Premier Sonoma & Grass Valley Wedding Photographer Blog » travel http://millcottagebridal.com/wordpress award-winning wedding and family portrait photography blog featuring the work of photographic artist Kimberly Sayre of Mill Cottage Photography Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:36:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Best Engagement Pictures 2011 | Downtown San Francisco http://millcottagebridal.com/wordpress/engagement-pictures-2011-downtown-san-francisco/ http://millcottagebridal.com/wordpress/engagement-pictures-2011-downtown-san-francisco/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 04:07:01 +0000 millcottage http://millcottagebridal.com/wordpress/?p=3152 NOTE: the images in this feed have been downsized or removed for copyright reasons. To see them in their unmodified state, please view the original post by clicking here.

Put together a gorgeous couple, and amazing city, and a photographer who loves her job, and what do you get? Really fun engagement session images for your Save-the-Date cards and to show off to friends and family! Mayte and Steve are getting married next spring in San Antonio, Texas at the Spanish Governor’s Palace, and I can’t wait to spend the day with them! I knew from the first skype meeting with them that we would get along like family, and when they flew into San Francisco to have their engagement session with me, we had a great time playing around in downtown! Mayte is in the fashion industry, and is from Spain, and brought a great collection of outfits and accessories, and Steve spent lots of time kissing his beautiful bride to be! We had great luck with lighting, and locations (except for the one with the renegade security guards) and the result is a wide range of images from which to choose! Thanks Mayte and Steve for making the time to fly in during my busy wedding season so we could make this session happen! Can’t wait til spring comes to San Antonio!! See you soon!
Kim

destination engagement session

Destination Engagement Session

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Ok, I have been promising this session for quite some time… it’s been a busy summer, so I am glad you had time to wait with me! View our photography styling and inspiration board for the shoot here, and the rough draft of some of the finished images in a slideshow

www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7Qwc775FIY

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Wine Country wedding season is about to kick in and I can’t wait to photograph my first wedding of the season in Sonoma in a couple of weeks. Before things get too busy it was nice to have a free weekend to head out with my hubby and check out Wineroad in the Russian River wine country and go barrel tasting! If you missed this weekend, don’t worry… it’s happening next weekend too!!

We went with our dear friends Bonne & Peter Posert, who are in the wine business, so it doesn’t get much better than that! First stop was Lynmar – I am not a chardonnay girl, but man, this was so delicious, crisp and yummy! Then we went to Joseph Swan,which had delicious pinot noirs and zinfandels… mmmmm!

 Then we picked up Dave, and we were off to the “Love Shack” at Porter Creek… Here the second generation wine maker, Alex Davis, shared delicious barrel samples, and a finished Chardonnay that was completely amazing! Peter & Bonne and Dave have been going here for many years, and the small tasting room, aviary, and friendly staff kept us here for quite a while!



Next (and what turned out to be the LAST… LOL) stop was Moshin, and it turned out to be my favorite stop! I knew I loved it right away when we pulled up, and I saw this

weird pacifier hanging from the barb wire fence… photo-op snatched! The fine folks at Moshin had a great band, Bucky Walters,

 

and anyone having a wine country wedding outdoors should consider hiring these really fun bluegrass musicians from Arcata. Man, they just rocked it! I have never heard a bluegrass version of Peter Gabriel’s Sledgehammer, and it was a musical highlight. Serious fun for a rehearsal dinner among hay bales or a country themed outdoor wedding… The wine was phenomenal, the people were very welcoming, and we just stayed… we had our yummy picnic, a behind the scenes tour of the gravity tanks that gently move the wine from grapes at the top of the hill to the bottling machines at the bottom and mmmmm pinot fantasticalness… OMG! Get yourself some of this wine!!!  Here’s some images for you!! Thanks again to Peter & Bonne for the great company, and for driving… my glass is full, and the wine is great!!

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Happy to announce that after two earlier attempts at sending it in and getting it back unfinished, and finally having to rush it, my passport arrived yesterday. Darned good thing since I am leaving next Friday for Nicole and Miguel’s wedding in Mexico. I knew it would be ok, but whew… talk about down to the wire. I am sure our great country needed the express fees so they can keep a tight ship running there in Washington DC, so that’s just fine. LOL! I look like a mental patient in my photo though… I am stuck with it for the next 10 years… No, I am not sharing…

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