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Christina & Kelvin | San Jose Backyard Wedding
This was such a sweet way to wrap up a very strange year. Christina and Kelvin decided to go for their personal trifecta in 2020: get engaged, buy their first house, and get married! All amidst a pandemic. On New Year’s Eve, just under the wire, we met in the back yard of their new…
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Holiday Gifts, 2020
It’s become a tradition of mine to collect small gifts along my travels throughout the year and to compile them into a holiday gift for my wedding clients. But given the unusual year in 2020, of course travel was greatly curtailed. So instead, I went in the opposite direction and curated a set of very…
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A Day Trip to Healdsburg
Wine country in the fall. Here is a little peek at a short day trip we took up to Healdsburg, California, just to pick up some wines and to grab a snack atop Singlethread’s temporary roof bar. First, a stop at the Petaluma Seed Bank to pick up some new seeds for our spring plantings–…
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Cynthia & Erik | Berkeley Engagement Photography
I am delighted to share today this hearty dose of sunset magic and a brilliant love story that survives nine years of long distance and includes a marriage proposal in a lavender field which each of them had driven over ten hours to reach, in the midst of a pandemic. Cynthia and Erik met in…
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2020 Year In Review
It was an unexpected year, to say the least. But still, second by second, we got through it. From the surprisingly “normal” times pre-pandemic through the endless days of quarantine, here is a look back at the year, one second at a time. For previous years, see 2019, 2018, and 2017. Anna Wu is a wedding…
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Bay Area | November, 2020
November recap! We began the month back in San Francisco upon our return from Paso Robles and got to enjoy the ollalieberry pie we brought back from Avila Valley Barn. Katsu sandos from Cafe Okawari, and lamb tamales from our weekly Imperfect box. Office of Accountability, with baby M! Weekly Whitney chat Got some fabric…
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Paso Robles
We have been all about the California road trip this year. A couple months ago, we headed south, about three hours south of San Francisco, to Paso Robles and the surrounding Central Coast areas. It made for a wonderful long weekend excursion. Our first stop was Bruce Munro’s Field of Light at Sensorio. It’s a…
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Jeri & Dan | Gray & Silver Wedding Album
This is such a special album to mark a special wedding day– a real, beautiful, mini 2020 wedding. Jeri and Dan selected a light grey linen cover, paired with a subtle sliver foil title. And inside, a lovely recap of images from their day. Take a peek below. Anna Wu is a wedding photographer based…
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Lee Family | San Ramon Portraits
I am so grateful to have wonderful wedding clients who revisit me as family clients over the years. This year especially, with big weddings on hold, it was my past clients who kept my business going with their portrait sessions! It was an absolute delight to photograph Adrienne and Jenton and little H for their…