Posts By Bill W.
Jonathan & Malorie | 8.15.2014
The long-awaited Lee wedding blog post is finally here. But seriously, this is totally my fault for not sharing this amazing couple and their beautiful wedding with the world before now. It’s always my favorite when you can just tell that two people were made for each other and totally complete each other. Not only that, but they are two awesome people in general! We got to know Jonathan and Malorie a little before the wedding through some mutual friends, and were really honored to be able to be involved in their big day. The timing couldn’t have worked out better for photography – the ceremony ended right around golden hour, and we were able to get some of my favorite wedding images in their first moments as husband and wife, just the two of them together. Scroll down a bit and you’ll see what I’m talking about.
Anyway, I’ll consider this blog post a one year anniversary present to them since it’s been 367 days since they got married now. I promise to be much better about blogging in the future. We haven’t had any weddings so far this year – taking it easy after moving into a new house and traveling a little bit. But we’ll be back in the game here with some upcoming posts in the near future. But focus on this one for now – GO JONATHAN AND MALORIE! HAPPY ONE YEAR!
Malorie Bridals
I’ve been really hit-or-miss recently (mostly miss) with blog posts and updates on here, but Malorie was definitely not a “miss” in her bridal portraits. These are from last year, and I can’t believe I hadn’t posted them yet! How awesome did she look! I’ll also be posting highlights from their wedding a little bit later, but for now, just enjoy these images taken on a warm summer afternoon in Austin. Some of these were taken on the grounds of the Capitol and even inside – we weren’t sure whether this would be a problem, but it ended up being the perfect setting.
Golden Gate | San Francisco, CA
You have to love work trips (at least, I usually don’t mind them as long as they don’t happen TOO often) – most expenses paid for and usually nothing expected of you past 5 PM. Unexpectedly, I had the opportunity to be in the Bay Area this past week and couldn’t find any reason not to head up to the Golden Gate Bridge. I packed my camera, borrowed a co-worker’s rental car, and after a few quick stops to visit some friends in Oakland, I got to Fort Baker right around 11 PM. I couldn’t have asked for a more perfect, crisp night – no clouds, no fog, stars overhead, the twinkling of downtown San Francisco and the Bay Bridge off to the left, and the Golden Gate Bridge towering overhead on the right.
Fort Baker is located on the Sausalito (NE) side of the bridge – the only side of the bridge Katie and I didn’t visit last time we were in San Francisco (August 2013). If you drive through the Fort grounds, there’s a long lookout/docking/fishing pier off of Moore Road/Conzleman Road that I would highly recommend for a serene vantage point of the bridge at night. The pier is pretty isolated, as you can only get to it from one direction. I spent about an hour and a half on or around the pier, taking pictures, walking along the shore, and absorbing the scenery. For a little while, I decided to just sit on the pier with my legs hanging over – a dolphin swam by a few times blowing air upwards, a few boats went past in the distance, a coyote actually walked out onto the pier but got scared away by the flashlight of a couple (pictured below) who was on the pier too doing some midnight fishing. An awesome fusion of nature and architecture, as if the surrounding area was unphased and unaffected by this massive feat of engineering and humanity. The sound of cars driving past on the bridge and the waves lapping against the rocks below my feet. An evening I won’t forget for the rest of my life.
P.S. For you technical folks, most of these were taken at 15, 20, or 30 second exposures at ISO 200 and an aperture set somewhere between f/4 and f/9.
