Jamie and Chris got married a few weeks ago with a ceremony at the Crystal Springs Golf Course and a dinner reception at the Wedgewood Wedding and Event Center. It was great to meet them over a year ago and learn the story of how they met. Being locals to San Mateo, we also enjoyed connecting with them about this wonderful part of the Bay Area. Jamie and Chris have known each other their entire lives and it was an honor to be there for them on their wedding day.

Here are a few of our favorites:

 

Love, love this First Look moment! We always suggest for our clients to have it and it turns out different every time. The moment when the groom finally turns around and his breath is taken away is absolutely magical and makes me teary-eyed every time :)

 

This was our first time shooting a wedding at Crystal Springs Golf Course and we absolutely loved it! I honestly don’t think you can find a venue with better views in the Bay Area. We’ve seen this gazebo so many times when passing the Wedgewood Wedding Center on Highway 280, but here we were finally able to get close to it. Here are all the possible angles on this great ceremony site :)

 

Here Jamie was coming down the very long aisle:

 

I don’t think there were any dry eyes among the guests during Jamie and Chris’ wedding vows:

 

I had to climb a hill to capture this image, but I think it was totally worth it!

 

 

It’s not always easy to shoot portraits on a golf course during the day because of the direct sunlight, but we found a gorgeous pine tree and stuck around it for many of the portraits:

 

The sunsets at Crystal Springs Golf Course are absolutely amazing and we were lucky enough to be there to catch this gorgeous light:

 

Another romantic moment on a trail between winding through the golf course:

 

One of our favorites from this wedding – their first dance :) Jamie and Chris had beautiful uplighting on the walls of their reception room and it looked gorgeous! We love uplighting and always, always recommend it because it makes dark venues bright, small venues bigger, and helps to visually sculpt the entire place showing off the good parts of the room while hiding the less interesting areas:

 

Jamie and Chris’ families have know each other for a really, really long time and you could really see see all of this love at their wedding: there was much happiness, tears, and joy all around and it was just a pleasure to capture it all. Here are just a few of the reception candids:

 

 

Congratulations to you guys, Jamie and Chris! It was an honor to be there for you :)

All the vendors of the day:

Ceremony & Reception Venue: Wedgewood Wedding and Banquet Center at Crystal Springs Golf Course
Hair & Makeup: Epic Artistry
DJ: Storm Productions
Florals: Rosedale Floral Design
Catering: Wedgewood Wedding and Banquet Center at Crystal Springs Golf Course
Wedding Cake: The Cakery

 

We were ignoring San Mateo as a photo location for the longest time and were always driving to San Francisco or somewhere else. Well, we finally realized how cute San Mateo downtown is and started to shoot more and more sessions locally.

Julie and Jonathan’s wedding is going to be at the the gorgeous Ruby Hill Golf Club in Livermore and we are very excited to come back to that venue. Here are some favorites from our session:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We’re excited and proud to see Stephanie + Tom’s Dawn Ranch wedding featured in the Bridal Guide Magazine! This wedding was just beautiful and chock full of incredible details, Stephanie and Tom absolutely deserve to be in a magazine and we’re very happy for them.

The current Nov/Dec issue of the magazine is out on the newsstands now. Check out the four page spread below: