.
I could probably ramble on for days about just how PRETTY everything was, but I’ll let the photos do the talking.
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wowzers.
That food looks really good.
Your colors are amazing.
These photos are gorgeous! What kind of camera do you use; the photos are so clean and clear. I guess it doesn’t have too much to do with the camera; the photographer has to know what he/she is doing too and what angle has the best lighting. =)
I’m gearing up for my big move up to San Francisco and I have to admit that I’ve been stalling a bit. I made up my mind that I would stay in Southern California to celebrate one more birthday here, before leaving everything behind for a exciting new adventure up north. And I’m so glad I made that decision, because this past weekend was an explosion of birthday fun.
It’s hard to describe just how good it feels to be surrounded by people you love and who love you back. This weekend was like one long enveloping bear hug, made all the more special because of my imminent departure from this cocoon of warm familiarity. A night out in LA was the bestest of friends, an adventure at Disneyland with the most incredible Boyfriend, a homey dinner with my big quirky Korean family, what more could a girl ask for?
I always see birthdays as a time to take stock of one’s life. And I can happily say that I have bucketloads of loving nostalgia for my past and ambitious dreams for my future. I’m so glad that I got to have one huge reminder before I leave, that as much change as these next few weeks and months might have in store for me, some things, like good friends and a loving family never change.
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That’s very cute.
Aww! I remember back in the young school days…
You’re moving up north! Best of luck to you!
That is sooo cute! You and your brothers look very much alike; those are your brothers right? It’s always nice to have more than one child in the family; then it’s just as festive as these photos. How many weddings have you done since you graduated? My sister is having her reception in LA in May and I don’t know if she’s found a photographer yet or if she even needs.
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Irene Frankhouse - What a stunning wedding!! I love all the detail shots….great job!
Erich Chen - i really like the couple under the tree shot, and the last shot
grand rapids wedding photographer brett maxwell - amazing light in the vineyard! (and great job finding it and capturing it of course!)
Fresno Wedding Photographer - I love the red dress with the dark blue sky. Outstanding photo!
Mark - Wow Hannah! Great job on covering this gorgeous wedding! Nice job on the details, I especially love the shot of the B&G walking on the asphalt lane with the ‘S’ curve in the background.
Benipayo - Beautiful photographs. Love them all. The photos of the bride and groom and the detail shots are great.
Napa Valley is just beautiful place to have a wedding.
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