Crystal + Vincent in San Francisco, CA

Crystal and Vincent were married in the Spanish Suite of the Clift Hotel in November.  They had a lovely, intimate affair - there were candles and crystals everywhere, which really nicely accentuated the simple flower arrangements.  Since everyone snuggly fit into one dining room, they managed to combine elegance with coziness, which seems to perfectly reflect both Crystal and Vincent - they were both very formal at times, especially considering Vincent's military background, but throughout the course of the night, they still let loose and partied with all of their friends and family.

This was our first wedding where we photographed everything indoors (with the exception of 10 minutes right outside the Clift for some night light portraits as shown above).  Since we're big natural light people, this was a fun challenge to figure out how to light everything while still retaining our same photographic style.

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Here's the detail panel:  (photos by both Adm and me)

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Ashley + Adam in San Francisco, CA

We had a BLAST photographing Ashley and Adam's wedding!  These two were so easygoing and fun to be around, and not to mention completely photogenic (obviously!).  We had a super fun portrait session at some of their favorite spots in San Francisco including their neighborhood park, the best rice pudding shop (Loving Cup in Russian Hill), and the roof of their apartment building.  Their ceremony was at the beautiful Grace Cathedral followed by a gorgeous and sparkly reception in the Spanish Suite of the Clift Hotel.  We can't say enough good things about working with this awesome couple so we'll let the photos do the talking.  Here are some details about the day, which flowed seamlessly thanks to wedding coordinator Chelsea Bowman, who was a joy to work with!

Dress by Melissa Sweet

Flowers by Emily Dreblow of Soulflower

Cake by I Dream of Cake

Adm hung out with Adam the groom and his guys for a bit at their apartment.  The next three images are Adm's photos:

First sight moment:

Adm made a gorgeous pano during their ceremony at Grace.  To fully appreciate it, click here to view a larger image.

Ashley and Adam hired a trolley to transport guests from the cathedral to the reception:

Beautiful details at the Clift Hotel (by both Adm and myself):

The final two images were taken by Adm:

Ashley and Adam's Photo Booth

As I'm getting ready to post Ashley and Adam's wedding photos (probably will happen this Friday), I wanted to first share some images from their photo booth.  The reception was in the Spanish Suite of the Clift Hotel in San Francisco, and while it was a gorgeous space, there wasn't a whole lot of extra room for the booth.  We ended up using what is normally the coat closet so that the photo booth was about half the size that it usually is.  In this case, size didn't matter because Ashley and Adam and all of their guests still had an awesome time!  Apparently, mustaches on chopsticks are ageless because they have generational appeal (we're talking four year olds to grandpa ages)!  Ashley was pretty specific about her props (nothing cheesy!) so we had mustaches, whiteboards and a couple of empty gold frames from Etsy.  Check out their video below:

I think this would make the perfect holiday card!

Kisses all around!  Look at those faces....

This is a great idea for "thank you" notes: