Oceano Hotel & Spa at Half Moon Bay

Oceano Hotel in beautiful Half Moon Bay gave us the opportunity to shoot a promo film for them. It will be on their website and showcased in the hotel. Special thanks to Nancy at Oceano, who went out of her way for us.

Dir. /DP: Luke Goodman

A Night Out with The Knot

We just finished a party highlight film for The Knot, beautifully designed by MB Wedding Design & Events, at the Winery SF on treasure island.

Today's Bride: Le Femme Vintage by Asiel Design

Here is another look into a themed shoot from Todays Bride, featuring Asiel Design in their design warehouse. It's always so amazing to see what these designers come up with, and Jonathan and Linnae are outstanding.

Location: Asiel Design Studio // Floral and Event Design: Asiel Design // Photograher: Arrowood Photography // Lighting: Enhanced Lighting and Sound // Table & Chairs, Draping: Hartman Studios // Cake: Jen's Cakes // Linens: Napa Valley Linens // Antiques, candelabras, fountain: Asiel Design // Escort Cards, Menus: Marizette Paperie // Menu Fabric printing: Mighty Thredz Design Print Company

Wedding: Planning our own!

Luke and I have been gradually planning our wedding for next August 18th. We chose the Plummer House in Rochester MN, it's a Tudor style mansion with beautiful grounds and gardens. As it's the first time doing this we've realized just how much work goes into planning a wedding! We're constantly amazed and inspired by the vendors we have been able to work with in the wedding industry, and it really does take many, many hands. We feel very blessed to have some of the MOST talented people be a part of our wedding: our friend Tanja Lippert is our photographer, with Tia Reagan styling, and Andrew Hsu of Studio MSV will be shooting our wedding film.

 After all the weddings we have seen and been a part of, we decided we wanted ours to feel "homemade, whimsical, rustic elegant," and to include things we love: luke's homebrewed beer, a piano outside, hand painted invites and signs... So here is a little board I put together of some of our ideas, and inspiration.

Maternity shoot: Gabrielle

A few months ago I tagged along on a great photoshoot put together by Crystal from Amazae Special Events and shot by Lindsey Freitas of BellaLu Photography. Gabi from Gabrielle's Bridal Atelier was beautifully styled by Maria Chang from Professional Makeup Artistry and looking stunning along with her daughter and husband. We shot this at Sand Rock Farm in Aptos, CA which was a new location for me (and obviously beautiful). It was a hard day of work without Pamela, and it reminded me of how hard she works on our shoots! We love working together so much, but we can't always both be there on some of these vendor shoots.