About Us

1000 Words Photography is husband and wife team Tom & Leona (Lee) Burke based out of the San Francisco Bay Area. We are primarily wedding photographers, but do offer all kinds of other photography as well. We've been working together since 1996 and have photographed hundreds of couples weddings. We don't think you can define our style as anything specific, we use a combination of styles to create what we hope is a uniqe perspective. To see a greater representation of our photography be sure to check out the galleries on our website.
Our personalities are loose and playful, we love photographing weddings and really want our clients to have a great time on one of the biggest days of their lives. We work very hard to come up with images that will make you say "I was there and I don't remember it being like that". Wedding photography is different than most other services at a wedding because for the images to look awesome, there needs to be a good working relationship between us and the couple. We're there all day with you so there needs to be a level of comfort and trust. Over the months leading up to a wedding we typically have developed a close relationship with our couples. We still stay in touch with most of our couples and are through the different stages of life (the wedding, children, homes, job changes..). When we book a client many times we are gaining lifelong friends and that is a pretty cool thing.
Monday, October 6, 2008

Palm Event Center, Stacy & Darrell's Wedding  

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This is one of our favorite weddings for a couple reasons. First, it was at the Palm Event Center, which is one of our favorite venues to work at. Second, Darrell was the best man of a wedding we did a couple years ago. So Stacy and Darrell came to us knowing our work and we felt more like friends of theirs than a vendor.














We started at Stacy's parents house, where things were basically calm....nobody stressing out. Stacy was absolutely beautiful, she had to know it....but she didn't act it. After everyone was ready we headded over to the Rose Hotel to get some shots of Stacy and the bridesmaids.














The ceremony was beautiful with the vineyards of the Palm Event Center as a backdrop. Then it was time for the reception. Stacy & Darrell are friends with Jody Amos who owns our favorite DJ company Amos Productions. Jody served as MC while Josh played the music. Their music selection, mixes and presence really make any reception a BIG party.














In the end 1000 Words Photography had a great time and were pretty stoked by the images that we captured. Their pictures will be posted on our website late next week.














Peace,














T&L