About Us
San Francisco Bay Area Wedding and Portrait Photography
Behind Door51 Photography is Alex & Nicole, a husband and wife team. We are happily married since April of 2007, and have a lovely little girl named Eva.
Photos by James Roy, Spread design by Door51 Photography
I, Alex, have been in love with photography since I was a little boy. Watching my father develop film in our little “kitchen-turned-darkroom” was a magical experience. A decade of self-taught photographic exploration later, I found myself wanting to pursue it professionally. Our search for a wedding photographer exposed me to the beautiful world of weddings, and soon after returning from our honeymoon I started our business. Many years of experience with the camera, coupled with a decade of graphic design work, gave me an advantage in the very competitive world of wedding photography.
Nicole is a licensed aesthetician, whose passion lies in skincare and makeup. If you’re looking to have your wedding makeup done, she is the one to ask. A big advantage to hiring her is her continuous presence throughout the wedding (as an assistant and second shooter). If you need your makeup touched up five hours into the wedding, she will be there to do it with a smile.
Many people ask us if we do this full time, and the answer is “no, we do not”. This is our passion, not a job. We do it because we love photography, we love people, and we love weddings. We do this because it gives us a chance to make a positive impact on the lives of other people, while enriching our own.
Because we do this part time we take on fewer weddings, and in turn are able to provide a much more personal experience to the clients we choose to work with. We choose our clients, just like our clients choose us. Our clients are friendly, artsy, fun, grateful, and above all – in love! They come to us because they love our work, not because we agreed to throw in an extra print. They understand that great photographs are priceless, and that their wedding album, which may seem expensive today, is going to be one of life’s most treasured possessions in the hands of their children.
This isn’t a “get in and get out” business. We thrive to be there for our clients when they need us. We care about them, because we know that many of them, after all is said and done, will remain the dearest of friends.
