Jessamyn Harris Photography

Pretty pretty new blog!! www.jessamynharris.com

2011-11-15T16:54:00.000-08:00

It's here! I'm so excited to official unveil my new blog...

right here! www.jessamynharris.com

Please update your subscriptions, fasten your seatbelts, and hang on for tons of new posts!

The beautiful redesign is courtesy of Heidi at Spitefiregirl Designs, who I met a few years ago through wedding stuff, and whose adorable little boy's birthday party you can see here. Thank you, Heidi! I am getting some great feedback about this gorgeous, much needed redesign.
xo Jessamyn

Stacy and Christoph featured on Style Me Pretty

2011-11-01T12:28:00.000-07:00

I have SO many weddings to post. It's been an epic, beautiful, record year!

Style Me Pretty featured Stacy and Christoph's lovely Cornerstone Gardens wedding a few months back.

The feature is here: http://www.stylemepretty.com/2011/09/20/sonoma-wedding-by-jessamyn-harris/ and more images from this wedding, and many more, will be coming soon!

Kier and Will, coming soon!

2011-10-13T14:20:00.000-07:00

I loved shooting this wedding at Healdsburg Country Gardens with Jess Flood Events!

Lots of photos coming soon... from Kier and Will's as well as many, many more. Wedding season is slowing down, so I can finally catch up with editing!

I love my girl

2011-08-24T18:00:00.000-07:00

This little girl and her bunny-lovey just woke up from a nice nap. Look at that sweet coy smile!

Lest you think that everything is sugar and spice, though, I implore you to check out this super short slideshow:

She made all of these faces in the span of about 2 minutes after getting up from her blessedly long nap. Nothing like those breaks to get a nice chance to miss her! Even if sometimes I do watch the slideshow over and over again while she's sleeping... It's like a cuteness sickness/ addiction.

I love her because she is so expressive, goofy, wife, talkative, sweet, willful, independent, curious, affectionate, smart, and beautiful. It's hard to find time and free hands to photograph her - but even harder not to, you know?

And here's a video of her when she was much tinier but still had a zillion faces going!

Angie and Tom Engagements, San Francisco

2011-08-18T13:59:00.000-07:00

Angie and Tom are getting married on Sunday! I can't wait for their beautiful wedding at Nestldown... There are going to be some fabulously unique elements and surprises for everyone. I'll be ready!

We started at a playground in the Marina - swings, slides, climbing structures, and a kids' Golden Gate Bridge!

Then over to Crissy Field, which I am adoring lately for shoots. The only problem is that I start longing for a family fun day there... gotta get one of those on the calendar soon!

These two are so into each other, and I know they'll have a wonderful time at their wedding after much planning fun. They.Are.Excited!!

See you guys very soon!

Shooting up a storm - a few sneak peeks

2011-07-27T15:38:00.000-07:00

My July has been crazy busy with SO many weddings. It's wonderful, but it's also jam-packed. So I have a million gazillion photos to post here, but not until things calm down a bit.

In the meantime, take a peek at my photo Facebook page, where I'm adding one or two favorites from each wedding as I get a chance. There are some really amazing details, portraits, and candids coming soon!

Hong and Chris featured in The Knot, Annadel Estate Winery, Part 2

2011-07-02T14:43:00.000-07:00

I've been dying to share Hong and Chris's gorgeous wedding, and waiting patiently for it to be published in the print version of The Knot - which is has, so now I can! SO many lovely details and photos in this wedding. Jess Flood Events did the floral and event planning. What else can I say? Beautiful couple, location, food, weather... Guests arriving by schoolbus... Love this!

Thank you, Chrong! :)

Hong and Chris featured in The Knot, Annadel Estate Winery, Part 1

2011-06-30T12:45:00.000-07:00

I've been dying to share Hong and Chris's gorgeous wedding at Annadel Estate Winery, and have been waiting patiently for it to be published in the print version of The Knot - which is has, so now I can! SO many lovely details and photos in this wedding. Jess Flood Events did the floral and event planning. What else can I say? Beautiful couple, location, food, weather... Guests arriving by schoolbus... Love this!

Here is the slideshow for all of my favorites.

And here's the layout from the issue - part of a "Special Wineries Section" in the Northern California edition:

More coming soon...

Aditi and Michael, sneak peek

2011-06-28T14:42:00.001-07:00

What a beautiful, beautiful wedding. So much more to come!

Check out my Jessamyn Harris Photography Facebook page to see a silly little video I made of two boys having a dance off during Aditi and Michael's awesome reception.

Janis and Adam, Sbragia Winery, Geyserville

2011-06-23T12:30:00.000-07:00

(Check out the slideshow)

Janis and Adam come out from South Carolina to Northern California for a beautiful, rain-free (thank goodness!) winery wedding at Sbragia Family Winery. Adam and his groomsmen and officiant uncle wore full Scottish regalia. Janis and Adam both love wine and photography, so we had a wonderful time taking portraits in the vines. Their joy and excitement was contagious, and everyone had a great time.

Liz and Joey, engagements, Muir and Stinson Beach

2011-06-21T15:12:00.000-07:00

We started off Liz and Joey's engagement session at the Pelican Inn. Beer, sunlight, flowers, kisses. Followed by a walk down to the little cliff overlooking Muir Beach.

Joey proposed over dinner in Stinson Beach one day, and I grew up
Joey and Liz like birdwatching, and

Aditi and Michael Engagements, part 2, Legion of Honor

2011-06-17T14:30:00.000-07:00

More engagement portraits of Aditi and Michael... we were lucky to get sun, but it was still quite cold. Luckily Michael does an excellent job of keeping Aditi warm (and looking good while doing so!).

Aditi and Michael brought their childhood stuffed animals to add a personal touch to the shoot... It made it SO sweet and fun! I absolutely adore these! (Symphony has been falling in love with her bunny, so we're big on "loveys" over here)

The light, the location, and the love... I cannot wait for this wedding! Thank you, Aditi and Michael!

Aditi and Michael Engagements, part 1

2011-06-16T12:19:00.000-07:00

Aditi and Michael are getting married next weekend at the Legion of Honor in SF... it's going to be such a gorgeous wedding! Here are some of their engagement shots... more coming tomorrow.

Janis and Adam, Sbragia Winery, sneak peek

2011-06-13T15:01:00.000-07:00

Beautiful, non-rainy day (hallelujah!) wedding images coming soon!

Aditi and Michael Engagements, sneak peek

2011-06-07T10:17:00.001-07:00

Attention couples, if you're ever feeling nervous, a bit shy, or like you want to take the fun and cuteness of your photo shoot to the next level - by all means, please bring along your childhood stuffed animals/ "lovey"s! Could this possibly be any sweeter?! I loved this shoot :)

More soon...

Is it Spring yet?

2011-06-02T13:55:00.000-07:00

Normally at this time of year, I take a lot of photos in our garden... of flowering fuit trees, sprouting veggie seedlings, beautiful spring and early summer sun. Well... things are a little different this year... for lots of reasons.

Mainly because a. it's been so gloomy and rainy and windy and cruddy out, and b. I have a cute little person to chase around!

(She can walk but still likes to scoot around on her booty like this, to maximize getting dirty: )

Yesterday we harvested some amazing cherries from the neighbor's tree... the branches hanging over our fence are fair game, right? I just can't stand to watch the crows get them all!

We don't need to water because of the incessant rains... yay? Sigh.

Symphony wants to go outside nevertheless... she points to the picture window to the outside and says "car! car! car!"... meaning, "I'm sick of being inside this house, and I've explored every nook and cranny of it, so please take me outside for heaven's sake!"

So we have our little backyard adventures, and bide our time, waiting longingly for the summer sun...

more Encaustic and Album Samples

2011-05-20T14:42:00.000-07:00

Now that all of these encaustics are in the hands of their rightful owners, I can post some sample photos here. And I have to say... Ooh la la! How I love these!!

The pieces are all mounted and painted by my friend Meredith of Wax and Pixels, locally here in Sonoma County. You might remember the shoot I did of her at work here.

And I had some new album samples made that I am SO thrilled with:

Jessica and Tim at BR Cohn:

Sherry and Jeremy at Kunde:

Kerri and Jon's Engagement Session:

Rachel and Giancarlo at Nestldown:

Jung and Chris's San Francisco City Hall wedding on Ruffled

2011-05-11T13:44:00.000-07:00

Jung and Chris's beautiful San Francisco City Hall, DIY/ Vintage, Monday morning wedding is up on Ruffled blog - and I'm so happy with the photos! These guys are so adorable, creative and fun. I loved this wedding!

Devon and I were married in a weekday ceremony at SF City Hall, too, although ours was private, whereas Jung and Chris rented a space on the fourth floor and invited their friends and family to celebrate with them. The light and architecture there is amazing, and everyone passing by just beams at the ceremony.

These kids got up to recite their passage from 1st Corinthians, and just blushed and hid and giggled. Adorable!!

Jung wrote her vows out in Korean for her non-English-speaking grandmothers. There were lots of tears!

This is one of my favorite portrait series ever, thanks to Chris's awesome expressions:

Jung put a lot of work into the details of the day, and it definitely shows. Thank you thank you thank you for having me along as your photographer! xo

Evan's First Birthday Party on On To Baby

2011-05-07T09:00:00.000-07:00

Evan's first birthday celebration was featured on the Wedding Chicks' baby blog, On To Baby last week. What a cutie! His mom, Heidi of Spitfire Girl Design based the bright primary colored design for the backyard San Francisco party on his nursery and alphabet blocks. It was an amazingly beautiful day in SF, ina very cool old backyard in Noe Valley.

So fun watching these babies grow up!

Jessica and Tim on Style Me Pretty, BR Cohn Winery, Glen Ellen

2011-05-04T10:09:00.000-07:00

I love having my work featured on Style Me Pretty, so I'm very excited to have this gorgeous wedding from last fall featured on their new California-specific blog. Jessica and Tim are so sweet, fun, upbeat and loving. It was a lovely day all around!

The ceremony took place at a funky church in Oakmont, on the Valley of the Moon Sonoma Highway, and the whole party moved to BR Cohn Winery, which is SO GORGEOUS. We had one of the best days of the year, and since it was October, one of the last nice days for quite awhile. Thanks for such a fabulous experience, Jess, and Tim and your families!

Jung Ah and Chris coming soon!

2011-04-27T12:42:00.000-07:00

Leave some cuteness for the rest of us! Thanks, J and Chris; I loved being a part of this wedding.

Liz and Joey Engagements, coming soon

2011-04-22T15:51:00.000-07:00

Winners of my annual engagement giveaway contest, Liz and Joey, on this gloriously sunny day at the beach... coming soon!

Aditi and Michael's Engagements, coming soon!

2011-04-20T15:04:00.000-07:00

So beautiful, so in love, and so much fun! We did lots and lots of giggling and shooting.

My baby girl is ONE

2011-04-19T09:20:00.000-07:00

My tiny girl is a big ole one year old now!

How did she go from this:

to this?

Curly curly-headed girl:

I wonder where she gets it? :)

We had a great little birthday party and family day. She keeps me on my toes so I just keep photographing her as she grows... perhaps someday she'll hold still enough for me to go through them all!

Honey Grace and Nate, engagement photos, Doyle Park, Santa Rosa

2011-04-13T10:59:00.000-07:00

The lovely HoneyGrace was our fantastic doula, almost one year ago! So it was such a treat to be able to do these engagement photos for her and Nate.

Nate couldn't resist monkeying up the tree:

And some of Honey alone... gorgeous!

I'm so happy with how these photos turned out! What a sweet couple, sweet light, great day.