I am so excited to photograph the wedding of this great couple later this year at Nestldown in Los Gatos! For their engagement session we went to the location of where they first met - Stanford! They met many years ago only to recently re-connect at a volleyball game on campus.
Megan and Ryan were supposed to get married at a venue in Geyersville. For those not familiar with the area, Geyersville is north of Napa and was one of the many area affected by the horrific fires in October 2017. I was emailing back and forth with Megan as we kept an eye on the fires and sadly the decision had to be made to move the wedding. There was just too much smoke (it was an outdoor wedding) and too much unknown. Thankfully Keller Estates in Petaluma agreed to let Megan and Ryan host their wedding day on site despite the fact that they are actually not a wedding venue. I was so stressed for them knowing how much work it must have been to move a wedding with so little notice, but when I arrived I found the most laid back, calm couple that I've ever met. Megan told me, "You know what? All that matters is that we're all here and we are going to have an amazing time!" Hell. Yes. This was a no-bridezilla-zone and they stayed true to that sentiment - throughout the day their focus lay soley on spending a beautiful fall evening surrounded by their family and friends, all of whom had an absolute blast.
Looks like film. Funny name, right? I'm actually not sure how they came up with it but it's a Facebook community that has exploded over the past year featuring some of the most innovative and talented photographers from around the world. It's a place where you share a photo and photos that get a certain number of "likes" gets added to a club and featured on the LOOKSLIKEFILM blog. It's a fun thing to participate in and while peer recognition isn't necessary to be a successful photographer it's nice to know that what you're doing is appreciated by other artists.
Anyway, they are slowly releasing their 2017 Artists of the Year and I am so thrilled to be included. Every single image in the piece is major eye candy and inspires my creative soul.
Check it out! My image is near the bottom :)