Sarah Dawson Photography

Out of the studio – Paradise is calling

Sarah — Thu, 10 May 2012 09:59:25 +0000

Wedding season has officially begun! From here on out until October I will be working non stop, taking photos, hanging with awesome people and editing until the cows come home. I preemptively took a little time for myself in preparation of the welcomed madness and am currently halfway through my vacation in Hawaii. Just thought I’d share a little bit of the island flavor with you…

Aloha!

Join the Sarah Dawson Photography Team!

Sarah — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:30:42 +0000

Are you a designer, artist, coffee addict, editor, photographer, dreamer, person of great conversation, cheerleader, writer or a bad ass? I am in the process of putting together my network of awesomesauce. If this is you, then send me an email at sarah@sarahdawson.net Also looking for photographers near and far that would like to 2nd shoot/assist for the 2012/2013 wedding season!

Family Portraits – Sarah Dawson Photography

Sarah — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:44:49 +0000

Here is another sweet session from fall last year that I dearly wanted to share.
Say hello the Wright family.

Don’t they just make your heart all warm and fuzzy? Yea, me too.

Katie and Eric {the wedding} Grand Island Mansion

Sarah — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:52:48 +0000

Married at the Grand Island Mansion, this January wedding was cozy and sweet with all the elements of what love is and should be.

Katie & Shadi {the wedding} Half Moon Bay – Oceano Hotel

Sarah — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:49:44 +0000

Katie and Shadi were married last October at the lovely Oceano Hotel in Half Moon Bay. A color palette of creams and maroons, a pumpkin patch, hand made decor, and friends and family helped make this day spectacular.

Wedding and Reception on location at Oceano Hotel – Half Moon Bay, CA

Photography by Sarah Dawson, Dave Shilling and Fern Lee

Florals and Decor by Heather Ferrai, owner of All Set

DJ: Extreme Productions Entertainment

Engaged – Sarah Dawson Photography

Sarah — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:19:32 +0000

Engagement sessions.. here, there and everywhere!

Check’em out!

coming soon!

Sarah — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 08:39:20 +0000

Dina and Davede {engaged} Truckee Tahoe Engagement Session

Sarah — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:02:36 +0000

Early on January 2nd I peeled myself out of my warm bed to head up the hill for Dina and Davede’s engagement session. Forget my holiday hangover, PLUS exhaustion from shooting a wedding on the 1st! BUT for these two people I was happy to make the exception to my “monday day-off” rule. Besides being ridiculously cute together, they also happen to be two of my dearest friends. I have to pat myself on the back for my mad skills of introducing them and being a part of their budding friendship, romance and now engagement. Boy are they lucky to know me! Just kidding.

In all seriousness, I am lucky to have these sweet people in my life.

Enjoy a few highlights from there wintery engagement session.

Maggie & Dan {the wedding} Sir Frances Drake Hotel – San Francisco

Sarah — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:45:16 +0000

I have been totally MIA the last month. Now that the holidays are over I have a whole slough of new weddings to share with you all!

I have a ongoing love affair with San Francisco. I always have… Every time I drive the 4.4 mile span of the Bay Bridge I peer up the columns carrying the swooping support cable into the sky and think about how fortunate I am to live within 100 miles of this fantastic city. A while back I arrived on a typically windy morning at Union Square’s Sir Francis Drake hotel to photograph Maggie and Dan’s wedding day. My very first wedding in this city happened to be at this beautiful venue and at the time I was assisting as a second shooter with my mentor and friend Scott Robert Lim. Having had the pleasure of working with a number of hotels surrounding it over the past 5 years or so, I have to say it brought me great satisfaction to walk through the doors rolling my equipment bag behind me with my OWN assistant in tow The ceremony was a short distance away at St Patrick’s church… After which, we managed to get all the way over to Fort Point for portraits and then meandered our way back through the city to enjoy a lovely reception in the grand ballroom at the hotel! I’m honored to have been chosen to help tell and preserve forever THIS portion of Maggie and Dan’s love story and wish them the very best

Cheers!

She is herself – Fashion Editorial – Sarah Dawson Photography

Sarah — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:12:12 +0000

She sits

She stares

She looks at everyone, everything, anything,

She can’t help but be like everything

She is self-contained, self-restrained, self-conscious,

She is wary

She wants to let go, of her inhibitions, limitations, expectations

She wants

She needs

She fills the room, a girl among many

She whispers, why now, why me

She sees nothing in herself that she doesn’t see in others

She is a part of a cohesive whole

She looks about

She wonders

She realizes

She’s an artist, a realist, a pessimist, an intellectual, a relationship seeker, a sensitive soul

She is, she can, she will be anything,

She is shaped by everything, but ruled by nothing

She is, herself

She, like so many, walk the earth

She, like so many, live a privileged life

She could have lived a different life

She could have been anything—a weeping willow, a souring snowflake, a daring dog, a confident cat, but

She wasn’t

She is a person, a woman, an impressionable being

She lives a life of twists and turns, bends and hurdles,

She’s had her hopes crushed, spirit lifted, dreams re-awaked

She feels, needs, yearns,

She is important

She is unique

She is herself.

-poem by remi friedman

MUA : Danielle Parker

Wordrobe by: Melinda Dougan

Model: Kylie Leonardo