
On a recent trip to California — the Bay Area and Big Sur — I shot these landscapes. A good landscape is always a terrific backdrop for a portrait, though I didn’t have any brides or grooms on hand to prove my point at the time. But just imagine!

The rains ended and the sun shone on an outdoor ceremony conducted inside a circular arena of seats, and then a reception followed inside a tent–all of this on the spacious grounds of the bride’s grandmother. Though the bride did not grow up in this area, she’d always wanted to be married on this estate.