SSS Ranch

Clare & Sean // Triple S Ranch Wedding // Calistoga Wedding Photographer

Triple S ranch was the perfect venue for Clare & Sean. Turning a wedding day into an entire weekend where their guests could stay in a charming cabin, spend time quality time with each other and running around the ranch, which honestly was my favorite part of shooting there. I felt like a kid again who had just gotten their first camera. Clare & Sean are so incredibly clever, goofy and down to earth. They had both treated me like an old friend where sarcasm was our first language and yet immensely trusting me to document them in their most habitual moments. I love that about them. That they are confident in who they are but also very harmlessly eccentric. And I don’t think they could have chosen a more perfect home to wed and person to marry for that very reason.

Before the wedding day I love asking my couples their favorite thing about the other person. I get to grow to adore my couples from the things I notice, but getting to hear what they see in each other is even more adoring. When I asked Clare what she loved most about Sean, she replied with “He's my ideal mix of serious and silly - he believes fiercely in the the things that matter to him and he isn't afraid to hold his ground in conversations, but he can also open up and be weird and stupid with me.” And when I asked Sean about his favorite thing about Clare, he replied with “Clare can hold her own on all fronts. She's smart, curious, self-sufficient, and doesn't tolerate fools. And she does all that with an amazing butt.”

I love it most when I’ve seen those qualities in them before even hearing their answers. Even her butt.

Everything felt organic, and loved, and supported. The day was filled with such dream light and charming interactions. I felt every bit of it and I know you will too.

Photography // Nataly Zigdon Photography
Coordinator // Nicki Wolfe
Florals // Maria Philbin Floral Design
Cake & Desserts // Butter &
DJ // Chris Fox
Hair & Make up // Brush Salon
Food // Park Avenue Catering
Wedding Dress // Blush and Ivory Bridal
Rings // Bario Neal
Groom’s Suit // Indochino
Map & Bar Menu // Lichen Ink
Bride’s Jumpsuit // Misha Nonoo

FOLLOW ALONG ON INSTAGRAM

We had been planning this session for them to have for a sweet Nowruz 🌱card but rain, stomach bugs, and other schedule conflicts kept getting in the way so a ‘maybe next year’ was thrown in there somewhere; but getting to watch this lil
A handful of very very soft moments with ca surrounded. #film
A handful of moments both in stillness and tender vibrancy. I am constantly in awe of how important photographs are, how much it has the ability to transport us, as if our body is right there again. I sat in their seats, documented from their point o
Details from a rainy wedding weekend that felt warm the entire time. Spending two full days is a gift for me & the ability to document this home away from home for you. #film
A really perfect garden party wedding 🥹 #film
Don’t be fooled by this absolute class and alluring romanticism and style. These two goofs who were laughing and crying the entire day were the definition of sentimental and humbleness. Made everyone in their presence feel like they were the mo
A handful of favorites from this wedding on the coast.
I’ll never forget what N told me she wanted out of their wedding photographs in her initial email. She wanted photographs capturing the burst of life she knew that both their big families would bring. Whether I was there to run after it to capt