Wedding Photography & cinematic films

Timeless imagery for elegant destination weddings in Lake Tahoe

The Thing Is.

The venue does a thing.

The lake will do its thing.

Your friends will absolutely do their thing.

And our job is to capture all the things before they disappear.


Something strange happens at weddings.

People who never dance… dance.

Parents hold it together... until they can’t.

The quiet friend...

gives the best speech of the night.

For one day...

everything feels like it carries more weight.

Our job is to catch it before it slips away.

Explore our work

The plan will exist.

The timeline.

The seating chart.

The carefully chosen flowers.

And then the day arrives.

Wind moves through the trees.

The lake changes color.

Your friends get louder as the night goes on.

Somewhere in the middle of all that—

real moments happen.


Photography and film. One team.

We give just enough guidance

to help you look incredible,

Because the best moments happen

when people forget about the cameras.

One crew documenting everything as it unfolds.

Images that hold a moment.

A cinematic film that brings the day back to life.


and The Last Thing Is

Before you know it, the day becomes a memory.

Good thing we were paying attention.


We are Lake Tahoe wedding photographers and filmmakers

who believe the best images come from planning, preparation

and a little playfulness

A man in a black blazer and a woman in a white cardigan pose together against a neutral background.

Kris & Ruta Swanson


We're Kris and Ruta Swanson. We specialize in refined wedding photography and cinematic films for couples planning sophisticated celebrations in Lake Tahoe and surrounding areas. One calm, experienced husband and wife team — one unified vision from the first frame to the final film. We've been doing this long enough that nothing on a wedding day catches us off guard. We'll guide you when it helps and get out of the way when it doesn't. And we're more fun than we look in our picture!

Love notes from our past clients

Bride and groom walk along a reflective beach shoreline with ocean and clouds mirrored in the wet sand.

We discovered Amber Shore Pictures after attending our friend's wedding and being absolutely blown away by their wedding video that was made! So we hired them as videographers for our own wedding and couldn't have been more pleased! Kris and Ruta were super responsive and easy to work with in the planning phase, which we learned is super important. On the day of, their warm and genuine personalities were such a pleasure to be around, and they worked super well with our photographer. We are so happy with the results- they do an amazing job of creating wedding videos that don't feel stiff and lacking in personality, they instead capture the essence of the day with video clips, audio from speeches, and awesome drone shots. Cannot recommend them more, thank you!

Tara Mathia

Kris and Ruta were absolutely incredible! They are not only extremely talented, but also so friendly and easy to work with. From start to finish, they made everything feel effortless, which allowed us to truly enjoy our day. The photos and video captured every special moment perfectly. We couldn't have asked for a better team for our wedding. Highly recommend!

Jacob Loughry

Ruta and Kris were amazing to work with. They did an excellent job in capturing our wedding with beautiful pictures and video. The video was so touching and I felt like I was reliving my wedding day over and over again. The pictures and video were also done so fast in less than 3 months.

David Acierto

Investment


Photography investment starts at $3,800.

Most full day photography and cinematic film collections fall between $7,400–$8,900.

Wedding videography investment starts at $3900


Let's connect and see if we're a good fit


We work best with couples who value the same things we do: family and real connection, a day that's organized but never rigid, calm but never boring - with room to let loose and full of moments you'll want to relive for years.


We take the planning seriously so you don't have to take the day too seriously. And we make photos and films that hold up for decades, because a good story never goes out of style.


If that sounds like you, let's connect.