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Welcome to our Photography Journal

We are Garrett Burdick and Matt Reoch. We met 8 years ago knowing that we were both passionate about photography. What we didn't know was how much fun we would have working together. After a few years of collaborating on other projects and seeing that we laughed as much as worked together, we decided to join forces to create GB Photographers. That was back in 2004 and over the past four years we've photographed intimate weddings with 20 guests to extravagant multi-day destination weddings with a guest list in the hundreds.

What we love most is how every event is new and exciting. Photographing two people in love and capturing the details both small and large is an honor. We love telling the story, from getting ready to the friends and family who haven't seen each other in a long time or are just meeting for the first time. From that first kiss as husband and wife to dancing the night away in celebration of that moment.

We love getting to know our couples, laughing, sharing stories, becoming friends and celebrating one of the most important days of their lives.

Elizabeth and Shaik – An Atwood Ranch Wedding

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 Posted in Wedding

Elizabeth and Shaik planned a beautiful rustic wedding at the Atwood Ranch in Glen Ellen.

Shaik’s family and friends traveled all the way from Malaysia, while most of Elizabeth’s family arrived from Michigan.

We absolutely love photographing at the Atwood Ranch. The rustic details shine through on this stunning property and this wedding was no exception. From the mason jars served at the lemonade stand to the muted colored votive candles placed around old milk jugs to the canning jar vases filled with country white flowers, everything was thoughtfully decorated. During the reception, they had two long wood tables placed next to each other for ‘family style’ eating with delicious cherry pie shipped in from Michigan as their desert. This was a truly rustic wedding.

Elizabeth and Shaik were adorable throughout the day. I absolutely loved Shaik’s ‘buttoniere’ (made entirely of buttons) and purple striped socks and Elizabeth was beautiful in her Carolina Herrera gown and purple shoes! They were great sports with everything that we threw at them… We were even able to wrangle up a few cruiser bikes for them to pose with at dusk. We had such a great time photographing the entire event.

This wedding also offered me the opportunity to photograph with Laura and Jason. We teamed up together to make sure that every detail was covered.

A big congratulations to Elizabeth and Shaik! Thank you for the opportunity to photograph your wedding. We wish you the best!

Here is a link to their SLIDESHOW.

Venue: Atwood Ranch, Glen Ellen
Dress: Carolina Herrera, New York
Flowers: Anne Appleman, Sonoma
Pie: Grand Traverse Pie Co, Michigan
Catering: Sage, San Rafael
Music: Rudolfi Artists, & Mixx Co.
Hair: Julie Evarkiou
Makeup: Stacy McClure

by Matt Reoch

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Yacy and Francois – Visual Guestbook

Friday, August 27, 2010 Posted in Wedding

We have had a lot of success over the years photographing wedding guests with our ‘Visual Guestbook’. We have an intimate setup of studio lighting and a grey modeled backdrop to create a cozy ‘photobooth’ scenario during the reception. The main difference between our set up and a standard photobooth is that we photograph the guests and highly encourage them to be as authentic as they can be. After a little wine and drink, some of the guests can be a bit overly ‘expressive’ at times. The end results can be quite entertaining.

When we met with Yacy prior to her wedding, we encouraged her to find some ‘props’ to bring for this portion of their wedding and boy did she ever come through. One of her good friends had an entire wood chest full of full hats, masks, scarves, glasses and accessories that she brought to the reception. We were oh so happy to be photographing one of the most entertaining ‘Visual Guestbook’ experiences to date. How many people can say that Darth Vader, Jar Jar Binks and C-3PO attended their wedding?!

Here are just a few of our favorites:

by Matt Reoch

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Jennifer and Matt – A Solage Calistoga Wedding

Wednesday, August 11, 2010 Posted in Wedding

We always love photographing destination weddings! But in this case, the destination wedding came to us!

Jennifer and Matt flew into the bay area from New York and planned a fun-filled long weekend with friends and family in Wine Country.

Their rehearsal dinner was scheduled at the Paradise Ridge Winery the night before the wedding. It was a perfect way to get to know their friends and family. The site was gorgeous, Jennifer and Matt were beaming with excitement, and the guests sipped tasty wine as the sun set over the vineyard. (There were so many great pictures from their wedding that we had to postpone showing you images from the rehearsal!)

The next day we met Jennifer and Matt at the Solage Resort in Calistoga. What a beautiful venue for a wedding! They have small bungalows that you can rent out, a spa and several pools, bocce ball and bikes to ride around on, a beautiful lawn area and a big pavilion area all with a modern/rustic flair. Jennifer embraced the modern meets rustic with her choice in decor. Her pink and purple color theme was tastefully handled by Joannie Liss Events and the entire ceremony and reception sites were so beautiful.

Jennifer was stunning in her Vera Wang dress and Matt was just as dapper in his Prada suit and purple striped socks. We planned their ‘first look’ to be out under a beautiful tree near the spa and we couldn’t have been happier that they decided to see each other prior to the wedding. Our time with them was a lot of fun (as you can see) and were able to make many beautiful images.

After signing the Ketubah, they commenced their ceremony on the lawn in the heat of the afternoon sun. It was a beautiful, traditional Jewish ceremony with many of their family speaking on their behalf. In fact, many of the guests in attendance traveled all the way from Israel! As the sun set, the evening came to life. The guests were led into the reception site and the dancing began. Mixx Company played a rocking set and had everyone on the dancefloor all night long. When the evening came to a close, we had a hard time saying goodnight to Jennifer and Matt. We had such a great time celebrating with them and photographing their weekend.

We wish Jennifer and Matt a long and happy life together!!

Click here for the SLIDESHOW.

Here are some of the images from the wedding:

Dress: Vera Wang
Matt’s Suit: Prada
Jen’s Shoes: Jimmy Choo
Matt’s Shoes: Salvatore Ferragamo
Bridesmaid Dresses: Jenny Yoo
Bridesmaid Gifts (Earrings): Jennifer Miller
Hair and Makeup: The Powder Room Salon, Jenni Huse
Flowers & Decor: Montbretia Floral Design, Sylvia Burgess
Cake: Perfect Endings
Music: Mixx Company
Wedding Planner: Joannie Liss Events
Wedding Ceremony and Reception: Solage Resort
Rehearsal Dinner: Paradise Ridge Winery
Rabbi: Rabbi Martin S. Weiner

by Matt Reoch

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Yacy and Francois – A Dunsmuir Estate Wedding

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 Posted in Wedding

We had the pleasure of photographing Yacy and Francois’s wedding at the Historic Dunsmuir Estate in June.

Yacy and Francois flew in from Washington DC and the guests arrived from all over the globe for this unique union.

We found out first hand what happens when you invite a lot of Persian’s and French to the same party… A lot of dancing, great food and drink, beautiful colors and a whole lot of fun!

Here is the SLIDESHOW of images.