{"id":2181,"date":"2012-07-24T13:23:21","date_gmt":"2012-07-24T21:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tristancrane.com\/?p=2181"},"modified":"2012-07-24T13:23:21","modified_gmt":"2012-07-24T21:23:21","slug":"san-francisco-commitment-a-handfasting-in-stern-grove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tristancrane.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/24\/san-francisco-commitment-a-handfasting-in-stern-grove\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco Commitment, a Handfasting in Stern Grove"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m an enormous fan of the<a href=\"http:\/\/offbeatbride.com\/\"> Offbeat Bride blog<\/a>, and was so thrilled to see one of my shots from this small but very beautiful commitment ceremony show up in this week&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/offbeatbride.com\/2012\/07\/hello-kitty-cake-montage\">Monday Montage<\/a>. So, if you&#8217;ve found me via Offbeat Bride, welcome! I love to shoot commitments of all kinds, especially alternative ceremonies. This was my first handfasting ceremony, while researching the meaning and origin of the practice, I found this &#8211; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.squidoo.com\/Handfasting-Wedding-Ritual\">Handfasting was originally practiced by the Greeks and Romans. The Romans created a garland made of magnolia, elder and roses. It was then wrapped around the couple&#8217;s wrists to signify love and fidelity. In ancient legends, lovers were united together as they &#8220;tied the knot&#8221; in the tradition of Celtic handfasting.&#8221;<\/a> Such a cool ritual.<\/p>\n<p>Lilith and Michael planned a small ceremony with some of their closest friends witnessing and participating. We met on a perfect bay area day near Stern Grove, surrounded by redwood and eucalyptus trees, while a family of hawks hunted overhead. Michael told me later that he timed the event to coincide with golden hour &#8211; which as you can see worked out very, very well.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2183\" title=\"18\" src=\"https:\/\/tristancrane.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/18-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"668\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2184\" title=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/tristancrane.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/11-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2185\" title=\"3\" src=\"https:\/\/tristancrane.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/31-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"668\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More below the cut! <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2186\" title=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/tristancrane.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"668\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2187\" title=\"4\" src=\"https:\/\/tristancrane.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2188\" title=\"5\" src=\"https:\/\/tristancrane.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/51-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"668\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2189\" title=\"6\" src=\"https:\/\/tristancrane.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/6-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2190\" title=\"7\" src=\"https:\/\/tristancrane.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/7-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2191\" title=\"8.6\" src=\"https:\/\/tristancrane.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/8.6-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2192\" title=\"8\" src=\"https:\/\/tristancrane.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/81-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2193\" title=\"9\" src=\"https:\/\/tristancrane.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/9-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2194\" title=\"10\" src=\"https:\/\/tristancrane.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/10-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"668\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2195\" title=\"11\" src=\"https:\/\/tristancrane.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/111-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"668\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2196\" title=\"12\" src=\"https:\/\/tristancrane.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/12-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2197\" title=\"13\" src=\"https:\/\/tristancrane.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/13-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2198\" title=\"14\" src=\"https:\/\/tristancrane.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/14-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"668\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2199\" title=\"15\" src=\"https:\/\/tristancrane.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/15-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"668\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2201\" title=\"17\" src=\"https:\/\/tristancrane.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2200\" title=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/tristancrane.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tristancrane.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/16.jpg 900w, https:\/\/tristancrane.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/16-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tristancrane.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/16-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2202\" title=\"IMG_9453_w\" src=\"https:\/\/tristancrane.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_9453_w-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This last image was a bit of graffiti I spotted near the parking lot.. it seemed particularly apt for such a unique and creative couple..<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2203\" title=\"last\" src=\"https:\/\/tristancrane.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/last-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m an enormous fan of the Offbeat Bride blog, and was so thrilled to see one of my shots from this small but very beautiful commitment ceremony show up in this week&#8217;s Monday Montage. So, if you&#8217;ve found me via Offbeat Bride, welcome! I love to shoot commitments of all kinds, especially alternative ceremonies. This &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/tristancrane.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/24\/san-francisco-commitment-a-handfasting-in-stern-grove\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;San Francisco Commitment, a Handfasting in Stern Grove&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2194,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[331,23],"tags":[85,250,521,522,267,268],"class_list":["post-2181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-weddings","tag-bride","tag-groom","tag-handfasting","tag-offbeat-wedding","tag-san-francisco-wedding","tag-san-francisco-wedding-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tristancrane.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tristancrane.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tristancrane.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tristancrane.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tristancrane.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tristancrane.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tristancrane.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tristancrane.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tristancrane.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tristancrane.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}