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Mary Lewis Photography Sacramento, California Wedding Photographer

Capturing Life's Most Meaningful Moments With Artistry & Emotion

Liquid silk, gathered and draped — a Danielle Frankel gown that moves like water, with the glossiest green anthuriums.PL...
10/08/2026

Liquid silk, gathered and draped — a Danielle Frankel gown that moves like water, with the glossiest green anthuriums.

PLANNER: california + hawaii event planner
DRESS: daniellefrankelstudio
FLORALS: floral design studio

Stonepine Estate, Carmel Valley.Garden-gathered florals spilling onto the gravel and climbing the old stone arches. Head...
09/23/2026

Stonepine Estate, Carmel Valley.

Garden-gathered florals spilling onto the gravel and climbing the old stone arches. Heads of garlic tucked into the aisle arrangements. A long dinner table beneath the oaks — deep rose napkins, sage tapers, olive branches trailing down a table that seemed to go on forever.

Lindsey | California Wedding Planner designed a day that felt gathered rather than placed, right down to the paper goods pulling the same soft greens and purples from the scene. Every detail soft and a little undone, in the best way.

My first time at Stonepine, and I left thinking about how many different weddings this one property could hold. It’s such a beautiful place for a weekend wedding and I can’t wait to go back!

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Cake: Jesuit Nugas Wedding Cakes

Details are the cherry on top. 🍒
09/23/2026

Details are the cherry on top. 🍒


I’ll never get over a drone shot of a processional— especially with Napa Valley views. 🍷 🍇
09/22/2026

I’ll never get over a drone shot of a processional— especially with Napa Valley views. 🍷 🍇

Hi, I’m Mary — a wife, mom to two boys, and a wedding photographer based in Northern California.For the past decade I’ve...
09/21/2026

Hi, I’m Mary — a wife, mom to two boys, and a wedding photographer based in Northern California.

For the past decade I’ve had the honor of photographing people’s stories — the once-in-a-lifetime celebrations and the moments that live inside them — and I still don’t take that for granted.

But I didn’t always do this full time.

For years I balanced photography alongside my work as a Communications Director at our church. It was meaningful work — and leaving it wasn’t easy. But when we started having kids, I knew I wanted something different. The freedom to be my own boss. To show up for my family in a different way.

What I didn’t expect was how much becoming a mother would change what I actually see and how I approach this work entirely.

Motherhood made me slower. More present. More aware of what’s fleeting.

It gave me a deeper understanding of why your wedding day matters so much. Not just because of the vows or the celebration — but because it’s a record of everyone you love, all in one place, at one point in time. That these people were here. That this version of your life won’t exist again after this day.

That’s what I’m looking for behind the lens. Not the perfect moment. The real one. And it takes the right couple to make that possible.

Couples who have planned something beautiful and want to live inside every second of it.

Who choose a venue because it feels like them. Who planned a wedding weekend because they can’t think of a better way to spend it than getting all of their people together. Who think of their wedding less as an event and more as a big dinner party with everyone they love.

Couples drawn to film. Relaxed yet sophisticated. Who want to be fully present in their day — and look back at their gallery years later and feel every second of it.

What I want to give outlasts the day itself.

A window back into the room. The people who flew across the country and who cried before you even walked in. The grandfather who danced when nobody expected him to. The way you looked at each other when you thought nobody was watching. The version of your life that existed on that one day.

If this resonates with you — inquire through the link in my bi

Sage, stone, dusty rose, warm candlelight. The palette wasn’t chosen for this table — it was borrowed from Holman Ranch ...
09/16/2026

Sage, stone, dusty rose, warm candlelight. The palette wasn’t chosen for this table — it was borrowed from Holman Ranch and the surrounding Carmel Valley.

Paige & Luke. The Madrona Hotel, Healdsburg.Built in 1881, The Madrona carries the kind of history you can actually feel...
09/14/2026

Paige & Luke. The Madrona Hotel, Healdsburg.

Built in 1881, The Madrona carries the kind of history you can actually feel — in the Victorian bones, the wraparound porch, the gardens that have been growing for over a century. Destination Wedding Planner leaned into all of it, building an old-world French aesthetic that felt less like a wedding design and more like a world Paige & Luke actually lived in. Noble Floral Company deep burgundy florals, toile linens, velvet ribbons, garlic heads on the table like the most considered afterthought. Every detail in conversation with the venue itself.

I’d love to be back here in 2027. Reach out if The Madrona Hotel is on your list.

I found this photo from a wedding I shot alongside Meghan Baskin last year and it stopped me in my tracks. Not one perso...
09/04/2026

I found this photo from a wedding I shot alongside Meghan Baskin last year and it stopped me in my tracks.

Not one person is looking at the camera. Not one. Fifty some people packed into a small space, all feeling the same thing at the same time and none of them thinking about being photographed.

That’s what got me. The Rabbi mid-laugh (or is that surprise?). The couple caught in reaction together. Every single face in the background — laughing, clapping, completely inside this one moment together. A room full of people who have known and loved each other for years, all pulled into the same moment.

This is the type of work I love to capture at weddings. Not just the editorial moments - though I love those too - but this. People fully present in their day and with their people. Those real moments. Those familiar connections.

The Estate Yountville is already stunning. Add Napa Valley Wedding Planner and Jenny Haley | Northern CA Florist and Tan...
08/12/2026

The Estate Yountville is already stunning. Add Napa Valley Wedding Planner and Jenny Haley | Northern CA Florist and Tanner & Alex — and it becomes something else entirely.

Swipe through the whole day.

Planning: Napa Valley Wedding Planner
Venue: Estate Yountville
Rentals: ENCORE Events Rentals
Videographer: Sebastien Manceau | Wedding Filmmaker
Florals: Jenny Haley | Northern CA Florist
Hair & Makeup: Contour Bridal
DJ: Boutique Entertainment
Dessert: Flour and Bloom Cakes

The best wedding days aren’t the ones where everything goes perfectly. They’re the ones where the couple is so fully in ...
07/02/2026

The best wedding days aren’t the ones where everything goes perfectly. They’re the ones where the couple is so fully in it that nothing else matters.

Amanda & Mark had that in spades — fully, completely, unself-consciously present — and their people matched that energy all night long.

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