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Photographing Family

Photographing Family

Finding a window of opportunity with two extra days off from the newspaper this week, I packed up my gear and headed over to Missoula, Montana to visit my family yesterday afternoon. My parents had informed me that my Grandma Jean was being honored for 50 years of volunteering for a PEO (which is womens…Read More…

Family Portraits of Chris and Molly at the Rockin TJ Ranch outside of Bozeman, Montana

Family Portraits of Chris and Molly at the Rockin TJ Ranch outside of Bozeman, Montana

Happy New Year folks! I don’t shoot many family portraits due to being so busy with the newspaper or weddings, but every once in a while an opportunity presents itself. My close friends from college Chris and Molly called me up over the holidays and asked if I would make some portraits of their family…Read More…

A Celebration of Fall - First Annual Apple Pressing Party Photo Booth in Bozeman, Montana

A Celebration of Fall – First Annual Apple Pressing Party Photo Booth in Bozeman, Montana

Last weekend I wanted to tap into my autumn nostalgia and celebrate the new Fall season by hosting a apple picking event and BBQ at my house here in Bozeman, Montana. Growing up in the Chicago suburbs of Illinois, one of my favorite activities was to go apple picking in the local orchards. So I…Read More…


Melissa and Brendan's Washington Wedding on the Yakima River

Melissa and Brendan’s Washington Wedding on the Yakima River

I love it when brides and grooms completely make their weddings unique and their own by doing a “Do-it-yourself” styled wedding. For my last wedding of the 2012 season, Melissa and Brendan wedding didn’t disappoint. I always like to end my wedding seasons with a bang. In the case of photographing their wedding a couple weeks…Read More…

Jenn and Chris' Wedding Photobooth at the Ralston White Retreat in Mill Valley, California

Jenn and Chris’ Wedding Photobooth at the Ralston White Retreat in Mill Valley, California

God I love photobooths! In addition to documenting the fun throughout the day at Jenn and Chris’ Wedding, they wanted a fun way to entertain their guests at the reception. The Greener Visuals Photobooth was the perfect answer. They provided the fun costumes and toys while I set up my remote photobooth so that their…Read More…

Jenn and Chris' Mill Valley California Wedding at the Ralston White Retreat

Jenn and Chris’ Mill Valley California Wedding at the Ralston White Retreat

Whew what a ride! The last month has been busy with weddings and traveling back and forth to California. It’s great to have a little destination wedding photographer adventure on my weekends and it allows me the challenge of photographing in new places. Northern California never ceases to amaze me with all it’s buried treasures.…Read More…


Brian and Molly's Wedding at BR Cohn Winery in Sonoma California

Brian and Molly’s Wedding at BR Cohn Winery in Sonoma California

I came to know Molly and Brian through a referral from my friend and wedding planner extraordinaire Fearon, of Fearon May Events. The two were looking for a destination wedding photographer who specialized in a candid documentary photographic approach for their wedding photography and Fearon put us in touch. From our very first conversations about their…Read More…

Greener Visuals Wedding Photography featured on Real Weddings Magazine blog

Greener Visuals Wedding Photography featured on Real Weddings Magazine blog

Just found out my Greener Visuals Wedding Photography photo shoot from last spring’s Lavish and Fabulous Couture Bridal Event was just blogged about from my friends at Real Weddings Magazine. Behold the awesome colors of the Moroccan Lounge. What a fun event. If you are in the Sacramento area next spring be sure to check the event out.…Read More…

Sneak Peak - Brian and Molly's Wedding at BR Cohn Winery in Sonoma California

Sneak Peak – Brian and Molly’s Wedding at BR Cohn Winery in Sonoma California

I love wine country weddings! I’ve been working hard to finish up Molly and Brian’s wedding day photos taken at BR Cohn Winery in Sonoma California and I wanted to give you all a little sneak peak of the goods. I’ll be posting the wedding photos soon. So many more to come. Stay tuned…


Molly and Brian's Rehearsal Dinner at El Dorado Kitchen Restaurant in Sonoma, California

Molly and Brian’s Rehearsal Dinner at El Dorado Kitchen Restaurant in Sonoma, California

About a week ago, I left the mountains of Montana to head over to Sonoma, California to photograph the long awaited wedding weekend of Molly and Brian. Back in mid May, I made the same journey to photograph their engagement session. Sonoma is a truly beautiful place. This time of year the famous grapevines are…Read More…

Molly and Brian's Engagement Shoot in Jack London State Historic Park Sonoma, California

Molly and Brian’s Engagement Shoot in Jack London State Historic Park Sonoma, California

I’ve been excited to share these photos for a while now. Three weeks ago, I had the pleasure of hanging out with my engaged clients Molly and Brian during our engagement photo session in Sonoma, California. Having recently moved back to Montana, the trip was a fun adventure back to sunny California for my first…Read More…

A big Greener Visuals Wedding Photography congrats to my assistant Brad

A big Greener Visuals Wedding Photography congrats to my assistant Brad

I’m happy to announce that one of my go to wedding photo assistants and long time friend Brad Zweerink just found out that a photo of his from our coverage of Gillian and Jeff’s Wedding last May won and is a finalist in the Photo District News (PDN) ”Top Knots” wedding photography competition. We had such…Read More…


Sneak Peek - Michelle and Brian's Cornerstone Gardens wedding in Sonoma, California

Sneak Peek – Michelle and Brian’s Cornerstone Gardens wedding in Sonoma, California

The 2012 wedding season is here! This past weekend I returned to California to document the wedding celebration of Michelle and Brian at the beautiful Cornerstone Gardens in Sonoma, California. They were such a fun couple to work with. For the next couple of weeks I’ll be toning up all of the great images I…Read More…

Greener Visuals wins in recent Wedding Photojournalism Association photo contest

Greener Visuals wins in recent Wedding Photojournalism Association photo contest

Well, this is always a fun email to wake up to. I found out the other day that a photo I made at Christina and Ryan’s wedding last summer placed in the the most recent Wedding Photojournalism Association quarterly photo contest. It’s a shot I made of Christina’s grandmother giving her toast. What a sweetheart.…Read More…

Portrait Session with friends Ben and Charlotte in Davis, California

Portrait Session with friends Ben and Charlotte in Davis, California

I’ve been meaning to post these pics for a while now. A couple months ago, some friends of mine, Ben and Charlotte, approached me about making some fun portraits of them that they could send to their families both here and overseas in Germany and Belgium. They had never had professional portraits taken together and…Read More…


Photographing the January 2012 Sacramento NACE event at the Hyatt Regency at Capitol Park

Photographing the January 2012 Sacramento NACE event at the Hyatt Regency at Capitol Park

Last Tuesday I had the pleasure of photographing the January 2012 Sacramento NACE (National Association of Catering Executives) meeting at the Hyatt Regency at Capitol Park in downtown Sacramento. I’ve been a member of this wonderful organization for the past year now. Like all NACE events, they are held monthly at a different venue throughout…Read More…

Best wedding toast - A special beginning to the new 2012 wedding season.

Best wedding toast – A special beginning to the new 2012 wedding season.

God…I love what comes across your path on the internet. I found this great unique wedding toast the other day and wanted to share it with all of you. I hope my friends are this creative when it comes to my wedding day. So awesome! Give it a second to load then watch it all…Read More…

Best of Wedding Photographs of 2011 from Greener Visuals Wedding Photography

Best of Wedding Photographs of 2011 from Greener Visuals Wedding Photography

What a year! I had the fortunate opportunity to photograph numerous weddings over the course of 2011. During the last couple of weeks, I’ve been going through all of my wedding shoots from this past year. It was so great to go back and relive those celebrations that I was lucky enough to photograph. So…Read More…


I’ll be Home for Christmas – Travis Air Force Base Dad Surprises Daughter on stage at her Holiday Dance Recital

I’ll be Home for Christmas – Travis Air Force Base Dad Surprises Daughter on stage at her Holiday Dance Recital

For those of you who might not know, when I’m not making images of brides, I am a full time photojournalist at a San Francisco Bay Area newspaper. I wanted to share a recent story I had the pleasure of covering at my staff newspaper job in Fairfield, CA. I don’t tend to share many…Read More…

2011 Lavish and Fabulous Couture Bridal Event - Documenting the Fun

2011 Lavish and Fabulous Couture Bridal Event – Documenting the Fun

After I spent the first half of the evening photographing the 2011 Lavish and Fabulous Couture Bridal Event VIP Black Carpet portraits at the Arden Hills Resort Club & Spa, I wandered the venue documenting the fun. The annual event is put on by my wedding planner friend Fearon, of Fearon May Events, in association with Real Weddings Magazine as…Read More…

Sneak Peek of Emily and Nick's Wedding

Sneak Peek of Emily and Nick’s Wedding

I’ve been working hard to finish up the wedding photos of my friends Nick and Emily Wedding photos. Pneumonia be damned. They are almost done but I couldn’t wait to show some of them. They will be up here soon. Stay tuned.


Greener Visuals will be documenting the 2011 Lavish & Fabulous event at Arden Hills Resort Club & Spa

Greener Visuals will be documenting the 2011 Lavish & Fabulous event at Arden Hills Resort Club & Spa

I’m happy to announce that I’ll be one of the featured photographers working at the upcoming 2011 Lavish & Fabulous Bridal event at Arden Hills Resort Club & Spa on November 10th, 2011. The event is being put on by my good friend and talented wedding planner Fearon DeWeese, of Fearon May Events in association…Read More…

Ryan and Christina's Montana Wedding near Glacier National Park

Ryan and Christina’s Montana Wedding near Glacier National Park

A couple weeks ago I had the chance to return to Montana, my favorite place on earth, to photograph the wedding of an old college friend Christina and her new husband Ryan. I got to know Christina during my time tromping around the Big Sky state while attending The University of Montana in my pursuit…Read More…

Sneak Peek - Christina and Ryan's Montana Wedding near Glacier National Park

Sneak Peek – Christina and Ryan’s Montana Wedding near Glacier National Park

I’m almost finished with my latest wedding photo shoot where I returned to the Big Sky state to photograph Christina and Ryan’s Montana wedding. Stay tuned for a big post soon.