I absolutely love photographing proposals. I love being in on the secret and helping with the planning. But most of all, I love capturing the emotions of the moment when it all comes together. When Eric contacted me about proposing to his girlfriend at The French Laundry, I jumped at the chance to help capture it….
My thirtieth birthday party was half a year ago, but the celebration continues. After being featured on Style Me Pretty, my photographs got picked up for publication in this beautiful Australian magazine, Hooray! Magazine. It’s filled with large photographs, and I got three-and-a-half spreads for my images. There’s nothing quite like seeing your work… or…
It was the perfect mid-week getaway. Out on Angel Island, you’re in the middle of the bay, surrounded by San Francisco, Marin, and Oakland; so close to everything, and yet perfectly removed. In the winter, there is only one ferry to the island at 9:15am and one ferry leaving from the island at 3:20pm. It being a…
Stephanie is a beautiful pianist studying down in Southern California. She contacted me for a portrait session because she fell in love with my ballerina series. We met up in San Francisco while she was visiting on a break from school and captured these elegant portraits. Anna Wu is a wedding and portrait photographer based…
I’ve made it more than halfway through 2015 with scarcely a personal post. Life has taken over, and a lot has happened since January. But I’ve decided it’s better late than never! So here we are, hopping back to to the beginning of 2015 with a glimpse at winter in California. The second weekend of January,…
Christine and Yang met in a bar on a snowy night in Boston. After a few dances together, they exchanged numbers and the courtship began. Their first date followed soon after, when a one-hour coffee turned into a six-hour date. They had a natural chemistry, and they would soon find themselves falling for each other: Yang…
I connected with Lauren, the style blogger behind Shoes and Sashimi, over instagram one day. Her style epitomizes the effortless, cool California girl. She asked if I’d be interested in a collaboration, and so we met up in her hometown of Piedmont for a lovely stroll and some casual portraits around the neighborhood. For more, check…
Shadda and Tim first met in San Francisco through a mutual friend. We met in San Francisco through a mutual friend. Just over a year later, they went on their first date. A few months after that, Shadda found herself on a scavenger hunt that led her through San Francisco, starting in the financial district…
Chelsea and Luigi first met freshman year of college and have been together for over five years. They are both from Las Vegas, born and raised, but they took the opportunity to have their engagement portraits photographed while on vacation in San Francisco. The hilly neighborhood of Potrero Hill provided lovely city views in contrast with the beach…
Victoria and Vaughn are the sweetest pair, completely at ease with each other. They initially met at work and became fast friends, but it took months of courtship on Vaughn’s part– and moving jobs to another company– before Victoria would date him. (She didn’t want to date someone she worked with.) Once Vaughn asked her to…
Dalen sat in front of Stephanie at a new church they were both visiting one day, and they met during the unusually long ‘meet and greet’ time after the service. Stephanie left the service thinking she’d never see Dalen again…until he walked by her a few blocks from her home. They ended up walking together to Trader…
Maggie and Nick are such a delight to be around. From the beginning of the session, they were full of grins, and we filled an hour with their love and laughter. Add the glow of late afternoon light and the majestic archways at the Palace of Fine Arts, and you have all the ingredients of a beautiful engagement…