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ARTFUL & CANDID
STORY TELLING

Documentary Wedding Photography

Documentary wedding photography for couples who value presence over perfection.

For images that feel playful, sentimental and somehow artfully composed to reflect the real feeling of the day.

Photographed on both digital & film, with a candid, documentary approach.

All the charm and heart of your day, plus a little chaos mixed in.

Your day, the way it felt.

Enjoy your wedding day as I seamlessly blend in the background, making sure to capture the emotions and essence of your day.

Engagements

Weddings

Info

  • We are beyond thrilled with our experience with Cherlyn. From our very first interaction, she exuded warmth and responsiveness, making us feel at ease and confident that we were in good hands. Her photography skills are phenomenal—each photo is intimate and natural, perfectly capturing the small moments we didn’t even know to savor.

    S+C

  • Cherlyn went above and beyond our expectations as our wedding photographer. She was extremely thoughtful, detail-oriented and communicative. She is an experienced photographer and was able to capture the very essence of our day. I highly recommend working with Cherlyn if you are looking for a photographer in the Bay Area.

    E+E

  • What a dream working with Cherlyn was! I am totally going to be using her for any, and all, events in our family moving forward! Thank you Cherlyn for taking such good care of my daughter on her wedding day!

    Mother of a Bride

  • Cherlyn was awesome. Easy communication, extremely organized. She was flexible and kind. And best of all, her photos are spectacular. She really captured the moment. Our group really didn't want a lot of posed photos and we had extremely hot weather and bright sunlight ... Cherlyn was able to roll with all of those constraints. Highly, highly recommend her as a photographer.

    N+T

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Contact Me

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Cherlyn Wagner
(510) 338-4186 (text me!)
cw@cwagnerphotography(dot)com

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