GoodEye Photography + Design Blog

I’m always a little worried when people tell me they’re getting married at a restaurant – I mean, how many restaurants would make good backdrops for a decent sized wedding? Well, Tarpy’s Roadhouse is actually a historical residence-turned restaurant, so it’s got all the texture and presence of a structure that’s stood the test of […]

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Robert and Kirsten lead an active lifestyle – I can tell you that there aren’t many couples that start out their wedding day with a 6 mile run – then go ocean kayaking after that! If that doesn’t tell you they’re not having a cookie-cutter-style wedding, then nothing will! Their wedding was held at the […]

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I met this lovely couple for the first time on their wedding/elopement day; we found each other in the small parking lot near the Wedding Rock trailhead (which is on a bluff overlooking Carmel River State Beach). The wind was gusting (I mean, really blowing) but there were tons of clouds in the sky and a […]

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Anyone who’s ever planned a wedding knows it can be simply shocking how expensive everything is. Even the smallest weddings can easily cost $15,000 – the food, venue, and of course professional services such as my own quickly add up, forcing people to ask “Is this really worth it?” To most, the answer is a resounding […]

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Check out Verona and Paul’s 60 page wedding album design. I love laying out wedding albums to show off the wedding day in a truly unique way. Their wedding was last December, and I know they’ll love the keepsake this album will become. Enjoy the spreads below! Getting married in Gilroy, California? Bay Area Destination […]

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If you’d like to get married in an intimate, natural grove of redwoods, but have the convenience of a restaurant and outdoor seating for a couple hundred people nearby, Felton Guild is the ideal location for your wedding. The following photos are album spreads from Stephanie and Kevin’s Felton Guild wedding – representing their favorite […]

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I met with Kylie and Mike last October about their upcoming wedding at Kohl Mansion, and was excited when they told me I was their first choice as wedding photographer. I’d just shot there for the first time a couple weeks before, and I really fell in love with the historical estate. Fast forward to […]

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Kelsey and Michael live in Chicago, where it’s very cold and wintery right now. So of course they decided to tie the knot in nice ol’ California – more specifically, Yountville. Now, I’m a California native, and I had to look Yountville up on a map. Turns out it’s this adorable little town in the […]

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Great family portraits are awesome to hang on the wall. But sometimes, there’s just too many good ones to choose from – or more likely, simply not enough wall-space available for prints. In those cases, I recommend my clients invest in custom-designed albums that tell the story of their fun photo shoot with GoodEye Photography […]

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UPDATE 2/15/14: I’ve posted a sequel to this article – 2013 Best Of: 70 Creative Wedding Ring Photos (you’re looking at 2012). The ultimate symbol of marriage, the diminutive ring is often overlooked, or treated as a checklist item for photographers to simply “get” during the wedding day. Since a couple usually spends a lot […]

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Santa Cruz, California – January 14, 2013 – WeddingWire, the nation’s leading online wedding marketplace, is thrilled to announce that GoodEye Photography + Design has been selected as a winner of the prestigious WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards® 2013 for Wedding Photography in the San Francisco Bay Area! The esteemed annual awards program recognizes the top five percent […]

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Only a couple weeks after their romantic engagement shoot at Panther Beach, Verona and Paul had an amazing evening wedding at the Wedgewood Wedding and Banquet Center at Eagle Ridge Golf Club in Gilroy, California. Verona got ready at her friend’s house in San Jose – when all the girls were photo-ready, we went into […]

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I’ve seen some high-fives in my day, buit Nic and Lindsey make an art form out of it. They showed me how they do it at their Vasona Park engagement session, and of course had to follow up with a jumping high-five on their wedding day. Scroll down for more, or jump to www.GoodEyePhotography.com to […]

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Kelly + Ryan = Sexy Awesomeness. I met with Kelly last year about her unconventional wedding plans, and we ended up talking for a couple hours about her vision for her big day, and we really connected. The next time we met was for their Panther Beach engagement session, which was fun, sexy and a […]

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I last met Danielle and Tony during their romantic engagement session at Felton Covered Bridge Park and Loch Lomond. It was great practice for them leading up to the wedding day. Instead of meeting up with Danielle (typically us photographers meet up with the bride first), I met Tony and his groomsmen at Tony’s parents […]

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Last time I saw Jen and Steve was when they met me for their Capitola Beach engagement session. They were a lot of fun that day, so I was looking forward to their Eagle Ridge wedding in their hometown of Gilroy! My associate Sam Fontejon and I met at Jen’s house that morning, along with […]

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I met both Kim and John for their Capitola engagement shoot only a few weeks before their wedding. This didn’t leave much time for me to process all their photos in time for them to order some to use at their wedding. So I was amazed to see a faux movie poster (using one of […]

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After braving through a super-windy engagement session at three-mile beach in Santa Cruz, I knew Virginia and Noel could handle anything nature threw at them on their wedding day. Luckily mother nature was kind, offering up a gorgeous, calm day at Stewart’s Cove Beach in Carmel, California. Read on for the highlights of this intimate […]

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After getting to know Rebekah and Anthony at their Niles Blvd., Fremont engagement session, I was looking forward to spending the Big Day with them. We met up at the Kingdom Hall for Jehovah’s Witnesses in Newark where the prep and ceremony took place. Read on for more comments along with photo highlights of the […]

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Jade and Thomas are a really sweet couple who, when I first met them in person, insisted that they really wanted minimal, minimal shots of them. The most important thing to them was capturing great photos of all their friends and family. They are selfless souls, and really a true match for each other. I still […]

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