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Hello!

We are Alison and Adm, and together, we photograph weddings.

You won’t find us directing shots, telling you what to do or where to look. But when you look at your pictures, at real moments, all the emotions from your wedding will come back to you, and really, wouldn’t that be the best way to re-live and share some of your favorite memories?

You'll be drawn to our work because of the moments and the stories. As trained photojournalists (we met in a newsroom), we use our sneaky photo ninja skills, combined with our love of art and design, to creatively document weddings as they naturally unfold. You’ll barely notice that we’re there.

Here’s a little bit more about us: we are both California natives. Alison is from LA and Adm grew up in a tiny town outside Yosemite, and we’ve loved living in Oakland for almost five years. Alison religiously listens to “This American Life” and loves to cook. Our weekly CSA veggie box is one of her favorite things. She also loves party dresses and bright colors, especially when they’re all mixed together. Adm, on the other hand, loves wearing jeans and black tees and road biking through the East Bay hills. We both love our dog Kiki, a rescue Shiba who enjoys a plush life bossing us around.

We are so excited that you’re checking us out and we would love to learn more about you! After all, it’s pretty important to make sure we get along if we’re going to spend one of the most important days of your life by your side.

Photo by Preston Davis.

Dec 07 2011

Reba + Andy in the Marin Headlands, CA

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gorgeous marin headlands california winter wedding with grafitti

There are so many amazing things about this wedding – the wildlife, the scenery, the food, the music, the people (guests and other vendors) – that it’s hard to know where to start, but ultimately, it all comes back to the couple, Reba and Andy. When I scouted with Reba a couple of weeks before their wedding, the sun was out and shining and it was warm. On the day of their wedding, it was cold and windy with rain showers that got progressively heavier. No matter, Reba and Andy completely took everything in stride and that set the tone for an amazing night.

These two have been engaged for four years, and after moving out to California on somewhat of a whim earlier this year, they decided to marry in the Marin Headlands. Almost all of their guests flew in from other parts of the country to celebrate with Reba and Andy, and you could feel the warmth and joy everyone held for these two people throughout the whole night, despite the rainy cold. Adm and I thoroughly enjoyed working with these two, and we had an absolute blast during their portrait session where we photographed them in an old military battery that we discovered on the day of the wedding. Luckily, we did all of their portraits before the ceremony when the rain was only threatening and we had lots of time as I could’ve photographed these two in the battery for hours. Needless to say, the portraits of Reba and Andy are a little heavy in this post. : )

Photo on left by Adm: