Wedding Photos from the Rios-Lovell Winery in Livermore California
Melissa and Kris got married in 2006 at the Rios-Lovell Winery in Livermore California. It was a pretty day with a beautiful sunset. The wine country of Livermore, with it’s hills and orchards, is a wonderful place for a wedding.
All Photos © Alex Schoenfeldt 2006
San Francisco Bay Area Photographer
Here is another wedding from deeper in the stack. Amber and Colin got married at St. Gregory’s Church in San Francisco.
I’ve seen a lot of weddings in my time; Over 600. The ceremony at St. Gregory was pretty unique. It started off relatively similar to most weddings, people in a church, bride and a groom in front. Maybe a bit more colorful. Three officiants instead of one. People sing, which in my experience is somewhat rare these days, but not in the least unheard of. Touches that are slightly different, but not notable.
But then, it got more interesting. Everybody gets in a tight group, and everybody puts their hands on the shoulder of the person next to them, so the entire group is connected by touch.
Then, everybody in the entire church processes to an alter (called “the open table of Jesus”) near the back of the church. Then, and here is the best part, everybody, still touching, does this dance.
Here is a photo panted on the wall of the church of saints and luminaries from human history doing the dance that everybody at the wedding (guests included) do at the end of the ceremony:
Mural of the dance.
The effect was altogether captivating. You can see for yourself.
All Photos © Alex Schoenfeldt 2005. All rights reserved.
San Francisco Photographer
From 2005, this is one of the oldest weddings I’ve posted on this blog. (I have a very rigorous process for deciding what to post. I reach blindly into the drawer where I keep all of the old contracts, and pull one out at random.) I was using older equipment, and I had hundreds fewer weddings under my belt (at this point I’ve shot over 600 professional gigs, including weddings, portraits, corporate events, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs etc…) but I am still happy with my work, looking back.
Angela and Steven got ready at Churchill Manor in Napa, had a ceremony at Marsha’s Vineyard in Napa, and a reception at the Pelusi Building also in Napa.
Bride before the wedding, sepia
Bride and Bridesmaids through window
Wedding Ceremony
Please take a look at the image above, and the image below. These are the same image, and the second one has been converted to Black and White. Back in the bad old days, you had to pick which you wanted to shoot, but now,I shoot everything in color and convert the ones I want to see in black and white. I think it words very well.
Wedding Ceremony, Black and White
Bride with flower girls
All Photos © Alex Schoenfeldt 2005. All rights reserved.
San Francisco Bay Area wedding photographer
Wedding Photography from the Los Gatos Hotel and Spa.
The first interesting thing about the wedding of Reisa and Nino. Nino is from Bosnia-Hercegovina. I did some travel photography there in 2000. If you go to my travel photography gallery page 2 and look at the third photo you see this.
The bride and groom were doing just that, when they saw the photo, and the groom is like “I used to live across the street from that building!” They hired me on the spot.
They got married at a private home is Los Gatos, with a reception at the Los Gatos Hotel and Spa.
All Photos © Alex Schoenfeldt 2006. All rights reserved.
San Francisco Bay Area wedding photographer
This past weekend, my I flew down to San Diego to shoot a 60th birthday party. With the trip south, I’m a bit behind on my blogging, but I wanted to get this photo up ASAP.
The subject of the photo is just over 1 year old. She was dancing to live music.
1 year old girl dancing
Photo © Alex Schoenfeldt 2010. All rights reserved.
San Francisco Photographer.
I’d also like to take a minute here to offer a shout out to a buddy of mine. Robert is a photographer and videographer whom I’ve known since I was still shooting film.
He is now running a website called Your Bridal Planner. It is a great place to go to learn how to hire a wedding photographer
