Austin and Jenna

When the bride lives a couple hours southeast of you, and the groom lives a couple hours southwest of you, the logical thing to do for an engagement session is to meet halfway, right?  So we had Austin and Jenna's session in Livermore.  I spent some time scouting out locations, since I've only shot there a couple times, and I think you'll agree we found some lovely spots!

Austin and Jenna are so much fun.  I love watching them together.  They're best friends who have a lot of respect for each other.  And as you can see, they're very in love.... :)

 

 

 

I love late-season grass in California...sunset light makes it simply magical...

 

And lastly, one of my new favorite engagement session photos...so romantic...

Can't wait to photograph Austin and Jenna's wedding in January! :)

Thanks to Amanda for coming along for this session...she's an awesome assistant!

I'm working on Byron and Rebecca's photos, and will post more of those soon...but first I think there needs to be a post about a certain crazy Tough Mudder event that took place last Saturday.  ;) Later....

- Kelsey

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Kelsey Schweickert  |  San Francisco Bay Area wedding photographer
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Byron and Rebecca - part I

Oh my...there are so many happy photos from Byron and Rebecca's lovely wedding in BC, Canada, I'm in quite a state trying to choose a few for a post.  (Good "problem" to have, eh?)  So, well, I think I'll just do a series!  Post #1, here goes...

The girls had quite the getting-ready party in the morning at Rebecca's house!

 

Alicia gave Rebecca an elegant French manicure

 

Alicia's adorable (!!) little girl

 

 

 

Rebecca's veil with her engagement ring

 

The little flower girls got their nails done too!

 

Such a beautiful bride...

 

Even Byron's littlest brothers helped get the reception area ready...

 

Byron's mother pins on his boutonniere

 

The handsome groom

  

Love the hat and stick!

 

 

Brothers

    

Byron with Jared, his best man

 

Haha...these guys have way too much fun together...

Next up: the ceremony.  Stay tuned!

- Kelsey

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Kelsey Schweickert  |  San Francisco Bay Area wedding photographer
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Austin and Jenna - engagement session

Last Saturday Austin and Jenna and I got together in Livermore and had a simply grand engagement session...complete with a lovely orange sun which I got to photograph just as it was setting behind the couple.  Fun people, outdoor beauty + camera = good times!

Here's a preview of the photos...I have to finish another editing job first but will post more later!

- Kelsey

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Kelsey Schweickert  |  San Francisco Bay Area wedding photographer
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Byron and Rebecca...sneak peek!

It was such a treat to photograph Byron and Rebecca's vintage-themed wedding last Saturday in BC, Canada! Their impeccable taste left nothing wanting...a gorgeous outdoor setting, flowers from the gardens of friends and family, plenty of time for photos, a bright red Triumph, and all sorts of other things that make this wedding photographer's heart go pitter-patter.

I'm in the sorting process right now so I'll post more later, but meanwhile here is a sneak peek for you all.  :)

More later, of course!  :)

- Kelsey

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Kelsey Schweickert  |  San Francisco Bay Area wedding photographer
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Jeremy and Kendra - slide show

And now, allow me to present...Jeremy and Kendra: the slide show!

Off to Canada now to photograph Byron and Rebecca's wedding...I'm so happy to see this couple beginning their life together!  Looking forward to catching up with my dear Canadian friends, and maybe even sneaking in a few landscape photos.  More on that later...

Have a lovely weekend, everyone!

- Kelsey

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Kelsey Schweickert  |  San Francisco Bay Area wedding photographer
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Slightly random post!

This morning I was doing some digital housecleaning, and found that I never posted the last few photos from the Yosemite Landscape Workshop last March.  I got sick in April and a whole lot of things went by the wayside...as you can see, only one blog post made it out that month!

So in an effort to mend my ways, here are those last few Landscape Workshop photos. :)  Enjoy!

Erin, on the snowy meadow boardwalk leading across the valley to Yosemite Falls

 

Sentinel Bridge

 

Erin again...because she's cute :)

 

Amanda, across the river at Happy Isles, hard at work with a rock-o-pod ;)

 

I love the bright green moss and the soft green-brown tones in the water and rocks.

 

  

Moss macro...there's such beauty in the tiny details.

 

Sometimes getting The Perfect Photo means getting into some interesting shooting positions... 

Pretty wildflowers along the road, on the way back to the Bay Area

 

Playing paparazzi in the grass...Bethany probably has a very similar shot of me... ;)

 

We finished our trip in San Francisco at the Bay Bridge, the Presidio, and of course Ghirardelli.  Here's a fun sight at the Presidio:

 

Yay for some really awesome photographers!  :)

 

Parting "Blue Hour" shot...I just love the light at this time of day...so much gorgeousness.

That's all for now, folks!  This weekend I'm excited to be photographing Byron and Rebecca's wedding in Canada, so stay tuned for highlights from that.  There's also a slide show in the works from another recent wedding and some new website developments that I'm *very* excited about...more on that soon!  :D

- Kelsey

Discovering beauty...

Kelsey Schweickert  |  San Francisco Bay Area wedding photographer
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