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Jeff and I firmly believe in slowing our couples down. You see, a wedding day can feel like a blur of emotions if you don’t take the time to intentionally breathe it in, take notice of the little things… and savor the moment. So after Troy and Tara said “I do” overlooking the lake (see
He was the tall, handsome guy she’d been told about. When Tara moved into a new place a few years back, her new landlord couldn’t contain herself. After asking if Tara was single (Um, yes, nice to meet you, too…), she said she knew the perfect guy that Tara simply HAD to meet. So when
Every bit of Colton and Nancy’s destination wedding in Lake Tahoe is giving us giddy-photographer-feels! First things first: if you haven’t already soaked up alllll the beautifully emotional moments of Colton and Nancy’s ceremony in Part One, turn around RIGHT NOW and do it! Because oh my goodness – we just LOVE these two! It
When Nancy was a little girl, she declared with certainty that one day, she would get married right in this spot. She’d marry her Prince Charming alongside the water at Sugar Pine Point in Lake Tahoe, California, and then she’d jump in the lake while still in her wedding dress. Well, aside from the cannonball
A magical seaside ceremony, the most perfect beach sunset portraits EVER, crazy emotional toasts, a hilarious father-daughter dance, and shave ice that blew my mind… That sums up the second half of Tony and Pamara’s destination wedding at The Ritz-Carlton Kapalua in Maui. In one word: PERFECTION! The emotions were flowing the entire day, but the ceremony
Maui is a remote place. It sits in the middle of the vast waters of the Pacific, separated from other continents by thousands of miles of ocean. It’s beautiful cliffs rise out of the ocean in dramatic, steep lava flows and the coastline stops your breath at every turn. Which is one reason why Tony and Pamara
A deep, overwhelming love between two hearts, overlooking a vast, deep blue ocean… friends, we are deeply and madly in love with Ben and Laura’s stunning Dana Point wedding! Their breathtaking ceremony at the Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort overlooked the ocean they both find such peace and meaning in, and Ben and Laura really did savor Every.
The ocean breeze that reached across the cliffs of Dana Point reminded us all to look out over the immense blue expanse that lay before us. This place is special to Laura and her family, and you could see it in her eyes whenever she looked out over the water. In her heart, Laura shared this day
During the toasts at Eugene and Lenore’s rehearsal dinner, Lenore’s brother stood up, looked around at the 250 people that had gathered to celebrate this wonderful couple and he said to the couple: “You have a family that loves you, a community that supports you, and you have found each other. You have absolutely everything you
This loveliness is almost too much to bear! Eugene and Lenore’s wonderfully meaningful destination wedding at Crossroads Estate in Los Olivos was everything we love about a wedding – meaningful, classic, and oh-so-FUN! Eugene and Lenore chose to do a black and white theme for their wedding and I LOVED IT. They asked their guests to
When it comes to Eugene and Lenore, tradition runs as deep as their bones. Their destination wedding in Los Olivos was a wonderful celebration of their love for one another, and it was magical with every step along the way. But it was even more so a celebration of where they had come from, what they have
At first, Lenore wanted a small wedding. But when she wrote down the list of her closest friends and family, the list was 250 people. So the small intimate destination wedding, turned into a BIG intimate destination wedding in wine country. And yes, I do mean that it was intimate. Only Eugene and Lenore could pull
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We’re Jeff and Erin Youngren, a hubby and wifey team that photographs amazing couples and their incredible weddings. Hopeless romantics, BFF's, and mama + daddy to James, we’re obsessed with traveling, podcasts, Oreos (Erin) and whiskey (Jeff).