Daniel & Alexis
Stone arches, agave, and an estate that photographs like Andalusia. Sound on.
The stone side.
Daniel and Alexis were married at Hummingbird Nest Ranch, and their portraits were made on the brick steps at the front of the estate, under the arched stonework with the agave beds either side. It is the part of the property that looks least like California and most like southern Spain.
Their film runs a little over seven minutes. We have filmed here more than anywhere else, and this is the corner we come back to when the open hills are already spoken for.
Notes on the light.
Most films made at Hummingbird Nest lean on the lawns, the stables or the open hillside, and those are the right instincts. But the estate buildings themselves are the reason the place reads as Mediterranean rather than Californian: arched openings, heavy stonework, brick steps and a lot of mature agave and cactus planted tight against them. That corner holds up in hard midday sun when the open ground does not, which makes it the answer on a summer wedding with an early ceremony.
