Here's what's going on at the Mill Cottage Photography Studio, and in my life in General! Just pull up a comfy chair, and relax while you check out the latest adventures and images, photography tips and education, and the antics of our son, Josh!
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What is that squeal of delight you hear??? We walk in to start photographing this weekend, and everywhere we looked there was something amazing. I look at Shannon, and we both say at the same time, “She. has. Jimmy. Choos.” I have seen the most beautiful shoes at weddings in the past couple of years....
Slowly but surely catching up with blogging of summer weddings! As you can imagine, I am crazy busy over here, and sorry to make you all wait for new images!! Here is some eye candy from a wedding that I shot with my friend Shannon of Shannon Stellmacher Photography! Incredibly gorgeous day in St. Helena...
A couple of weeks ago I had the great fortune of shooting this wedding with my great friendtographer, Shannon, of Shannon Stellmacher Photography, and it was an amazing day!!! The bride was supremely lovely, and every detail spoke of the couple’s relationship, and was beautifully crafted by their florist and coordinator. Simply put, this wedding...
Just finished a custom Love Story Album design for Kim and Derek’s gorgeous Sonoma wedding in April at Ramekins! This was a fun book to design, and I love how it tells the story of the day… even the bit of rain we had in the beginning, which was magically whisked away by the weather...
Last Saturday started out just wonderfully for me… first getting to see Kim & Derek, and Kim’s parents to show them their wedding images for the first time at the Napa Valley homestead, and then just up the road to the beautiful Silverado Country Club to meet my wonderful friend Jill of Jill Doherty Photography, to...
Can I just say how much I love photographing these modern, stylish weddings! I am having a blast processing images from this weekend’s weddings, and these just stuck out to me for obvious reasons… Such fun details, and a couple that is so adorably in love… xoxo hubba hubba… (and for the geek in all...
Kim & Derek were married yesterday in a place that still holds magic for me, Ramekins Culinary School and Event Center. You see, that’s where my wonderful hubby and I had our wedding reception, and why I love photographing weddings in Sonoma and Napa… Yvette, the wonderful events manager, is like having your best friend...
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...
I love being a wedding photographer, especially when I get to see the window into a couple’s personality by the creative touches they put into their wedding details! I also love when my dear friendtographer, Jacki V comes to town because we have been shooting together for 8 years, and its really like a highly...
One of my album “babies” goes to its rightful home… I put so much heart and soul into every wedding I photograph, and it doesn’t stop there… This beautiful book went home today… an amazing clouded glass cover with exquisite leather details, and a really beautiful design. Ginny, the lovely bride, took it out of...
First wedding of 2010, and what a day it was! We kept having to remind ourselves that it was January! Beautiful sunny skies with white puffy clouds, temps in the 60′s, and a beautiful wedding venue, The Silverado Country Club! Got to shoot with my dear friend, Jill Doherty, whose work you’ll find featured on the...
To all the brides who are searching for modern, stylish wedding photography from an award winning professional photographer but are tired of sifting through tons of appointments, coverage options and trying to make sense of all of it in terms of your wedding planning… Mill Cottage Photography has something new for the new year… check back for...
This beautiful wedding at V. Sattui Winery was a highlight of the season, … I am completely LOVING all the red rose petals, and the amazing barrel room, and the grounds are incredible, and the soft light, well, just knock me over with a feather… Another gorgeous coverage from the dream team for Shannon Stellmacher...
Viansa Winery When I got married a few years back, I looked at many wedding locations in Sonoma! One that came really close to being the wedding venue for us was Viansa, and I always love to shoot weddings there!! Thanks again to Shannon Stellmacher Photography for having me along. Here are some of my...
Finally getting another few minutes to post some wedding images from an amazing wedding I shot this summer with Shannon Stellmacher Photography. It was such a gorgeous Napa day, and the couple was incredible as well! I love the Meritage Resort - it is simply stunning… warm Tuscan colors, great cave, and beautiful accomodations. Oh, and...
Imagine the excitement I felt when my friend Shannon Stellmacher of Stellmacher Photography called me to tell me about an amazing call she had just received from a bride who was planning to elope in the Napa/Sonoma area that weekend… The first thing I said to her was, “Well, they will also need an officiant… You do remember...
Wow, as I download and look at the images from Kit & Ginny’s wedding at Hans Fahden Winery in Calistoga (a favorite place for weddings!), I almost have to pinch myself… Was it a dream?? All the ingredients were there… Sweet couple absolutely enraptured by each other, crazy gorgeous location, impeccable details, rich vibrant colors...
So excited that 7/11 has finally arrived! Kit & Ginny, and their wedding coordinator, Chris Flitter have been a dream to work with from the very beginning! In a couple of hours I’ll be headed up to Calistoga to the beautiful Hans Fahden Vineyards! Here’s a spread from their really cool guest book I designed for...
As many of you may know, I have a specifically soft spot in my heart for Sonoma Weddings, since Ray and I were married at the Sonoma Mission (Mission San Francisco Solano) in 2001. Well, yesterday’s wedding was awesome for me… I was the associate photographer for Shannon Stellmacher Photography. The couple married in the...
People always ask me “Why Mill Cottage Photography?” and they want to know the story of why I named my studio after the Mill Cottage. So, here’s the story… get your cup of tea, snuggle in on a comfy pillow :^) Once upon a time… (just kidding) My then boyfriend of two years, Ray, and...
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