Tammie Gilchrist

11/20/2021

There are so many love stories wrapped up in all these photos. This is my photography journey in 2021. I have stepped so far back in social media, and since it's very possible these are the last elopements I shoot (at least for a while!) I wanted to share with my friends here on Facebook. Thank you to everyone who included me on their wedding day, and the coordinators and Inn's that asked me to be on their team. Closing the books on 2021, and onto a brand new year full of bright, sun-shiny adventures!

06/09/2021

The last 12 years of wedding photography has been such an amazing experience. I really only have a small handful of intimate weddings on the books, so it was a real blessing to be a part of this one. Every single person at this wedding was so incredibly sweet, so kind. Covid did a number to everyone in the industry; from the vendors to the people getting married and it's so sad to say this - but people just aren't the same anymore. So when I say how kind and sweet everyone was - what I really mean is, the love was palpable and it overflowed to everyone around them.

Lindsey & Scott were married on Monday at the Little River Inn Golf and Tennis. Elope Mendocino Vanna organized and officiated the intimate wedding. Florals by Habibi Winter. Not seen, but very much a part of the day was Sharon Garner who did their cake, and Nile Sprague was their videographer.

06/09/2021

Magical morning walk with the birthday girl Jennifer 💞

06/08/2021

I see 11:11 once, nearly everyday. I have programmed myself to take a breath, ground myself (literally visualizing roots growing out of feet into the earth) and resetting my daily intention. Try it! Even if you’re not feeling overwhelmed, it just feels good ❤️🌟

06/08/2021

Being super vulnerable right now, the pandemic took a toll on my mental health. I’m slowly adding life back into my life … one walk by the ocean at a time.

06/02/2021

When you share it on facebook, you know it's real

05/23/2021

Last minute elopements are so incredibly sweet. Bright, windy day and still loving every second of the gorgeousness the Mendocino Coast brings us

05/15/2021

A real elopement! Just the couple, me and their officiant. I even wore two hats and was also their coordinator! So much fun, I loved all of it. Albion River Inn thank you so much for trusting me to do this with you!

04/13/2021

How incredibly sweet are these headshots? Just a couple of girls wandering around the trees on the coast. Past client shoots are the BEST!

04/12/2021

04/12/2021

04/12/2021

Just wanted to address a review that literally just came in a minute ago with a photo gallery from their elopement. Not that I'm worried or concerned with what other clients may think about me, because honestly, I am not. But because I don't think it's fair to have a past client (Married on May 2019) put me on blast, showing the one photo of where she was crying, and I snapped her wiping away her tears. If it was snot, well then, I guess it was snot. I honestly wasn't close enough to know this. Stephanie, I wish you and Adam well and hopefully you'll get what you're looking for with the next photographer. And in case you're wondering what she said, here you go, the two versions from what I can see so far. From Stephanie and Adam Heiser.

"Now that we’re finally decorating the first home we’ve bought as a married couple, I get more and more depressed and annoyed every time I look at our wedding photos. I’d love to have some enlarged to decorate our home but we hate our photos. If the edited ones look this awful I can’t imagine what the photos look like that she didn’t send. She even sent a photo of me wiping snot on my arm which is now a funny story but why?! We asked for organic natural photos that captured the magic of the day but she kept insisting we do the most awkward poses and made our cake cutting and dancing feel so forced and we couldn’t be in the moment. I know she can’t help what we look like but we look 1,000 times better in our iPhone pics that we took ourselves. It was cold and windy so that added to the difficulty of getting good shots but everything felt so rushed and awkward and our photos reflect that. Maybe I can somehow edit them myself to make the lighting more flattering. You get what you pay for I suppose, we had her as part of our elopement at Elk Cove Inn. We want to renew our vows already just so we can get better photos."

and the 2nd updated version:
"Now that we’re finally decorating the first home we’ve bought as a married couple, I get more and more depressed and annoyed every time I look at our wedding photos. I’d love to have some enlarged to decorate our home but we hate our photos. If the edited ones look this awful I can’t imagine what the photos look like that she didn’t send. She even sent a photo of me wiping snot on my arm which is now a funny story but why?! We asked for organic natural photos that captured the magic of the day but she kept insisting we do the most awkward poses and made our cake cutting and dancing feel so forced and we couldn’t be in the moment. I know she can’t help what we look like but we look 1,000 times better in our iPhone pics that we took ourselves. It was cold and windy so that added to the difficulty of getting good shots but everything felt so rushed and awkward and our photos reflect that. Maybe I can somehow edit them myself to make the lighting more flattering. You get what you pay for I suppose, we had her as part of our elopement at Elk Cove Inn. The experience with the photographer ruined the intimacy of our special day. We want to renew our vows already just so we can get better photos. After we received the terrible pics, I had to remind her that she said there’d be some free gift, it was just an awfully laid out tiny photo book with just a few photos each stretched out over 2 pages. The beach photo is the best of the day and it’s not even great when you really look at it."