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:

 

 

 

 

We recently had a chance to photograph Valerie and Ben’s Brazilian Room wedding reception and loved spending the day with them. There were lots of favorite from this wedding and we wanted to share a few with our blog readers:

 

I loved Valerie’s shoes – so bright and cheery, they reminded me of cute Dorothy shoes!

 

We started our coverage when Valerie was almost completely ready. Penney Do is one of our favorite Bay Area make-up artists and she did a wonderful job on Valerie’s hair and make-up!

 

Love this one of the bridesmaids getting ready – there was a large, horizontal mirror on the wall to help with their preparations:

 

We had just a few minutes to spare at the Shattuck Plaza Hotel after Valerie was all ready, but we just had to make use of these colorful walls:

 

Loved their First Look at the Brazilian Room:

 

 

 

We walked around the Tilden Park a bit and even though these photos were taken right in the middle of the day, when sun is the brightest, the light was just gorgeous!

 

 

 

 

We were happy to see our past clients Zahra and Ryan again! They got married in 2009 and we still remember every minute of their beautiful wedding day:

 

There was a yummy candy buffet at the wedding so we borrowed some gummy hearts for this ring photo:

 

Congratulations, Valerie and Ben! It was great to celebrate this day with you :)

 

To view another gorgeous Brazilian Room wedding photographed by Choco Studio visit Brazilian Room Wedding Photos

 

A few weeks back we had the chance to photograph Inna and Alex’s wedding at the Osher Marin Jewish Community Center – one of the most popular Marin wedding venues. The day was full of sunshine, great celebration, as well as amazing details and decorations. We loved witnessing a more traditional Jewish ceremony at their wedding and it was an honor to be there for them. Without any further ado, here are our favorites!

Inna looked absolutely gorgeous and we loved shooting her portraits at the Legion of Honor:

 

The day started for us in San Francisco at Inna’s parents’ house where we photographed preparations as well as the couple’s First Look. Of course, I also had a chance to photograph these gorgeous wedding shoes:

 

 

 

This might be one of my favorite photos of the day: we were shooting bridal party photographs at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco and Inna’s little sister just couldn’t contain her happiness and love.

 

We had a little bit of time for bride and groom portraits at the Osher Marin JCC itself, so we decide to walk around and see what fun settings we’ll be able to find. Inna was a great sport and was posing stoically, even when she was right under the sun:

 

Loved the vibrant, red brick wall on the property:

 

A traditional Jewish ceremony was held in the courtyard of the Osher Center under a simple and very elegant chuppah:

 

The wedding reception was held at the Hoytt Theater of the Jewish Center. The dinner room was lit by beautiful lights that added so much to the ambiance and made their first dance look absolutely magical:

 

Loved this beautiful moment between Alex and his mom during their dance!

 

This was probably one of my favorite ring shots so far! We went a bit crazy and used some unusual props for this photo. Can you guess what they are? :)

 

Congratulations to Inna and Alex!! We loved being there for you on your beautiful wedding day.

All the great vendors for this event:

Ceremony & Reception Venue: Osher Marin Jewish Community Center
Wedding Planner: Miracle Events
Hair & Makeup: Untangled Salon
Florals and Chuppah: Jane’s Roses
Catering: Too Caterer
Wedding Cake: Have Your Cake