Please note that I like as much natural light as possible. I take a more ‘ORGANIC’ approach with my wedding photography.

I always have a great time when I’m shooting a wedding on a boat. As you can see I excel at getting the landscape shots of San Francisco from the bay.

Whether a yacht wedding cruise or rehearsal dinner, special birthday party or corporate event, corporate party, relaxing sunset cruise or holiday party boat, a private affair aboard one of our classic luxury yachts will be a truly memorable way to explore the SF Bay on luxury bay cruises.

Here are some wonderful photos I have been lucky enough to take on the Sausalito Empress Yacht. This particular couple, “Gary & Lisa” had their wedding ceremony and wedding luncheon reception at the Outdoor Art Club in Mill Valley. You may have seen my POST on this venue earlier in my blog. At any rate, this portion of their wedding was actually held as a surprise. Guests were told they were going to a SURPRISE location. Bauer’s Transportation in San Francisco shuttled the people around on this and previous days leading up to the wedding {the wedding day culminated a 5 day event}.

I took a BOATLOAD [lol] of pictures of them on the bow [or whatever you call it] before any of the guests boarded. About 200 in the sequence. Most of the images were taken as fast as my camera would take them. In kind of a continuous shooting mode. Since I’m also a wedding videographer, I often think in terms of shooting real time motion and emotion as well as REACTION from guests, etc. Often though, my second / associate photographer is usually shooting reaction.

Being on the San Francisco Bay is awewsome! It was very cold that night [I actually ended up coming down wiith full blown pnemonia following this 5 day event] so make sure you bring a jacket if you go on one of these cruises.

They actually take you right underneath the northern tower of the Golden Gate Bridge.

This last shot you see here above, I really love it. I will actually put that in my Gallery portfolio of images I use for Hanging Art and Stock Photos of the golden gate bridge. My stock photos of the golden gate bridge are very unique and I do very well with them.

After the ceremony we took some pictures over in the town of Tiburon close to where the reception was taking place.

The lighting was tough because of the harsh overhead sun, but as usual I overcame all obstacles and delivered some great looking shots.

The reception took place at the Corinthian Yacht Club in Tiburon, CA. Having a wedding reception at the Corinthian Yacht Club is great because it is right on the water. There is also another Yacht Club a stone’s throw away and that one is called Tiburon Yacht Club.

I had a tough time breaking the couple away from the party. But we managed to sneak off behind the club and take some loving candids.

Here’s a few of my very favorite wedding images from their special day starting with the aforementioned bridal prep or pre ceremony session.

The ceremony was held at the Church of the Assumption in San Leandro California. It was a great church to shoot a wedding. Not too much ambient light but just enough on the altar.

The reception was at a place called Murieta’s WELL Winery in Livermore
 

They were really looking forward to my edgy style, so I took it to the limit. I came away with some of my most stunning work.

This shot below will most likely become my new “MARQUEE SHOT”

I love this picture of the bride and groom running through the vineyards at Murietta’s Well Winery in Livermore, CA.

I am able to capture the mood and essence of your wedding in LOW LIGHT while still getting crystal clear images with little to no blur as I’m not dragging the shutter so much, in favor of using a higher ISO which the new digital cameras handle VERY WELL!

For the dancing, using a backlight can’t be beat. I always get great background in my images which makes them standout above the rest.

Keep in mind this is only the very best of Sean and Christine. I shot literally a thousand pictures. If you like what you see here, I would love the opportunity to show you more. So please contact me right away as my availability for 2009 is extremely limited.

Contact me if you want to see all of the journalistic wedding photography from this wedding. I can show you the cake cutting, garter and bouquet toss or any other shot.

Angela & Rich got married here in 2008 and these are some of the wedding photos that I took.

Aja and Quinn had their wedding here at the  The Mountain Terrace in Woodside California. The wedding photos I am sharing with you are some of my unique NIGHT TIME SHOTS.

I absolutely love taking night shots when I photograph a wedding. My backlight flash or ‘light-stick’ as I call it, enables me to get shots that would otherwise be impossible. This is just one of the many benefits of using extra lighting when shooting a wedding. Using only camera flash generally produces adequate at best results. Ambient light is always the best, but when you mix in a little off camera lighting, you can get some AMAZING RESULTS. And interestingly enough, I still travel very lite! All my equipment fits in one bag, and my assistant carries the light stick[s] and any other strobes I may have that day.

Please take a look at my night wedding shots and let me know if you like them! I would love to hear from you.