PHOTOGRAPHS OF WHAT IT FELT LIKE
I don’t want to deliver mind blowing photographs, or ones that only end up fading in trend’s time. I want to deliver photographs of what it felt like; living, existing, remembering with your entire body. Photographs that make any venue feel like your own living room. Photographs where I am your second pair of eyes on your wedding day so that you can see things you possibly couldn’t have because you were immersed, and as you should be. Photographs that revel in the quiet moments that make up our human experience, intertwined in our own idiosyncrasies. The way we talk with our hands and wipe love from our tear ducts, the way we wait for last light to head inside and stand in circles to contain a conversation. These moments that are continuous, endlessly presenting itself to us. What we notice, what we are undeniably drawn to at the end of a full day. What we become achingly grateful for at the end of a full life. The home you choose to get married in makes this. The people make this. The two of you make this. I am just here to document what that feels like to you. So, choose based on feeling because at the end of it all, nothing matters most.
THE WARM FAMILIAL SOUND OF A ROOM FILLED WITH THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE
I am often asked the question of how do I not tire of shooting weddings, photographing the same thing over and over again. And I fill with gratitude every time I am asked that, because no matter how many times I shoot at the same venue, immersed in the same culture, documenting a ceremony hundreds of times, every, single, wedding, is vastly different. And so is every person’s story. I’ll never tire of the human nature that explodes and bursts during wedding days. And it is incredibly infectious and continuously fueling. No matter where, no matter when.
These are all photographs that make up a wedding day. From the warm familial sound of a room filled with the people you love, to the thrilling feeling of running down that aisle newly married to the person you’ve chosen to love. These are the moments that will allow you to relive your wedding day over and over for decades to come.
Photograph by Katy Weaver
Email
natalyzigdonphoto@gmail.com
Location
Based in San Francisco, CA. Available for all of California, West Coast, and Worldwide.
non-wedding photography
MEET NATALY,
A Bay Area documentary wedding photographer. When I had first started out in photography, I fell madly for street photography. Photographing moments that to some might seem mundane or ordinary, I couldn’t help but see them much deeper. My love and experience with street photography has had an influential impact on my wedding photography. By photographing people and their subtle expressive emotions when they least notice, or telling a story through photographs simply by being present and observant on your wedding day.
I strive to capture natural and organic moments that are often over looked. I love creating something that you'll fall in love with.
Other than the copious amounts of time laying my eyes on photographs, I write. Constantly. On paper, in my head, out loud. I can put away an entire tiramisu to myself. I suffer from nostalgia and search for the sentiment in everything I do. Affection & words of affirmation are my love language. Truly connecting to my surroundings is what fuels me. And I am happiest when surrounded by and consuming figs.
A LOVE LETTER TO BEING PRESENT
Nothing gets me more jazzed than being kindly ignored during a wedding day. When those in front of me don’t notice me because they are too busy being themselves and expressing love onto others and truly living through the moment they are in. The kind where I run around, half invisible, documenting such rare moments as these. The kind of days where I don’t know who is dating who because everyone is so warm and affectionate with each other. The way your people are so ever present that the music is the most important thing and the joy emulating from them is so palpable. Singing mid bites, arms swung around each other, joy a pheromone you could taste. This is what I live for and search for on these kinds of days, and I couldn’t do it without the people who are this present and know how to celebrate with their entire body.
The way I approach any wedding day is capturing moments that you didn’t even notice were happening, so that you can relive your gallery of photographs through the story of your wedding day. I believe that every aspect of the wedding day is just as important as the next, but I put emphasis on moments that matter. My style is very documentary and I strive to tell your wedding day as honestly and candidly, while staying wide eyed for moments and capturing them before they’re gone. I strive to capture affection, intimacy, and fleeting moments between you and the people you love.
FEATURED STORIES
Savannah & Max // Backyard Wedding
Whitney & Lauren //
Headlands Center for the Arts Wedding
Alicia & John // Stable Cafe Wedding
Caroline & Mahdi // Stable Cafe Wedding
Best of 2019 // Moments in Review
Yuliya & Aron // Campovida Wedding
INVESTMENT
I like to think of our work together as a collaboration. The creativity in your wedding planning and the creativity in the way I capture it is what makes us such a great team. That is why when choosing a photographer, you want to make sure that you not only love their creative work but also find one you have a connection with. A photographer will be by your side the entire day and you want to make sure you feel comfortable letting them know exactly what you’re hoping to create and find a photographer who is just as passionate about what they do to create it.
The thing is, I am so deeply passionate about what I do.
You’re investing a lot when trusting someone to do one of the most important roles on your wedding day. I make sure to capture the moments you will quickly forget due to excitement, tell your story through emotion, and the moments in between that goes unnoticed. I enjoy working with like minded individuals - ones that are intimate and simplistic by nature, and ones who don’t enter the day with expectations but flow with the day’s arrival. A little shy or extremely exuberant, I love finding personalized ways to make sure you feel comfortable in front of my lens. I strive to capture you just the way you are, true and candid.
Feel free to email me to get to know what your collection would include according to the details of your wedding day.
WEDDINGS BEGIN AT 7,000. ELOPEMENTS BEGIN AT 3,000.
I shoot and offer film as a day of add on and dual shooting as well.
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
If you feel a connection with my work and want to get to know if I would be the right fit for your wedding day,
contact me below and we can chat more about your wedding details.
Or simply email me at natalyzigdonphoto@gmail.com
Can't wait to hear from you!
