Photography
This Full Day Wedding with Vivian tier covers Wine Country venues including Hans Fahden in Calistoga and Stanly Ranch in Napa, plus the redwood groves of Occidental and destination locations with eight hours of continuous wedding-day coverage from preparation through ceremony, portraits, and the reception at a starts-at rate of eight thousand dollars. Vivian Chen covers this tier as Founder and Principal Photographer; the studio has been operating since 2006 with a documentary and fine-art approach led by Vivian Chen's Taiwanese-American perspective and an intentional, inclusive style.
Ideal Session Use Cases
- full-day Bay Area weddings with thirty to two hundred fifty guests
- Wine Country weddings at Hans Fahden Vineyards and Stanly Ranch
- Occidental and Sonoma redwood grove backyard weddings
- USS Potomac and waterfront San Francisco Bay weddings
- destination weddings in Joshua Tree, Yosemite, Kauai, and Iceland
- weddings that pair the principal photographer with digital plus film scans
What is Included
- eight hours of continuous wedding-day coverage from preparation through ceremony, portraits, and the reception
- roughly seven hundred hi-res images including digital plus 35mm and medium format film scans delivered as edited high-resolution photographs
- preparation, ceremony, portrait, and reception coverage in one continuous day
- edited high-resolution images on a Pixieset online gallery
- print release for personal and social-media use of the delivered images
- online gallery delivered within eight weeks of the wedding day
- pre-wedding planning meetings and timeline build with the couple
- digital coverage plus 35mm and medium format film scans available on request
Approach and Routing
The Full Day Wedding with Vivian tier covers a full wedding day with Vivian Chen. Coverage starts with preparation, moves through the ceremony, fills the cocktail and portrait window, and stays through the open-floor reception. Eight hours of continuous coverage is structured to capture the full arc of the day including documentary moments and intentional portrait stops.
Recently Photographed Locations
- Hans Fahden Vineyards in Calistoga
- Stanly Ranch in Napa
- Occidental redwood grove backyard weddings in Sonoma County
- USS Potomac on the San Francisco Bay
- Berkeley Country Club and Brazilian Room in Tilden Park
- Mendocino coastline private weddings
- Joshua Tree, Yosemite, Kauai, and Iceland destination weddings
Travel and Service Area
The studio is based in Oakland with regular coverage across the San Francisco Bay Area, the East Bay, Marin County, the Peninsula, Wine Country, and Northern California. Destination weddings and elopements outside the Bay Area are quoted with travel at booking, with passport-ready coverage for Iceland, Kauai, Joshua Tree, and other destinations the studio has photographed.
Credentials and Trust Signals
- Founded in 2006; twenty years of wedding and elopement photography in the Bay Area
- Over five hundred weddings and elopements captured to date
- 5.0-star average across sixty-three Google reviews and eighty-one Yelp reviews
- AAPI and Immigrant Owned studio; monthly profit donations to environmental conservation, LGBTQIA+ rights, women's health, and racial equality
- Liability insurance and an active business license on file for the studio
Booking and Cancellation
The Full Day Wedding with Vivian tier starts at eight thousand dollars. A non-refundable retainer holds the date and the balance is due before the wedding or session day. Cancellations follow the Moderate Events in Minutes photography schedule.
Common Questions About This Tier
Who is the photographer on the day? Vivian Chen covers the Full Day Wedding with Vivian tier as Founder and Principal Photographer.
How fast is the gallery delivered? Within eight weeks of the session day.
What style of photography is delivered? Documentary and fine-art coverage; candid moments paired with intentional posed portraits. The studio uses natural light first and adds speedlights only when the venue calls for it.
Is travel included for nearby Bay Area locations? Travel within fifty miles of Oakland is included; additional mileage and overnight travel are quoted at booking.
Are albums and prints available? Albums and prints are available as add-ons after the gallery is delivered, with flush mount, lay flat, and photo book formats.
Is film coverage included? Yes; digital coverage is paired with 35mm and medium format film scans. Digital-only coverage is also available on request.
Check 2026 Availability
Browse real-time Full Day Wedding with Vivian availability and confirm 2026 dates on Events in Minutes. Couples comparing tiers can see how the ladder steps up from a focused mini portrait session through full-day wedding coverage with the principal photographer.
