San Francisco Wedding Photography by Matthias Giezendanner

May . 22 . 2010

Vidya & Gouthaman: Beautiful Colorful Indian Wedding!

Last weekend I had the opportunity to photograph my first Indian wedding. From the moment I met the bride and groom I have been excited to be a part of this day. With friends and family flying in from India and around the United States they had a lot on their plate, but I was struck by the grace and composure with which they took on such a huge planning task. This also happened to be my earliest start time ever. I left the house shortly after 4am, but I knew it would be totally worth it. Since the colors and details are so unique and beautiful I wanted to use this post to highlight them specifically. I have been encouraged by quite a few wedding blogs and my photography friends to highlight the details I shoot more… so here goes!

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Jessie Cho

you photographed the true emotions of the wedding. Great job!

Cathy

Love all of the colors! Must have been so much fun to shoot. My fave is the fourth one – the b&w shot of the top of the bride’s head. Love it!

Beth

Matthias, you are just the best! These photos from the Indian Wedding are just insanely beautiful and vibrant. We cannot wait for you to photograph our wedding this August!

Padma Iyenghar

Fantastic!

Josh Gruetzmacher

This looks like it was a beautiful event. Great shots Matthias!

Vidya and Goutham

We are so happy to see the pictures. I know we are going to cherish these pictures for all years to come. Thank you for the capturing these moments so beautifully.

May . 20 . 2010

Veronica & Aaron’s Destination Engagement Session

Rather than have their engagement images shot in Los Angeles, Veronica and Aaron decided to come up to San Francisco and hit some of the highlights of the city. Ultimately, though we went to Coit Tower, Lombard Street, and Baker beach the real highlight of the shoot was their relationship and the fun that emanates from the two of them. We really hit it off from the get-go and had a little adventure touring the city, chatting, and enjoying what turned into another beautiful day in San Francisco. While shooting and editing this engagement session I felt a lot of gratitude for the life I live. Thanks guys!

Ok… I’ll admit Banana Republic’s current ad campaign totally inspires me… Love those colors!

I love Veronica’s sundress, and the way she and Aaron coordinated their outfits. So cute and stylish!

There’s something about the way they’re holding hands in the above shot that just gives me a little chills and makes me smile every time I look at it.

There may or may not have been just a tad of tresspassing going on…. nobody seemed to mind and we got some really fun shots. San Francisco has such great little buildings.

The shots above and below were on Lombard Street, the curviest street in the city.

I believe in an earlier life Veronica must have been a supermodel. She has one of the most beautiful faces I have ever photographed.

And I’m always a sucker for an interesting silhouette…

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Josh Gruetzmacher

Good frames. I especially like the one with her hands on his chest, and the one where they are in the stairway. Nice compositions.

May . 7 . 2010

Cristin & Luke’s San Francisco Engagement

In the words of Will Ferrel’s Buddy the Elf, “smiling is my favorite.” Seriously, hanging with couples like Cristin and Luke is what makes my job a dream. Totally easy going, in love, and up for any sort of adventure they. They didn’t have smiling fatigue, even after almost 3 hours of shooting. They also brought their golden retriever Murphy, who is a star in his own right. He didn’t quite understand that every time I tried to get his attention I wasn’t asking for him to charge me and lick my face. But shoot, he’s just friendly. And excited! While we were going to set-up at the Farmer’s Market on the Embarcadero, none of us realized that it closes on Tuesdays at 2pm. So we had to wing it, and fortuitously the area has quite a few beautiful spots. The sun and the weather also really cooperated and the golden hour before sunset allowed us some absolutely beautiful lighting.

Even in his mellower moments, Murphy wants to be in the middle of things.

Below is my favorite shot of the day, love the light and the authenticity of their joy in each other.

There were moments I didn’t even feel like Luke and Cristin realized I was there. Below is an example. Nothing but the two of them in their thoughts.

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Gabriel

Some great shots here. I love the dog laying on the ground looking all crazy at you. Nice work.

Matthias

Thanks Rosie! I love big dogs… and I’m so glad he came along. Fun couple, fun times!

Rosaura Sandoval

Really fun session! Love the one with the long shadow and ALL the ones with the doggie, especially the 3rd photo – it cracked me up!

Apr . 30 . 2010

Shoot… this is fun :)

So what do wedding photographers do on their days off? We take pictures of course. I find that shooting for fun is one of the best things I can do to stay creative. Spending time with artists and cameras is double inspiring. A little while back I spent a bit of the afternoon with my good friend Josh Gruetzmacher and Gritchelle Fallesgon (trying to navigate our three names is like walking dogs through a minefield, I know).