Cinematic wedding photography with a documentary heart

HUMBOLDT COUNTY WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER

Redwoods destination wedding portraits in Northern California

The clichés exist for a reason.

Time flies. Time is of the essence. Time Cop is a great name for a cat. Some become song titles. Time after time. If I could turn back time. Some become poems, indents on pillows and filtered morning light.

You’ll open your eyes one minute and just as quickly realize that the shadows are beginning to stretch, the dance floor is full and you really need a piece of cake.

Parts of your wedding day will be cliché. This is human. Your photos won’t be. This is magic.

Inquire to begin

Portrait of non-traditional couple in deep teal plaid suit and black wedding dress in the Northern California redwoods

Bride photographed on 35mm film at Prairie Creek Redwoods

OFFERINGS

WEDDINGS

REDWOODS ELOPEMENTS

ENGAGEMENTS

Bride wipes away tear during wedding ceremony in Northern California redwoods

Newly married couple walks through a misty Northern California redwood forest following their elopement ceremony.

“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, HUMBOLDT DESTINATION WEDDING

Northern California wedding photographer Kate Donaldson, based in Humboldt County

I grew up in a small prairie town catching garter snakes with my bare hands and have spent the last decade photographing weddings in the Northern California redwoods. The immersive qualities of my work take their cues from this lingering romance with wild spaces. And yet. I will absolutely tell you if your bangs look weird.

“Literally could not have trusted a better person to capture our day.”

– LIV & VINCE, MCKINLEYVILLE WEDDING

Couple walks together in the rain down Newton B Drury Parkway in Northern California

Intimate Prairie Creek Redwoods Wedding

Damp knots are harder to untie.

GOlden Hour At Mitchell Grove

Barefoot vows at golden hour in Eureka, California.

Couple dips their toes in the low tide after their wedding ceremony at Moonstone Beach

Why You Might Want to Add Film Photography to Your Wedding Day

Shooting film is innately slow and limited, polar opposite to the notion that a wedding day is a rapid-fire checklist to be completed.