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You know that village everyone talks about? We want to be a part of yours. We are here to truly listen to your story in order to tell it in a way that is 100% reflective of who you are, where you’ve been, and where you’re going. As a husband-and-wife photography and videography team, we come together with you to help you plan a day that has nothing to do with stress, and only focuses on joy, celebration, and your love. Whether we’re hiking to the top of a mountain, kayaking down Mendocino’s Big River, or standing in a quaint vineyard to get you married, we’re here to be your biggest supporters every step of the way.

What does the day of the wedding look like working with you?


Read on to learn a bit more about what it feels like to work with us.

WHAT IS THE EXPERIENCE LIKE TO BOOK YOU FOR OUR WEDDING DATE?

Once you inquire with us through our booking page, we will email you right away to set up a time for a video call. We always meet face to face before booking so that our couples can get to know us and we can get an understanding for your unique vision before designing your custom proposal. After that, we ask for a completed client agreement and retainer fee to officially secure your date on our calendar.

Then, it’s go time! We spend the next handful of months leading up to the wedding planning our B-roll shots, storyboarding your story, having conversations with you about timeline and day-of plans, and helping out with any extra details and decisions along the way that you might need. We’re always an email or phone call away for any questions or insight!

What is the timeline like for receiving our gallery and film after the wedding?


We really pride ourselves on delivering wedding galleries and films faster than most in the industry. This has always been a surprise to our couples, but over the years it has become part of our brand. While most photographers deliver galleries 8-12 weeks post-wedding, we aim for 2-3 weeks. For films, the norm is 12-15 weeks while we get them delivered in just 4-5. We want the excitement of the day to still be buzzing when you see the film and the photos. Because it’s our goal to serve our couples from the initial call all the way up to the final delivery of our work, it makes sense to us to deliver an impeccable end product as quickly as possible.

Do you ever travel to shoot weddings?


Yes! We love to travel as a destination wedding photographer and videographer duo, and have been all over the country and world to shoot small weddings and elopements. While we’re located just north of the San Francisco Bay in Sonoma County, we’ve been lucky enough to go to places like Oregon, Mendocino, Joshua Tree, Colorado, Seattle, Mexico, New York & Nashville. We cannot wait to hear about where your wedding might take us.

We go the extra mile alongside you.

Why small weddings and elopements?


We love shooting luxury elopements and small weddings because we find that the couples have the freedom to be more unique with their wedding weekend experiences. It is incredibly rewarding helping couples vision for their wedding weekend come to life and storyboard it as a team. We hope to take the stress off of our couples by helping them out with their destination wedding and making it an experience since we have done so many. With small weddings and elopements, we love having the flexibility and ease throughout the day for each couple to take it all in. We love that it gives our couples more of a sense of wonder throughout the day as a whole. Overall, we just love the ability to tell stories in a documentary-style way, and luxury elopements and small weddings give us more freedom to do so.

Every wedding is a bit different—sometimes it looks like a beautiful luxury ceremony in the vineyards, followed by a gourmet dinner served on a serpentine table with elaborate florals. Other times, it is an organic luxury coastal wedding with a dinner under the stars afterwards.

More than anything, we hope to help you create a day based on what you want it to look and feel like, and then we’re there to follow along, document, and help you feel relaxed and have fun. Ultimately, this day is all about you, and that’s how it should feel. We are here to communicate ideas for what your vision of your day looks like with your planner, help research fun experiences in the area for guests, and make sure you feel comfortable the whole way, even with two cameras in tow.

How do you approach storytelling?

As a married photo and video team, we approach storytelling a little differently than most. We study our couple's stories for months before the wedding day even arrives and map out a storyboard of how we could tell it. We do this by having video calls with our couples, seeing how they interact, asking them intentional questions on our questionnaire, and reviewing music they like before the wedding day. We ask questions like who are the MVP's of the day, what brought you guys closer as a couple, a trial you’ve gone through together (and how it grew your relationship), and what are your favorite things to do together. We are aiming to always tell our couple's story with intention and have it be unique to who they are as a couple.

What are the benefits of working with a photo/video team vs. separate photo and video companies?

We’re all about collaboration, consistency, and comfort. Aka, we work as partners to tell a seamless story while also making sure you feel totally at ease in front of our cameras. We work together leading up to the wedding getting to know your relationship and storyboarding your journey. We also print off your timeline, notes, story, and inspiration photos and review it months before, as well as the morning of the wedding day so we know your wedding better than we know our favorite hiking routes. On the wedding day, we show up early to shoot B-roll and brainstorm different ways to tell your story best.

Instead of two businesses coming together for the first time on your wedding day, we are one business communicating thoroughly for months about how to cohesively capture your story together. From the start of booking our couple's weddings to the final editing process, we work side by side to make sure our photos and films look alike and reflect the same story. 

Submit an inquiry for your wedding date!

The morning of my wedding when Jana and Eli walked through the door, I felt comforted and relaxed with their presence.

As I sit down to write this review, I have so many things I want to say but I am also speechless. Jana and Eli are extremely talented artists and caring individuals. It was truly an honor to have both of them document my engagement shoot and wedding. In addition to delivering spectacular photos and videos, they provided support, comfort, encouragement, and love throughout the entire wedding process. The morning of my wedding when Jana and Eli walked through the door, I felt comforted and relaxed with their presence. Jana’s artistic style is timeless, yet she has this ability to capture the present moment and feelings so perfectly. Eli’s warmth and encouraging personality allowed us to be so comfortable in front of his camera. I might have hired them as photographer and videographer, but they ended up being way more than that.

Nicole & Isaiah

As I sit down to write this review, I have so many things I want to say but I am also speechless. Jana and Eli are extremely talented artists and caring individuals. It was truly an honor to have both of them document my engagement shoot and wedding. In addition to delivering spectacular photos and videos, they provided support, comfort, encouragement, and love throughout the entire wedding process. The morning of my wedding when Jana and Eli walked through the door, I felt comforted and relaxed with their presence. Jana’s artistic style is timeless, yet she has this ability to capture the present moment and feelings so perfectly. Eli’s warmth and encouraging personality allowed us to be so comfortable in front of his camera. I might have hired them as photographer and videographer, but they ended up being way more than that.

We were very drawn to Jana’s documentary-style photography and loved how she captured such beautiful, candid moments with her couples. And she did exactly that for our wedding weekend

Echoing what many of these reviews say - look no further for a photographer. Just look for your phone and call Jana to book her!!! My partner and I did a shoot with Jana last weekend and it was utterly amazing. I am smiling ear to ear right now thinking about it. Not only are the photos stunning but the photoshoot itself was SO much fun. My partner and I have been giggling about it for days. We both have never done a photo shoot together so we both didn't really know what to expect. Personally, I have been a deer in headlights when there's a camera in front of me so, I was a little anxious about it too. From the moment Jana and I connected I started to feel at ease, even though via an electronic conversation, a wave of calm washed over me and I started to feel excited instead of nervous.

Kat & Ryan

Jana and Eli are absolutely INCREDIBLE to work with! My husband and I are are a bit camera shy but as soon as we met with Jana over Zoom, we were instantly at ease and so excited that she shared the same vision with us. We were very drawn to Jana’s documentary-style photography and loved how she captured such beautiful, candid moments with her couples. And she did exactly that for our wedding weekend :) We have TONS of special photos that really capture the essence of the weekend (from our welcome party to our wedding day) and how we were feeling. She and Eli make such a great team and made our wedding day so fun and light-hearted- and you can see that on our faces in the photos. The photos we have from our wedding weekend are so timeless, beautiful, and joyous and we feel so honored that Jana & Eli chose to capture our wedding weekend.

Jana and eli care so much about the client experience! 

She came highly recommended, and absolutely blew us away. She made us feel SO comfortable, supported, and celebrated. We got our gallery back SO fast and both beamed with joy seeing her work and the way she captured us and our day so beautifully. 10/10 human, 10/10 photographer! THANK YOU JANA!!! THE BEST EVER!

Jasmine and Jae 

Jana took photos for our wedding in San Francisco and we absolutely loved working with her and her husband for the video! They went above and beyond by staying a bit longer for us and dealing with all the driving and parking around the city all while having the best energy and mood. The whole shoot just felt so natural and we got all the candid shots that we wanted. :) after our friends and family saw our photos they literally were in awe and shocked on how quick and amazing all the photos were. Jana and Eli really care so much about their clients and their excellence, dedication and hard work really shows all over. Communicating with Jana was so easy and she really made sure to know what we wanted as a couple and was super responsive whenever I had questions. Thank you so so much Jana and Eli! You guys have the biggest hearts and our wedding day was extra special because of you both. ❤️❤️❤️


Jana truly wanted to get to know us as a couple before the wedding day! 

Let me just begin by saying Jana is the best photographer out there and I’m not just saying that because she took our pictures. She brings out the true happiness and love in all of the people she photographs! If I could, I rate her 100/10. Jana was one of the first vendors we booked and has been AMAZING since day one. She’s super easy to work with, is every prompt, and on her game!! We got married this past Saturday and got our photographs back in 3 days (like WHAT?!). We’ve never had professional pictures taken before and were nervous because we didn’t know what to expect. She made the whole entire process super fun, easy going, seemless, and not awkward in the least bit. She is the person you want to photograph the most special moments in your life. We could not be happier with the way our pictures turned out! We had a small ceremony this past Saturday with our immediate family and are having a big ‘ceremony’/reception next July. Can’t wait for her to photograph part 2 next summer!!

Gracia and Garrett 

Jana has such a big heart and is a really sweet person. From the very beginning of our wedding planning, I felt so comfortable with her. She’s a great communicator, helped us with any questions we had (non photographer related too), and truly wanted to know us a couple which I think is so important! She even picked up my wedding day earrings that I forgot at my house on my wedding day (thank you again) she goes above and beyond in her work. I recommend Jana 100%! She captured our relationship as a couple and as individuals so clearly on our wedding day. Thank you, Jana!

They did such a great job getting to know us...i FELT LIKE WE GAINED A FRIEND NOT JUST A PHOTOGRAPHER!  

Jana and her husband Eli were so amazing to work with!! They are so friendly and captured our wedding day from beginning to end. From the moment I chose Jana as our wedding photographer she was so involved and excited to come to WA to shoot our elopement wedding at mount rainier. She does a great job of getting to know us and asked tons of questions, i felt like i gained a friend and not just a photographer. Not only this, she made sure to check in with me to make sure I was feeling good with wedding planning the entire way up until the wedding and If I was having a hard time should would send me tips and was so encouraging that it all turns out great.

I love that we were able to do a “in home” style session at the beginning of the day so we can have more personal photos and not just wedding photos. I was worried about the time line and making it to sunset after the ceremony and Jana was so helpful! I am obsessed with all our photos and can’t wait to see the video!!


The Hayes

Jana captured genuine love in such a gentle, almost etherial, way that I was drawn in and knew I wanted to meet this unicorn. 

Truth be told, I personally am camera shy and uber critical in general so the idea of not only being the center of attention but having a complete stranger be witness to any vulnerabilities made the "say yes" attitude crumble. It wasn't until I took the time to explore her portfolio that I was awestruck by her talent and seemingly kind nature.  

Destiny 

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