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You could not fake this moment for a million dollars. Candid wedding photography.

admin — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:18:58 +0000

Portraits are great, don’t get me wrong. A god portrait can reflect back to someone just how beautiful they are. I love doing portraits. I love the collaborative process and the deliberate pace.

But my heart leaps at candid, photojournalistic and naturalistic photography. To capture a moment as it happens is such a thrill. Most people just are never going to fake an emotion right. Show me “overjoyed and in love” the best actors can pull that off, but for most of us, if you want a photographer to capture that moment, they have to be there, be quick, be unobtrusive (it can’t be about the photographer by definition) and be good. I love the moment when it all comes together. I am not thinking of my camera, I am not even thinking of myself. I am just caught up in the moment as it happens, and I capture it as it happens. This feeling, this is why I love wedding and event photography.

This picture below is an example of what I am talking about.

Look at them! Happy, laughing, in love, in the moment. Real. I love that I captured that and can show it back to them.

Alex Schoenfeldt Photography now has a Facebook Business Page

admin — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:59:07 +0000

If I link my blog to my Facebook page, and my Facebook page links to my blog, and I twitter about it, will the world explode? Social media or no, I’m still one of the best photo-journalistic wedding and event photographers in the San Francisco Bay Area!

The home of Alex Schoenfeldt Photography on Facebook.

Father Son

admin — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:13:12 +0000

Last time I updated, the shot was a Facebook screen grab of a father and daughter during a wedding.

This week, it is a father and son. It was a family portrait session, and I saw this moment and grabbed it.

Photo © Alex Schoenfeldt 2011
San Francisco portrait Photography

Candid photo of Bride and Groom from Crystal Springs Golf Course

admin — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:52:35 +0000

I always love the chance to shoot a weeding at the Crystal Springs Golf Course in Burlingame, CA. They have a beautiful location for weddings. A wonderful gazebo on a lawn with spectacular views of Crystal Springs Reservoir.

This photo was from a ceremony there in 2009. As a photographer, I love catching moments like these where people are glowing with real happiness. Everything is beautiful and nothing is fake.

Photo © Alex Schoenfeldt 2009 All Rights Reserved
San Francisco Wedding Photographer

Wonderful photo of two girls playing with balloons

admin — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 06:48:10 +0000

This photo speaks for itself.

Rainy day photos from Hotel Vitale in San Francisco, and Pier 1

admin — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:24:17 +0000

We’ve had some wet weather this week. It reminded me of Amy and Aaron’s wedding, almost a year ago now. They got married on a rainy day in November in 2009. It worked for them though. It was not raining during their ceremony or formals but there was a rainbow, beautiful clouds, and wonderful light.

All photos © Alex Schoenfeldt 2009. All rights reserved.
San Francisco Photographer

Art photo: long exposure, Highway 69 at night

admin — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:11:05 +0000

For this photo, in the early evening I pulled over on the very quiet Highway 69 between Mariposa and Oakhurst. I mounted the camera on a tripod, and waited for some cars to appear at the edge of the image.

I then exposed the image for 30 seconds, (f8, ISO 200) so the lights from the cars would streak across the image.

Photo © Alex Schoenfeldt 2005. All rights reserved.
Alex Schoenfeldt is an official Yosemite National Park wedding photographer.

Wedding photos from the Seascape Golf Course in Aptos California

admin — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 18:43:26 +0000

Melissa and David got married at the Seascape Golf Course in Aptos, California back in 2008. It was a cool and foggy day, which made for some nice soft light for the photos.

Photos from a wintertime wedding in Yosemite National Park. See a bride in the snow!

admin — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 20:33:40 +0000

Arleen and Byron got married in January of 2006 in Yosemite National Park. They were lucky beyond belief, the weather was perfect. The day BEFORE the wedding, it snowed. The roads closed, nothing happened. The day of the wedding, it was sunny and almost warm. The roads were open, but there was still a wonderful carpet of snow on everything!

Their wedding ceremony was below Bridal Veil Falls. Their wedding reception was at Yosemite Lodge. The photos were taken all over the valley.

Wedding Photos from the Rios-Lovell Winery in Livermore California

admin — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:32:53 +0000

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.