Beautiful Day Photography’s Weblog

I had SUCH a blast this entire weekend for Karen and Loren’s wedding. I truly have to thank Julie Nunn Martin with I DO Events AGAIN for not only her,her husband Rob and assistants Ranna and Sarah’s hospitality all weekend by letting me stay at La Casa de Martin, but because they truly YET AGAIN, created such a flawless event. I came up a couple days early also because Karen and Loren invited me to their rehearsal dinner as a guest AND I also was able to take some photos of Karen’s niece Gabrielle (pictured below). Their rehearsal dinner was at a VERY authentic Chinese restaurant where I was able to try foods I NEVER thought I would like such as shark fin soup and jellyfish. It was VERY delicious! I had blogged about Karen and Loren’s engagement shoot on Mother’s Day a few months ago and we had SUCH a great time that day that I felt like we all bonded. I put together a photo album sign-in book using some photos from that day and it was a huge hit. The whole day went by smoothly and was very relaxing (although I heard that Loren was a bit nervous:). I was IN LOVE with the flowers and color scheme from this wedding. The yellows and oranges of the flowers REALLY popped against the purple bridesmaids dresses. Plus the tables at dinner were washed in purple hues with orange floral centerpieces. Karen’s dress was also SO gorgeous. It was vintage looking with very delicate lace sleeves and it fit her PERFECTLY.

The City Club in San Francisco TOTALLY reminds me of The Fountainhead by Ann Rand, with the art deco architecture and just the detail in the ceilings and walls. I couldn’t stop taking photos! (Check out the textures of the ceiling during the ceremony). OH and YES that IS an original Diego Rivera mural flanking the staircase…SO AMAZING! We also had BRILLIANT light and I took everyone outside for more of an urban backdrop for our photos. Due to my fiasco the day earlier during the rehearsal (where while I was scoping out the City Club and rooftop for places to shoot that I got trapped in the elevator and then after getting out deciding to take ONLY stairs and then getting trapped in the stairwell and having to climb back down 14 flights of stairs to get out!! ), I decided to only travel ONE time up to the rooftop for photos on the wedding day. I opted to go up there for that PERFECT twilight where the sun has already set a half hour before, but there is still SOME color in the sky for a long exposure tripod shot…The rest is history and you can see the result below..SO GORGEOUS! A few other things I REALLY loved about this wedding was the combination of the Chinese and Jewish cultures, the fact that they had a kids playroom with babysitters during the reception, AND they had a live band!! (Yep, the one and only Brandon from Elle Music!!). It was SUCH a beautiful day and evening and was SO relaxing and chill compared to most weddings. To view more photos from this event please click on this link!