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Jenn and Brandon | Yosemite Wedding at the Ahwahnee Hotel | Yosemite National Park, CA

admin — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:03:31 +0000

Jenn and Brandon’s wedding was my last Yosemite wedding of the year and it took advantage of the great fall color in Yosemite Valley. The color was absolutely spectacular and it was a joy to spend the day searching out the most vivid locations. I love these small Yosemite weddings – everyone has such an amazing time and there’s always a room full of personalities. Thanks Jenn and Brandon for sharing your day with me, please enjoy some of my favorites from the day.

Yi-Hsing and Daniel | Ahwahnee Hotel Wedding | Yosemite National Park

admin — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:53:32 +0000

Any wedding day in Yosemite is bound to be a beautiful one, and this day certainly didn’t disappoint! Weekday weddings in the park are great as even in the summertime the crowds are smaller and it’s pretty easy to get around the valley floor. Daniel and Yi-Hsing are new residents of New York by way of Japan, and on the way they had a little wedding under the apple tree on the Ahwahnee Hotel’s Wedding Lawn. Enjoy a few of my favorite images from the day…

Sarah and Edward | From the Wedding Lawn at the Ahwahnee in Yosemite National Park

nate — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:08:01 +0000

I gotta love a May that sends me to Yosemite National Park TWICE for weddings. The first was an amazing day, and Sarah and Edward’s wedding didn’t disappoint either. After several straight days of rain – and more rain in the forecast for the wedding day – remarkably the clouds parted and didn’t drop more than the tiniest of a sprinkle at any point during the day. Sarah was total trooper marching around the park, unafraid of a little dirt, in the quest for some amazing portraits. Sarah and Edward were married on the Wedding Lawn and the historic Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite Valley following an afternoon roaming Cook’s Meadow, El Capitan Meadow, and the Yosemite Falls trails for their portrait session. Their reception followed the ceremony in the Solarium inside the Ahwahnee with dancing following in the Winter Club Room. Below are a few of my favorites from the day…Enjoy!

PS: Yes, that’s a bear. I went outside at dusk to get a shot or two of the Ahwahnee (see the last image as well as the vertical showing the solarium and the sunset image of Half Dome). I took the first image and noticed through the trees that the sunset was hitting Half Dome. So I started to walk across the meadow to find a better angle through the trees, looking at the LCD on the back of my camera as I walked. I look up after a few steps and just a few yards in front of me was a huge bear! For a moment I just froze, looking at him, looking at me. Then he walked off and headed towards the trees at the far end of the meadow. It was at that moment that I realized, DUH!, I have a camera so I fired off a quick couple of shots and then headed out to take the shot of Half Dome as I intended.

Lynne-Dee and Brian | A Yosemite Wedding at the Ahwahnee Hotel

nate — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:17:58 +0000

This is going to be a HUGE post, find a computer with a fast internet connection! Lynne-Dee and Brian were married in an intimate ceremony on the Wedding Lawn at the stunning Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park. One of the great benefits of being a wedding photographer in the Fresno area is that Yosemite is right in my backyard. I’ve only had the opportunity to shoot a few weddings in Yosemite, but I have several booked in the future so I’m stoked that that looks like it’s changing!

Below is a sampling of my favorites from the day, and if you click in the center of the first image, you will see a slideshow with even more images.

Take the time to look – you won’t be sorry! Thanks!