Based in Humboldt County, CA

Northern California Wedding Photographer

Late summer dahlia bouquet with velvet ribbon held by newly married person in fitted modern wedding gown at sunset on Luffenholtz Beach in Northern California
Newly married couple in formal suit and strapless ballgown dress pause together on the trail down to Trinidad State Beach in Northern California as the sun lights the veil and the beach wildflowers

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You are magic seekers. Blue hour lovers and wanderers in the mist. Redwoods romantics and occasional mermaids. Time poured into the cups of your favorite people is never wasted.

This is more than a day, this is a brief and bright universe brimming with meaningful encounters and shared experiences. Your photographs celebrate the little moments and the big feelings, empathic and lyrical.

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Black and white portrait of bride and groom under an umbrella walking through a carpet of fallen leaves in Redwood National Park
Bride tries to hold back tears as her partner reads her vows in Arcata Redwood Park
Newly married couple cuddles with their dog and cat on a Victorian love seat in a flower field at their back yard wedding in the Trinity Mountains of Northern California

Kate, you captured the laughter, the tears in our eyes, you truly captured the heart of our wedding.

Katee & Sky – Pamplin Grove Redwoods
Portrait of Northern California wedding photographer Kate Donaldson

Your wedding day doesn’t need a script. The most beautiful moments are found and felt. The photographs you cherish are the same.

Truly special images make you feel more than you see. You are reminded of something intangible, a tenderness that reaches up through your rib cagE and nestles in the hollow of your throat.

Kate is pure magic. Her skill as a photographer is only surpassed by her kindness and the joy that she is to be around.

Hannah & Jared – Samoa, California

If you want

  • photographs that are real and sentimental
  • a cinematic approach to light and color
  • seamless guidance
  • to replace pageantry with ritual 
  • a wedding day that doesn’t feel like a performance