A Mexican Wedding in Napa

Wedding Venue: Catholic school, Napa
Caterer: Cocina Severiano, Napa
Wedding Gown: Starlet Boutique, Santa Rosa
Cake: Margie Espinoza
Music: Musica Estilo Mariachi, Vallero
Entertainment: By Ballet Folklorico “Costa De Oro”

Bonjour

Back in July 2011 I had the honor to shoot the Wedding of Vanessa and Alex, both of Mexican descent.I must say it was a very interesting event; with Mariachi music while getting ready, during the ceremony all the way to the first dance , following, the guest were entertained by the folkloric ballet “Costa De Oro” who performed Mexican folk dance, I was very impressed by the quality of the show, don’t hesitate to visit their website, they offer many classes for the one who love to learn about the culture of other countries.
The food like you would expect it, was Mexican, and the dancing music was provided by a “Banda” (Banda is a brass-based form of traditional music. Bandas play a wide variety of songs, including rancheras, corridos, cumbias, baladas, and boleros.) It was loud, very energetic…and mostly fun.
Like always I will let the images speak for themselves.

Et voila! until next time,have a great day…

Buena Vista Winery Wedding: Sharon + Russ

Wedding Venue: Buena Vista Winery
Caterer: Wine Valley Catering
Wedding Gown: Siri
Florist: Catherine Scott Floral
Cake: Your Sweet Expectation

Sweet Expectations seems to be the recurrent them of this wedding, as the bride was expecting as well. Siri wedding and bridesmaids dresses made it easy to look great and feel comfortable. The wedding venue with its ivy covered old world stone house provided a natural and charming setting for the event. The food  by Wine Valley Catering was excellent and  so was the flower decor by Catherine Scott Floral. The rustic simplicity of the floral arrangement, old bottles with a single flower of the “native and wild”  look,  flow seamlessly with the ambiance of the place.  Down the road,  baby Nicolas will look at the images, knowing he was there as well:)

Happy expecting bride.

Putting on the wedding dress.

High heels for an expecting bride?! Yet she  knew how to wear them:)

Bride getting ready at MacArthur Place in Sonoma.

Groom pretending to relax in the hammock before the wedding starts.

Sign in the trailer where bride & bridesmaids are waiting for the ceremony to begin.

Siri dresses make pregnant bride & bridesmaids look great!

Groom & grooms’ men having fun in a hammock.

Buena Vista Winery with its old world charm.

Simply: Russ & Sharon in love.

Candid moment of the girls – oops “bridesmaids.”

The boys

First Dance, while guest look on from the balcony of the wine tasting room.

Sparklers – light in the dark- a great way to exit your official wedding celebration.

“Buena Vista” etched into their glass door – looks beautiful:)

Wedding with a French touch

Bonjour
Back in May we had the pleasure to photograph the wedding of “Jen and Vincent”at the “Oakmont Golf Club” in Santa Rosa. Vincent’s parents and close friends flew all the way from France to celebrate their union.
The Venue was “The Oakmont Golf Club”
The photography of course by us “Rose and Gerard Lion”
The catering was provided by “The Oakmont Golf Club”
The beautiful display of flowers by “Vanda Floral Design“.
The Cakes, provided by “Costeaux French Bakery in Healdsburg.
I will let the images of this wedding speak for themselves…

Flower girls walking down the aisle

You may kiss...

Wedding couple and friends

Jumping groom

Wedding party

All you need is love...

"Croc en Bouche" traditional French wedding cake

Jen loves Vincent

Wedding details

How appropriate... Vidal Wine for Mr and Ms Vidal...

Happy feeling

Wedding season coming to an end

Bonjour!
The wedding season is coming to an end, although we still have few coming in December, I will have more time to blog about all the weddings we have been shooting this season. I must say this year was quite interesting, we were very pleased with the opportunity given to us shooting a variety of weddings, from Persian

Sofreye Aghd

Mexican

First Dance

Chinese

Wedding Couple

Auberge Du Soleil, Weddings

Bonjour!

We have photographed quite a few weddings at Auberge Du Soleil in Rutherford,Napa. So for you, the future brides, I made this “Youtube” Video … Enjoy!

Children at Weddings

Bonjour!

Children at weddings are always a great source of memorable moments to photograph. See for yourself in this serie of Images.





















Et Voila!

Wedding Shoes

Bonjour!
Today I will be publishing Images about shoes, mostly worn by the bride, but also by others. You might think that I have a shoe fetish… no, I just find it interesting, like many other subject related to weddings. Enough said, let’s look at the pictures…

Weddings and Tatoos

Bonjour!

For the past few years Tatoos in weddings, have become a lot more common and visible . So let’s begin with the wedding of Renee and Joel at the Montclair Women’s Cultural Art Clubin Oakland, California.

The following Images are about how Kana (the bride) had to hide the tattoo on her shoulder with makeup, to please her mother…



Et Voila, no more tattoo!

Friends of Kana and Joseph made up for the hidden tattoo…

Wedding at the Montclair Women’s Cultural Art Club

Bonjour!

The Montclair Women’s Cultural Art club
For a group of 20 or 200… if it’s a wedding, bat/bar mitzvah, anniversary or birthday, a holiday party, community gathering, seminar lunch or memorial celebration…. the Club is a charming, personal, artistic and warm venue that invites you to host your guests for a remarkable occasion.
Here are Images of the Wedding of Renee and Joel…

Rehearsal Dinner, Preferred Sonoma Caterers

Bonjour!

It’s pouring outside, rain, rain, rain, go away! Ok let’s move on to a brighter event…
Like the Rehearsal Dinner of Lauren and Chase at the “Parducci Winery” The theme was hot and spicy and so was the food, nicely prepared and serve by “Preferred Sonoma Caterers” , the whole event was beautifully orchestrated by “Stephany Beer” of “Covenant Coordinating”

Red for hot...

Lauren

Chase

Rehearsal Dinner

Hot and spicy...

Aye Aye Aye!

Que buena comida...

Musica Latina

Red or white?

Amber Balshaw

Red Chile pepper Pinata