Karen & Jay: De Young Museum Wedding

by Lilia on February 8, 2010

We’d like to thank Style Me Pretty for featuring this wedding recently!

Karen and Jay had their ultra modern, elegant, and colorful wedding at the wonderful De Young Museum here in Francisco. Both Karen and Jay are incredibly creative and put their touches on their wedding. Jay designed a fun wedding logo for them that was used on all of their wedding invites and programs that Karen artfully designed. They were married in the Sculpture Garden, with a super fun and colorful reception in the De Young Museum Cafe.

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Wedding Photography: Lilia Photography
Venue: De Young Museum
Wedding Planner: Simply Sparkling Events
Floral Design: Grandi-Flora
Makeup: Bara Krejcikova
Hair: Jaclyn Jean
Cupcakes: That Takes the Cake
Cake Topper: Goose Grease

You can view more of our San Francisco wedding photography on our portfolio site.

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Big news this week at Lilia Photography HQ

by Lilia on February 1, 2010

This week we’d like to graciously thank all of the amazing wedding blogs that featured our work, from Green Wedding Shoes, Style Me Pretty, Grace Ormonde, publisher of Wedding Style magazine, and the Bird in a Cage Bride. Big, big thanks! :)

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This past Christmas Eve, I had the opportunity to photograph Meagan and Paul’s elopement at San Francisco City Hall. When they mentioned that they wanted to bring their scooter, I was thrilled! Congrats to Meagan and Paul!

Hair by the amazing Jaclyn Jean.

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To view more of our San Francisco wedding photography, check out our portfolio.

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After a sweet, intimate City Hall wedding surrounded by their families, I took Heidi and Siavash to Coit Tower and North Beach for a fun wedding portrait session. Congrats to Heidi and Siavash, thanks for letting me document your day. :)

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Want to see more of our San Francisco wedding photography? Take a look at our online portfolio.

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Punk Rock Wedding Inspiration

by Lilia on December 27, 2009

A few months ago I had the pleasure of photographing this amazing punk rock wedding tablescape by the fabulous Karin Woodward. From the corseted table cloths and t-shirts, to safety pink details, black martini glasses with skulls, and studded belt napkin holders, Karin completely rocked this tablescape! Too bad I didn’t know Karin when Ray and I were married because we would have loved to have had this at our wedding. Sometimes you just need an antidote to stale and boring wedding decor, and this is the perfect antidote to that.

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Punk Rock Wedding
Punk Rock Wedding
Punk Rock Wedding
Punk Rock Wedding
Punk Rock Wedding

To view more of our wedding photography, check out our portfolio.

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It’s always nice to get out of San Francisco to shoot an engagement session. I had a great time with Diana and Martin during their session in San Jose’s downtown. We found lots of great murals and colorful locations and hit the San Jose Museum of Art and SJ’s oldest bar and divine divebar, Cinebar. Ray and I are so excited about Diana and Martin’s wedding tomorrow at the Mission Santa Clara and the San Jose City Hall Rotunda!

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To view more of our San Jose wedding photography, check out our portfolio.

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Part II of Maggie and James’ gorgeous outdoor wedding. The bride did all of the floral arrangements and designed the invitations and guest book herself. The groom made his own handcrafted beers, how awesome is that. Finger puppet favors rule!

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Rustic Outdoor DIY Wedding

Rustic Outdoor DIY Wedding

Rustic Outdoor DIY Wedding

Rustic Outdoor DIY Wedding

Rustic Outdoor DIY Wedding

Rustic Outdoor DIY Wedding

Rustic Outdoor DIY Wedding

To view more of our San Francisco wedding photography, check out our portfolio.

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Maggie and James had a gorgeous outdoor, rustic DIY wedding at the home of a family friend. The garden and grounds themselves were so unique and different. Maggie did all of the floral arrangements herself, and was inspired by her Dutch heritage and used delft (blue and white porcelain), copper, and blue glass pieces she found in local thrift stores. She designed her invitations, sign-in book, and even made her own cake stands. Maggie looked like a woodland nymph in her Chrissy Wai Ching wedding dress, and simple flowers in her hair. Instead of a ready-made bouquet, as Maggie walked down the aisle, guests presented her with irises so that she ended up with a bouquet when she got to the end of the aisle.

The reception itself was incredibly fun and relaxed, just like Maggie and James. The wedding favors were finger puppets, and the guests had so much fun with them! I’ll share the DIY details tomorrow. :)

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Bay Area Wedding Photographer

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Jeni & Mike: Day After Session

by Lilia on December 7, 2009

You might remember Jeni and Mike from their wonderful wedding at Casa Real earlier this year. A few months after their wedding, we shot their “Day After” session at the Palace of Fine Arts and Kirby Cove.

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We’re featured on Ruffled!

by Lilia on November 28, 2009

Ruffled vintage, vintage, and eco-friendly weddingsWe’re so grateful to Amanda at Ruffled for featuring Stephanie and Dave’s vintage glam wedding! You may know Amanda from her previous blog, Vintage Glam. Ruffled is her new blog baby, and it celebrates the savvy chic indie bride and non-traditional weddings.

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