Archive for the “Weddings” Category

Elly and Boris were wed just one week after Svetlana and Alex at the Congregation Beth Am. This beautiful day started at the Elizabeth Gamble Gardens in Palo Alto where we took photos of the bridal party. These gardens are simply amazing: there was everything from blooming flowers to cucumbers and sunflowers. We had a great time exploring this area and finding some nice backgrounds and scenes for the shots.

The outdoor ceremony at Beth Am had plenty of amazing moments to be captured:

The reception was chock full of dancing, celebration, toasts, and a much happiness shared amongst everyone:

This belly dancer was just wowing the entire audience:

We were very happy to celebrate with you, Elly and Boris! I hope your honeymoon to Costa Rica was incredible :)

Mike

We are currently still in LA and just came back from an amazing wedding yesterday in Beverly Hills. The plan is to spend another day relaxing and checking out the local attractions here in So Cal and we should be back in town on Wednesday night. So this blog post is coming to you from the road….

A couple of weeks ago we drove to Los Altos for the wedding of Svetlana & Alex. Their celebration took place in Congregation Beth Am. This wedding had a wonderful theme of tango: starting with the ceremony, when they danced under the Chuppah, and continuing throughout the reception where at some point it seemed that all of the guests were dancing tango at the same time.

Here are a few of our favorites:

The reception was full of touching and creative toasts. There were theatrical sketches, singing, and a whole variety of performances.

We loved that at the beginning of the reception Svetlana changed into a cool outfit which was more appropriate for dancing. Her hairpiece was so cool that we couldn’t resist to steal the bride for a few photos during the reception.

It’s always very nice for us to see familiar faces at the weddings we shoot. At this wedding we were happy to see a few of our friends and even one of our past brides and grooms from this spring. Thanks for referring us, Greg and Olga!

Congratulations Svetlana and Alex! Thank you for inviting us to share your day!

Natasha

Alison and David had somewhat of a destination wedding right here in Northern California. The couple currently lives in Los Angeles, but decided to get married at the beautiful Brazilian Room in the Berkeley hills. We heard a lot of great things about this venue and it was exciting for us to be there. The building is a part of the Tilden Regional Park and the nature setting was truly an amazing spot for the couple’s ceremony and reception.

Alison looking stunning:

David and the guys on the hills in front of the Brazilian Room:

Alison and David’s open air Brazilian Room ceremony included beautiful harp music, tears, and much happiness shared:

The reception was inside the building and had many highlights including hilarious toasts and a delicious desert buffet instead of a wedding cake:

We are sooo, very happy for you, Alison and David!! You’re beautiful people and we wish you all the best in your journey together :)

Mike