Wedding Location Guide: The Cypress Grove in the Mendocino Headlands

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180 degree view, starting from the entrance path on the left, the “aisle” down the middle, and a path to the bluffs on the right:

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The main area of the grove:

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The ocean light through the trees makes for nice silhouettes:

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Trying to get some definition in the shadows/skin while being careful to not blow out the ocean or sky too much:

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Exposing for the skin and shadows makes the ocean and sky super blown out, like they’re not even there, but does create a nice glow:

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Looking back up the aisle, leading away from the ceremony location. Parking lot to the right, bluffs to the left.

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Ah, there’s the nice portrait light:

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Looking back at the Cypress grove:

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Coastal cliffside succulents:

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Point Cabrillo Light Station in the distance:

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We’re calling this spot, “Old Man Lookout”:

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Hello!

i'm Julie Laflamme

I’m a Joshua Tree local photographer.

Before the desert, I was on the Mendocino coast, and the SF Bay area before that.

I’ve photographed over 200 weddings and elopements all over California.

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