A week ago we had the privilege of shooting a beautiful wedding at the Shir Hadash temple in Los Gatos. Leah and her bridesmaids were visibly excited from the time we first arrived at the Studio 360 salon. They were soo beautiful and full of pre-wedding jitters and laughing in anticipation.

We took the entire 14-person bridal party walking around in downtown Los Gatos and following a family photo stop at the local park, we arrived at the temple. Their memorable ceremony took place under the chupah outdoors and included a touching musical piece as well as many Jewish traditions.

Signing of the ketuvah:

Matt watching Leah walk down the isle:

The guests and newlyweds were simply gleaming with happiness when Leah and Matt were pronounced husband and wife!

The hora is always fun:

A huuge congratulations to this couple and thank you for allowing us to be a part of your day!

Leah and Matt’s e-session photos are here.

Mike

This wedding took place at the Garré Vineyard & Winery last weekend in Livermore. We showed up early and had time to explore the great Hacienda-Style architecture of the Martinelli Event Center. The weather was sunny and we were fortunate that it wasn’t too hot.

The bridal party was calm upon their arrival but got more and more nervous towards the ceremony. When the time came, however, everyone looked simply radiant walking down the isle.

Jessica dancing with her dad:

Following the reception, Jessica and Trevor escaped in their yellow sports car as they drove off to enjoy their honeymoon in Greece!

We wish you guys all the best!!

Mike

Our first couple tying the knot is Jessica and Trevor who are getting married in gorgeous Garré Vineyard & Winery this Sunday. These guys live in So Cal but love the Bay Area and decided to have their destination wedding here. The venue is beautiful, weather is looking promising and we just cannot wait to be part of this amazing day.

We have weddings on basically every weekend now through the end of August! It’s going to be an exciting time.

Here is a photo from their engagement session back in October to get you guys psyched about the wedding pictures we’ll post. Check back soon to see how it went!

Jessica and Trevor’s Wedding photos are here!

Ira and Vova got married on April 17!

It was a day much anticipated on two continents: the majority of the planning happened in Russia, while daily, emotion-filled phone conferences took place between my mom, sister, and I. Mike’s duty was to calm me down and help with some of the packing for the trip.

We flew to Saint Petersburg with 2 suitcases of the warmest clothes we could find in our Californian closets. Forecasts did not look promising and everybody was really worried about the weather on the wedding day. Every day leading up to it we would wake up to find gloomy gray skies and the outside thermometer seemed stuck in the upper forties. I think a lot of people were praying for good weather, because when the wedding came around it suddenly cleared up and was surprisingly sunny and warm! It was a true blessing! Let me just add that the rest of our vacation we were wearing our coats once again.

St. Petersburg is a gorgeous old city with so many spots for photo shoots! Fortunately, my sister didn’t care to visit the traditional places that people usually visit on wedding days and let us make suggestions on where we should go for the photo shoot that followed the ceremony.

After some thinking I remembered about Mihaylovsky Castle - an old museum in the middle of the city. This great location, cooperative weather, and a beautiful couple willing to work with our tips yielded some amazing pictures. We just couldn’t stop shooting!

Overall, it was a very emotional day for everybody - the wedding of my little sister.

Natasha