Sonoma Wedding Photographer: Putting a special footprint on your wedding day.

Always looking for unique ways to put your personal signature on you wedding celebration? One clever idea I discovered was at a wedding a I recently photographed. Get this....the bride and groom requested a self portrait photo from all of their guests. An artist was hired to draw a cartoon of each guest. These funny images were attached with clothes pins and displayed in the windows. What a big hit this was for everyone at the reception!

Coming for a Sonoma Wedding or Event? Here is a great place to shop!

If you are coming to Sonoma and looking for great places to shop, I recommend that you visit My Girlfriends' Closet. The owner, Fran Meininger, is a Sonoma institution. She grew up here and was the Executive Director of the Sonoma Boys and Girls Club and later the Sonoma Valley Education Fund. Fran has a great wit as well as a great eye for style. Her store features high-end women fashions on consignment. Her store is light and airy as well as inviting. She is located right next to the Red Grape which is one Sonoma's favorite restaurants known for it delicious salads and pizzas. So you have a exciting excursion ahead of you!

Sonoma Valley Weddings: A creative gesture for your wedding ceremony

As a wedding photographer in Sonoma, I have the opportunity to experience a variety of rituals in wedding ceremonies. In the recent wedding of Lisa and Will, the bridal couple wanted to honor their love for nature by planting a live oak tree seedling in a pot during their ceremony.

They figured that trees must be resilient to weather storms and the passage of time...as does a marriage. Trees require nurturing and nourishment, as does a marriage. As the bridal couple will  provide the sun, soil, and water for this tree, they will provide the encouragement, trust, and love needed on a daily basis to consciously nurture and nourish their connection to each other.

Will and Lisa’s parents contributed soil to the pot from their land. The soil from their families represents their experiences that form the foundation of their beings from which they will continue to grow.

It is with these thoughts that Will, Lisa, and their parents planted this tree.