Drozian Photoworks

Chico Wedding Photography: Gina and Brian – Sierra Nevada Brewery

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:52:15 +0000

Gina and Brian met purely by chance at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver. Gina was on Sierra Nevada’s beer bike during that fated moment. When the guy running it called out for everyone on the bike to shout “Chico,” Gina, like any good Chico girl or boy, shouted, “I’m from Chico!” Brian heard her and kicked the other guy off the bike so he could talk to her. Based on the number of stories we heard at their wedding about Brian telling everyone about the amazing girl he met, it’s pretty obvious that they hit it off immediately.

Gina got ready at Platinum Salon and the Residence Inn (a.k.a. “The Resi” as all of Dusty’s old consulting friends used to call it since they stayed there so much). It’s always fun to watch the process of getting a bride into her dress. Gina’s friend Amanda laced it up faster than anyone we’ve ever seen!

The ceremony and reception were at Sierra Nevada Brewery, but Gina and Brian wanted some outdoor shots, too. We headed out to Bidwell Park for some gorgeous photos in the sun and the trees. We also loved the conveniently placed wood fence!

Gina’s sister, Amy, was all about her maid-of-honor duty to carry Gina’s dress:

Brian chose a black vest to go with his tux, and it looked really sharp.

The lighting for the ceremony and reception at the Big Room made for such great colors in the background of our shots!

It was dark after the ceremony, so Brian led us all throughout the brewery to some of their favorite spots.

In honor of the day they met, Gina and Brian named their wedding beer Love at First Bike. (Here’s the link to their engagement session in case you missed them making it!)

Special thanks to all the vendors that helped make the day great!
Venue and Catering: The Sierra Nevada Big Room
Makeup Artist: Jen Siqueiros
Hair: Platinum Salon
DJ: Platinum Productions
Florist: Cambray Rose Florist
Cake: Upper Crust

The Knot Best of Weddings 2012 Pick!

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:31:46 +0000

Chico Wedding Photography: Lovely Layers Cakery

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:05:01 +0000

We love Lovely Layers Cakery, so we were really excited when Emily wanted to go out and do some unique shots of her cakes! Our antique chairs went perfectly with some of them, so we loaded them up basically made a little portrait session of it. It was sort of like doing an engagement session and family session minus the engagement, minus the family, and plus cakes! We kept joking about how her cakes were like their own little families. We had the country vintage family portraits and the elegant, classy family portraits!

Los Gatos Wedding Photography: LeighAnne and Manoj – Nestldown

admin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:06:12 +0000

We started off the day with LeighAnne and Manoj at the Hotel Los Gatos where LeighAnne had her hair and makeup done, then headed up the hill to Nestldown. Nestldown is so beautiful, and it’s like its own little wedding world! There are so many photo spots there that we could literally shoot for hours on end and still have new places to work with. The reception was in the barn in the center of the property. “Barn” doesn’t even come close to doing the best job of describing how beautiful the reception area is.

Calistoga Engagement Photography: Ashley and Gary – Castella di Amarosa

admin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:15:03 +0000

If you haven’t been to Castella di Amarosa, you should definitely go just to see it. It’s owned by the same people as V. Sattui (where Dusty and I got married), and it about as close as you can get to being at a European castle as you can get without going to Europe. Ashley and Gary love the setting there as much as we do, so we met up with them for their engagement session while they were in town visiting family. We love shooting with stonework as a backdrop (there was no shortage of that at the castle) so we pretty much just got to move Ashley and Gary from point to point and let them be adorable together!

Sausalito Portrait Photography: Sonia and Roman – Cavallo Point

admin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:10:27 +0000

Cavallo Point is a beautiful state park that sits in between downtown Sausaulito and the Golden Gate Bridge. Sonia and Roman love the view from the park, so when they said they wanted to do their portrait session there, we were really excited. (We’re also shooting a wedding there this June, so it was great to get a chance to do some extra scounting for cool picture spots.) Sonia couldn’t quite decide what to wear for the session, so she brought a whole bunch of outfits to choose from. We had fun picking out our favorites for the shoot while Dusty and Roman had fun being guys and patiently waiting for us! Cavallo Point has a little bit of everything to choose for pictures spots, so we hit up all of it, including some more of the old military bunkers that we love so much around the bridge.

San Francisco Portraits: Kara and Ralph – Noe Valley

admin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:05:37 +0000

Kara and Ralph really wanted to capture pictures of them doing what they do every day, so we did their entire shoot inside their house and around their block in San Francisco. We did shots of them reading, snuggling, drinking coffee, and all kinds of other little things. We also discoverd that they call themselves the Karalph Collective, which is their spin on being Drozian. It’s nice to know that other couples have also come up with a phrase to describe their collective identity!

San Francisco Engagement Photography: Katie and Amie – Baker Beach

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:59:26 +0000

We met up with Katie and Amie for at Baker Beach in San Francisco for their engagement session. This was the first time we had been to Baker Beach, and it definitely didn’t disappoint. Katie and Amie wanted some shots with the bridge in the background, and it turned out that you could get great views of it from almost every part of the beach. We also discovered old military bunkers on the hill that ran along behind the beach, and those made for some great picture spots, too!

Chico Engagement Photography: Gina and Brian – Sierra Nevada Brewery and Bidwell Park

admin — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:51:33 +0000

Gina and Brian had a two-part engagement session. The first half was at Sierra Nevada, where we shot Brian and Gina brewing their specialty beer that they will be having at their wedding. It was so much fun to watch Brian work. We know nothing about brewing beer so he gave us a lesson while he was setting everything up. After they were done brewing, we found some great spots in the brewery to do a few engagement shots. Then we met up again with them later that week to do some more engagement shots at Upper Bidwell Park.

Lodi Engagement Photography: Alyson and Lucas – Jessie’s Grove Winery

admin — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:48:02 +0000

Alyson and Lucas suggested that we do their session at Jessie’s Grove Winery in Lodi, and it was a perfect place for pictures. We never knew that Lodi had so many cute little vineyards. We ran all over Jessie’s Grove taking advantage of the pile of cute settings they had. Alyson and Lucas’s dog, Hank, also ran all over the place. They live in San Francisco, so Hank doesn’t get a lot of exposure to horses and farm life, and he was more than content to explore everywhere during our session!