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  • A beautiful photograph is a key that unlocks a moment.

    Lori Paladino is an award-winning wedding & portrait photographer in the San Francisco Bay Area, focused on real moments and emotionally inspired imagery. Small weddings, big weddings, proposals, elopements, classic weddings, DIY weddings, same sex weddings, vintage weddings, modern weddings... as long as the key ingredient is love, Lori would love to capture it!

    Lori is based in the gorgeous Napa Valley, and her weddings & lifestyle portrait sessions regularly take her all over Northern California and welcomes destination weddings and portrait commissions across the globe.

    Recent News: For the 2nd year running, Lori was selected for The Knot's 2013 Best of Weddings!

Sep 18 2011

Katie + Lee | Hotel Vitale, Old St. Mary’s Church & San Francisco Ferry Building Wedding

Posted in: San Francisco Weddings | Weddings

There are so many things that jumped out at me while I was editing Katie & Lee’s images. But the first image below, probably sums it up for me. Such joy and love on their wedding day – who could resist a smile looking at that image?

Other parts that I loved about Katie & Lee’s wedding?

The jaw-droppingly gorgeous locations – it felt like a gift to be attending a wedding at the San Francisco Ferry Building – an amazing piece of beauty & history! Katie’s customized wedding dress hanger! The beautiful blues & greens carried throughout the wedding. The amazing graphic design that iconized the San Francisco elements on all of their printed materials from the save the date & to table names & escort cards at the reception. The elegant effect of all white bouquets the bridesmaids carried. The gorgeous bouquet Katie carried of all the combined white blooms. I loved that the guests were all transported from hotel, to the church to the reception in a classic cable cars. The fierce love their family and friends clearly felt for these two – I loved Katie’s sister’s speech & the best man’s speech about Lee’s fighting skills as a teenager – seriously funny! Tainted Love – these folks seriously rocked it!

It was a wedding that even in it’s incredible beauty, invited you to share the moment. We went a little crazy taking pictures I have to admit – so many beautiful moments to capture! Here are just a few favorites from the day or view their slideshow for more!

Katie & Lee, thank you so much for inviting me to capture your beautiful wedding day!

Katie & Lee assembled an incredible group of wedding professionals to create their wonderful event. A big thanks to all of them for helping to make our job so enjoyable!
Getting Ready Venue: Hotel Vitale
Ceremony Venue: Old St. Mary’s Church
Reception Venue: San Francisco Ferry Building
Event Planner: Amy Nichols Special Events
Caterer: Paula LeDuc Fine Catering
Floral Design: Soulflower Floral Design
Band: Tainted Love
Lighting: Got Light?
Cake: Gerhard Michler
Printing & Design (save the dates, invitations, programs, table cards – such gorgeous work!!!): Design des Troy
Transportation: Classic Cable Car

For more information about wedding or lifestyle portrait photography in the San Francisco Bay Area, album design or other fun photography tips, feel free to reach out by email: lori@loriphoto.com or via the contact link on my website.

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September 18, 2011 - 2:10 pm

Joni Borzcik - Lori, you and your team did such a wonderful job with my sister’s wedding! You captured the day so perfectly. Thank you for everything! Sean and I look forward to seeing you in June at Kathryn and Sil’s big day!

Joni Borzcik

September 18, 2011 - 3:40 pm

lori - Thanks so much Joni!!! We felt so lucky to be there to capture it – what an incredible day! Looking forward to seeing you again in June too!

May 10, 2012 - 6:02 pm

Style Me Pretty Feature | Katie & Lee's Gorgeous San Francisco Ferry Building Wedding | Lori Paladino Photography - [...] Design – just beautiful! For more details on their day & stellar group of vendors, click here, or enjoy the lovely feature on [...]

Sep 10 2011

Jen + Jesse | Trentadue Winery Wedding Photography | Sonoma Wedding Photographer

Posted in: Napa/Sonoma Weddings | Weddings

I have SO loved working on Jen & Jesse’s images! First of all, they are the nicest, sweetest people to be around. LOVE that – it makes my job so easy!!! On top of that, the love they have for each other was the stuff of inspiration and it made it SO fun to photograph their day. SO many sweet moments and inspiration everywhere. Then you add into the mix that Trentadue is one of my most favorite locations for a wedding. From a photographic standpoint, the light is perfect and there are so many beautiful spots on the grounds to capture in images, it’s almost unreal.

Jen & Jesse also added a ton of personal touches to their decor and planning. I LOVED the purple color palette – the vibrancy was a perfect compliment to the greenery of the location. I loved how each of the bridesmaids had each selected a fabulous necklace to accent their dress, and Jen had 2 necklaces!!! She switched from a pretty, delicate necklace for the ceremony to another gorgeous piece for the reception. Other fun elements were the Table Card Trivia & Madlibs-like Marriage Advice at each table. It was fun to watch their guests filling these out as they were seated. Then who could forget the choreographed dance by the bridesmaids, followed by an equally awesome groomsmen dance!!! But perhaps my favorite detail was the mini-mini-checkered-Vans on Jen’s little nephew – too cute! And I adored the flower girl and ring bearer – such gorgeous sweet little faces!!! So much eye candy, you’ll understand if I had a hard time narrowing down the images to share. Here are just a few faves! And more of course in the slideshow – enjoy!

Jen & Jesse, thank you so much for inviting me to capture your beautiful wedding!

Jen & Jesse also gathered a wonderful set of vendors who helped create their beautiful event! Thank you to everyone for making our jobs so easy!

Ceremony & Venue: Trentadue Winery
Floral Design: Maria Philbin Floral Design
Caterer: Park Avenue Catering
Cake: Giorgi’s Cakes
DJ: AMS Entertainment
Transportation: Pure Luxury Transportation
Hair: Kelly Disiato
Make-up: It’s a Date at the Powder Room, Linda
Invitations: eInvite.com
Shoes: Stuart Weitzman
Dress: Amy Kuschel Bride
Men’s Attire: Louis Thomas Formalwear

For more information about wedding or lifestyle portrait photography in the San Francisco Bay Area, album design or other fun photography tips, feel free to reach out by email: lori@loriphoto.com or via the contact link on my website.

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September 10, 2011 - 3:30 am

chatti - i love the way you capture couples. and i love, love, love the lighting. so magical! I hope we keep in touch!

September 23, 2011 - 7:25 pm

Mary Pelrine - I am thrilled to see the beautiful photos from Jen and Jesse’s wedding. Not being able to make it from the east coast your photos make me feel like I was there!

September 30, 2011 - 2:20 pm

Event Photographer - Hi found your wedding photos via a tweet on tweet deck- love you work and especially the shot with everyone on the road and the use of the ‘just married’ umbrella. Very original and that is a hard thing to achieve with contemporary wedding photos

September 30, 2011 - 3:02 pm

lori - Thanks so much everyone – what a wonderful wedding!

March 1, 2013 - 4:37 pm

Trentadue Winery Wedding Trends Showcase on March 2nd! | Lori Paladino Photography - [...] Jennifer & Jesse (also featured on Wine Country Weddings blog) [...]

Aug 30 2011

Featured! | Elisha & Dave Castle Green Wedding on Grey Likes Weddings

Posted in: Featured! | Weddings

I was beyond excited to see Elisha & Dave’s wedding published on Grey Likes Weddings! Check out the feature here, or their full blogpost!

A huge thanks to all the amazing vendors who helped put this beautiful event together!

Venue: Castle Green, Old Town Pasadena
Wedding Planner: Dream Events with Kathy Johnson
Drapery: Pipe Dream Events, Elliott Hines
Catering: The Ultimate Affaire
Arbor Floral Design: Flowergirl San Francisco, Shari Paladino
Floral Design: Flowers by Hilary
Cake: Sweet and Organic Custom Cakes and Desserts (vegan cake!)
Wedding Musician: Wil Seabrook
DJ: Phil Birdsell
Bride’s Dress: Marilinn’s Bridal Salon
Bridesmaid’s Dresses: Amsale from Bella Bridesmaid
Vintage Car Rental: Classic Limos

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Aug 25 2011

Natasha + Ryan | St. Lucy’s, Santa Clara University & Corinthian Grand Ballroom Wedding Photography | San Jose Wedding Photographer

Posted in: Weddings

You may remember Natasha & Ryan from their lovely wildflower engagement session this past Spring, but their story is so sweet, it should be retold! Natasha & Ryan met when they were just tweens, when Natasha was watching her sister’s softball game. They played together to pass the time during the games, and Ryan would later tell his mother that he knew then that he was going to marry Natasha! Sigh. Fast forward over a decade later, and here they are!!! Such a sweet love story! And even more fun was how the families were already so close and excited to celebrate together.

We started at St. Lucy’s in Campbell for a beautiful ceremony, followed by parent & wedding party photos on the gorgeous grounds at Santa Clara University, and then to the beautiful vintage ballroom at the Corinthian in San Jose. Here are some favorites from the day, or view their slideshow here!

Natasha & Ryan, thank you so much for inviting us to capture your beautiful wedding day!

{more vendor details to come soon!}

For more information about wedding or lifestyle portrait photography in the San Francisco Bay Area, album design or other fun photography tips, feel free to reach out by email: lori@loriphoto.com or via the contact link on my website.

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Aug 22 2011

Melissa + Matt | Sonoma Engagement Session Photography | Napa Wedding Photographer

Posted in: Engagements | Napa/Sonoma

I am SO looking forward to Melissa & Matt’s wedding this coming New Year’s Eve… for so many reasons!!! First of all, well, I think you only have to look at some of the favorites below to see the evidence of their sweetness. Seriously, Melissa has the kind of smile that I think must make everyone she meets want to be friends with her. Or maybe it’s just that Matt brings it out in her?! Either way, it’s lovely and infectious, and I can’t wait to capture more of these two beaming at each other on their wedding day! And to add to my long list of reasons to look forward to their wedding, they are a part of a long list of referrals through friends, relatives and degrees of separation that comprise a lovely group of people that I’ve had the lucky pleasure of photographing! I photographed the wedding of Melissa’s brother, her good friend, her brother’s friend, and soon, her brother’s wife’s cousin! Phew!!! Wonderful people surround themselves with wonderful people. So, in short (or maybe not so short), I’m very excited for their weddding!

Here are a few faves from their sweet session in Sonoma or check out their slideshow here:

Melissa & Matt, thank you so much for inviting me to capture your beautiful love! I’m looking forward to New Year’s Eve!

For more information about wedding or lifestyle portrait photography in the San Francisco Bay Area, album design or other fun photography tips, feel free to reach out by email: lori@loriphoto.com or via the contact link on my website.

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