New Logo!

I am unveiling a new logo today, right here on my blog. In the next few weeks, expect to see a new website, a new line of fine art family and baby portraits and a new wedding portfolio.

Aurora Meneghello Productions is growing!

Here's my new logo, thanks to Lavender Ink:

 

I took inspiration from a Calla Lily, one of my favorite flowers.

I am looking forward to sharing all the upcoming changes with you in the days to come!

Mitch and Molly: San Francisco Engagement Photos

Congratulations Mitch and Molly, we are so close to your wedding in Sonoma! I am counting the days until I get to photograph you again.

I loved our engagement photo session together: Mitch is passionate about photography and we collaborated in choosing the locations for this shoot. As I said before on this blog, I LOVE working with couples who have a special love for visual storytelling and art.

 Mitch and Molly are lucky to be working with a great wedding planner, Lily Castro, who came along for support and to take care of their daughter Aislinn, so she could be in our photos too. This was so much fun!

And we ended our afternoon together waiting for the right time to take pictures at the Embarcadero. Timing is everything in photography! These are my favorite images from our shoot together.

A special shout out to the fabulous Angela LaFlamme for Molly's make up.

Picture of the Week: Idexa's Artwork

As you probably already know, I love photographing Idexa Stern's art. Her tattoos are inspiring and every photo shoot with her is truly a collaboration.

As I am still in the middle of wedding season, I only have time for one image today, but I am working on a longer post with more photographs from our latest session together last May, so stay tuned.

Enjoy your week!

Picture of the Week: Renee and Sean's Wedding

Here's one photo from the latest wedding with the Locally Grown Weddings team.

The rest of the images will be ready in 6 weeks, but I couldn't wait to share this one image. Renee and Sean chose Campovida as the setting for their wedding. The place is stunning and I can't wait to share more photos later in the year.

Photo of the Week

Busy, busy month. I barely had time to sit at my computer with all the shooting last week (awesome!).

So this week, I am posting one of my favorite images from recent shoots. I chose muted colors for this dreamlike image. It makes me think of a painting.

Leah and Justin's Engagement

Can't wait for Leah and Justin's wedding in beautiful Napa this Saturday!



When I met Justin, he was recovering from a motorcycle accident and couldn't even walk. Lucky for him, Leah is a physical therapist and helped him get better. She was amazing, taking care of Justin and planning their wedding.



Leah and I hit it off immediately: she is fun, creative, engaging and passionate about life.

 



 

I love taking pictures of details, such as rings. Justin and Leah helped with ideas and it became another way for us to collaborate.



 

 We waited until Justin could walk again to schedule our engagement photo session together...what a difference in just a few months!









And of course we ended up having a lot of fun!





I can't wait to see them both in just a few days...

Wedding Invitations from Lavender Ink

I love Brooke and Marissa's joint venture, Lavender Ink!
I am working with them on the design of my new logo (coming soon, I am so excited!).

I am also their photographer of choice to capture the details of their wedding invitations. All the images will then become part of their new website. This is the first of my shoots, I will keep posting new pictures as I take them.

 

Can't wait for our next shoot together!

Noah and Tiph

I had the pleasure to photograph Noah and Tiph's wedding last May. WOW!

Here's what Tiph wrote about her wedding: "I know it's more than cliche to say this but our wedding day was the happiest day of my life. I had all of the people that I love in the same place all supporting Noah's and my decision to marry. What made it so wonderful was that every single person there had such an important role in the wedding. We could not have done it without the people that love us. We both have smaller families and I think we both felt that when we got married our family grew so big. It was the best moment and I'll always carry that with me."

Noah and Tiph didn't just add something personal to the celebrations, everything was personal and close to their hearts. 

They got married at their new home and transformed the living room into the ceremony site, with the help of their closest friends.

Everybody wrote a story about their relationship with Tiph and Noah and all the stories were posted on this wall.

Here's Noah getting ready.

And here's Tiph. Not at all a Bridezilla!!!!

I loved the flowers in her hair, what a romantic touch.

So here it is, my first Buddhist ceremony. My boyfriend Will, who is Noah's best friend, officiated the wedding.

The ceremony was very beautiful and everybody cried.

And here's Will with Noah and Tiph.

As you all know by now, my favorite part is taking pictures with the couple. Here are some of my favorite photos from the day.

And on our way back Tiph suggested a picture near a wall. We found this place around the corner and photogrpahed away. Thank you, whoever you are, for painting your house such a bright color!

 

What a magical day.