Last night at a SwopMeets mixer of Sacramento wedding professionals, talented Harpist Pamela Pamperin suggested a cool outdoor video shoot featuring her beautiful music. I think she wanted to play Led Zepplin's "Stairway to Heaven." That conversation inspired me to create this image- Pam atop the Lost Arrow outcropping in Yosemite...:) ...But how to get Pam and the harp on the rock? Would they stay in one piece- lowered from a helicopter? And would she feel like playing once precariously perched?! Thanks to Guillaume Dargaud who shot the original image- less Pam.
Sarah & David were married on October 25, 2008 at St. Joseph's- a charming Catholic Church on the Sacramento River near Clarksburg. Their fabulous reception was held at the LeRIVAGE Hotel, about 5 miles upriver. Having filmed at St. Joseph's many times over the years, it was great to see Father Dan Madigan again. First-rate wedding professionals working at this wedding included my friends Beth Baugher from True Love Photo and Shannon Cosgrove-Rivas from Flourish (Wedding Flowers).
Jennifer & Nathan were married last Fall at the beautiful Monte Verde Inn near Foresthill, CA. I wanted to test a new 8mm film camera and Jennifer was more than happy to volunteer. Film does not have the stunning clarity of HD, but renders a warm, organic, timeless look. I shot one roll along with our normal HD video during the wedding day. This roll showed more film damage than normal, but I like the effect:)
Thanks to Chris Kight of Kight Photographers for this unretouched:) photograph taken at a recent wedding:) Now I've got to start working on that left arm. The cameras we use are actually much smaller than this. Also featured here is Anthony Avery from A&A music events.
I love this Cake! "Rick Reichart, who co-owns cakelava with his wife, Sasha, designed this colorful sculpted-pillow wedding cake with handcrafted accent pieces for a yoga instructor's tropical wedding. To tie in the Hawaiian component, the bride chose guava and mango flavors for her cake." Created by CakeLava.com.
Rajinder and Justin held their fabulous wedding Saturday at The Pavilion at The Vintage Estate in Yountville (Napa Valley). I was fortunate to capture this very fun mishap of a tray of wine glasses falling to the ground after being offered to the B&G immediately after the ceremony. The officiant- Dr. Judith Caldwell of Brilliant Ceremonies, did a wonderful job of putting the incident into perspective. The video clip below is yet another reason to consider hiring a Professional Videographer:)
I just finished this panorama. It was shot on July 4th of last year at the fabulous LeRivage Hotel. I'm afraid I'm a bit of a perfectionist with these- the pano took 8 hours to finish and it still has a few flaws:) The firework display planned on the Sacramento River that evening was cancelled. This was a big dissapointment to Jennifer & Casey. So I photoshopped some lovely fireworks into the scene that I had photographed a few years earlier at a Woodland fireworks display done by my brother Steve.
This was a true storybook wedding. Michael & Melissa were boyfriend and girlfriend in elementary school and years later reunited. The wedding was filmed at the beautiful Wine and Roses in Lodi, California. We filmed the event with talented photographer Jennifer Dunham Starr from The Memory Journalists.
This evening, I went back to a minimalistic look to the blog, and widened my margins and my horizons:) I look forward to posting much larger pics and video in the future. Above is a polar panorama I created in photoshop of a wonderful wedding party at the Clairmont Hotel in Oakland (look for the prior post).
Style Me Pretty’s Little Black Book blog is a highly edited collection of the work of America's "A-List" of wedding professionals. A listing on this site & blog is by invitation only. We were honored today to get our first posting on their coveted blog: it features three of our unique 360 degree panoramic images:
