JUNE 25, 2021
The Press Special Edition • Summer 2021
Photo courtesy of Shannon Rosen/Bay Area Fotowagen
Brentwood couple uses VW Bus to provide wedding photography
P
TIM EPPERSON
and-wife team has an easy solution
lanning a wedding can
to relieve the stress of finding a
often be a stressful
photographer with their business,
experience. One husband-
Bay Area Fotowagen.
The Brentwood entrepreneurs, Eric and Janel Behne, converted a 1971 Volkswagen Microbus into a photo studio that is portable and can be set up outside any wedding event, such as the ceremony itself or a
wedding reception. Inside the van, wedding guests can have photographs taken by a professional photographer. The photos are four-photo photo strips. Each guest who has see Photography page 15
Mark London Design serves your jewelry needs
S
K A I T LY N G L E E S O N
blue stones in their necklaces, to repair
omething old, something new,
a family heirloom, or to create some-
something borrowed, some-
thing new and unique for their special
thing blue.” We all know the old
day. For Mark London, of Mark London
rhyme that tells us the necessary pieces of a bridal outfit. More often than not, one of these traditional requirements is met through the jewelry adorning the bride-to-be. Some may choose to have
Design, he is all too familiar with custom jewelry and the importance it can hold with his clients. London has been in the jewelry business for 50 years and began his work in Brentwood four years ago. It started in Santa Cruz, when
he was 19 years old. “There was always an artist inside of me as a young person,” London recalled in an interview. “Instead of getting a job, I found a bead store that was for sale. I sold beads and findings to make jewelry.” While running this business, a man eventually came in who introduced London to casting. Being enthralled and enamoured by this specialized line of work, young London began to read books, take classes, and learn more about casting, stone setting, and jewelry design. In the long run, he spent most of his career where he was raised, hosting his first store in Napa, California.
Back to the present, London now employs computer-aided design, which often helps him create designs with the customer right next to him. Despite the 6,000 individuals currently on his mailing list, he usually works between two to 12 clients at one time. Even more so, he prides himself on his ability to design and create jewelry that is unique to the customer with whom he is working. “I try not to follow trends,” he explained, “I try to make things that are a little different and interesting. For my customers, I try to tailor things to their see Jewelry page 14