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San Francisco City Hall Wedding – Anna and Gleb

choco — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:39:14 +0000

Anna and Gleb were married at the SF City Hall just a few days before Christmas. They were surrounded by friends and their festive ceremony took place under a beautifully decorated Christmas tree. Following the ceremony, we spent time roaming the halls and stairways of the City Hall while enjoying the perfect photo settings that surrounded us. The Palace of Fine Art and Crissy Fields were the next destinations on this chilly but sunny day and Anna even braved the cold for some barefoot beach photos.

Enjoy our favorites:

We love to photograph City Hall weddings and would love to photograph YOURS! View more information about our City Hall photography services here: San Francisco City Hall Wedding Information.

Golden Gate Park Engagement Session – Emily and Danny

choco — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:47:45 +0000

We just loved shooting this session! It was a day before Christmas and Golden Gate Park was pretty much empty. We walked all the way around the De Young Museum, climbed the Temple of Music and slowly made our way up to Stow Lake.

Emily and Danny are getting married in just a few short weeks at one of our favorite Bay Area venues – Casa Real – and we are very much looking to their wedding. Here are just a few of our favorite from their fun shoot:

Published in the British Magazine “You and Your Wedding”!

choco — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:00:36 +0000

We are excited to have Laura and David’s beautiful wedding featured in the Winter issue of the British magazine You and Your Wedding! This is a leading wedding magazine in the UK and is circulated throughout Europe.

Check out the original post with wedding photos to see Laura and David’s Radonich Ranch Wedding!

Bun in the Oven Themed Maternity Session

choco — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:00:36 +0000

We love to photograph Vika and Igor and we just counted that between their engagement session, destination wedding, and other photos, we’ve shot them five times now! :) They are super adventurous and love everything creative and fun. When we announced a few years ago that we are looking for a couple who’ll be up for having their E-Session in Tahoe, Vika and Igor called us the next morning to schedule it and we had an absolute blast rolling around in the snow for a day.

So when we heard that Vika is expecting we just knew that her San Francisco maternity session is going to be original. Vika loves to cook and bake, so when choosing a theme for the session it was only natural that we went with “Bun in the Oven” :) It took a bit of time and energy to come up with the vintage props we wanted to use, but between everything we already had, a trip to an antique flea market, and borrowing a bunch of stuff from friends we had enough to props to bake and make the session fun.

Here are some of my favorites:

Vika and Igor just had a perfect baby boy and we couldn’t have been more happy for them. Congratulations on your little bundle of joy guys, we cannot wait to photograph baby Ethan!!!

San Francisco City Hall Wedding – Mitsi and David

choco — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:00:47 +0000

This wedding day started for us just outside of the SF City Hall where we met up with Mitsi and David and had a chance to take advantage of the beautiful weather on this day. It was a blast to be there for this sweet couple and we had a great time capturing all the moments.

Here are some of our favorites:

The actual ceremony took place on the 4th floor gallery and had the most beautiful natural light. It was such a pleasure to shoot there! Definitely the best location in City Hall for a ceremony:

The wedding took place at the end of the day on a Friday, so by the time the ceremony was finished there was practically nobody inside of the City Hall. We took full advantage of that and were shooting wide, showcasing the gorgeous architecture of our San Francisco City Hall:

We love to photograph City Hall weddings and would love to photograph YOURS! View more information about our services here: San Francisco City Hall Wedding Information.

San Mateo Baby Photography – Little Miss K Part II

choco — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:00:46 +0000

This was session #2 for the “Year in Life” baby photos program that we offer. Little Miss K grew up so much since I last saw her a couple of month back!

The “feed me now” face :)

Here’s little Miss K’s first session in the “Year in Life” program.

A Dawn Ranch Lodge Wedding is featured in the “Eco-Beautiful Weddings” Magazine!

choco — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:00:24 +0000

We’re excited to share that Erin and Kris’ beautiful Dawn Ranch Lodge wedding was just featured in the Eco-Beautiful Weddings Magazine! This was such a beautiful wedding full of emotions, amazing weather, and the nature charm of a gorgeous venue set on the Russian River. See the feature below:

Happy Holidays!

choco — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:56:46 +0000

Well, 2011 is almost over and what an incredible year this was! We wanted to finish it with a message of thanks and love.

We are so grateful for all our rock star clients! We’re blessed to have so many wonderful clients who trust us and challenge us to stretch our creative wings. We are also thankful for our amazing family and friends who support us with all the crazy ideas that we have and love us no matter what. We are truly blessed.

We wish you a beautiful and wonderful Holiday Season, no matter which holiday you are celebrating :)

Much love,

Nat + Mike

Comic Book Themed Wedding at Dawn Ranch Lodge – Miriam and Jay

choco — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:57:35 +0000

It was our pleasure and honor recently to photograph the wedding of Miriam and Jay at the gorgeous Dawn Ranch Lodge in Guerneville. When we met this great couple we immediately fell in love with their idea for how they wanted to personalize their celebration: Miriam and Jay met at a comic book shop in Santa Cruz and wanted to bring their passion for this art form into the big day. We always love to hear about couples personalizing their wedding days and this seemed like a great way to do it.

Additionally, their wedding took place at one of our favorite venues in wine country – the rustic Dawn Ranch Lodge. We just love the great, expansive meadows and orchards that serve so well for outdoor ceremonies and even reception dinners. Miriam and Jay’s wedding was blessed with simply amazing weather considering it was already the beginning of December. We had a blast documenting their celebration and wish them all the best!

Here are some favorites from the day:

Miriam and Jay’s First Look was a sight to behold – everyone within sight was overwhelmed by emotions:

We couldn’t help but play with the beautiful leaves all around us in the Orchard:

Miriam’s bouquet was just WOW and Jay’s boutonniere had miniature comic book characters! How cool is that?

We loved all the emotional moments during the Ketubah Signing:

How about this sight and perfect weather for their Orchard ceremony?

Guests could not get enough of the Superman themed wedding cake! It was so much fun to photograph:

Congratulations, Miriam and Jay! We wish you many, many years of happiness together.

Ceremony & Reception Venue: Dawn Ranch Lodge
Hair: Kira Lee
DJ: Sillykid
Florals: Lila B Design
Catering: Dawn Ranch Lodge
Officiant: Rabbi Gershon @ Jewish Interfaith Wedding Network

To see more gorgeous Dawn Ranch Lodge weddings photographed by Choco Studio visit Dawn Ranch Lodge Wedding Photos and Dawn Ranch Lodge Wedding Guerneville.

Barbara and Carlos are featured in San Francisco Brides magazine

choco — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:31:09 +0000

Barbara and Carlos’ Corinthian Event Center wedding just got featured in the Hitched section of Spring/Summer edition of San Francisco Brides magazine!