It was such an incredible honor to fly to Japan in order to photograph Akane and Gimpei’s wedding. While the wedding itself was on Saturday in Osaka, we took some time on Friday to take a side trip to Kyoto and photograph some engagement-style portraits the day before the wedding. To be in such a…
I knew Emma and Phil would be amazing to hang out with from the first moment I met them. They are both so kind and down to earth, and they’re exactly the kind of couple you want to be with when the weather forecasts are not cooperating and the cloudy skies threaten rain at any…
2012 has been a wonderful, wonderful year of portrait sessions. With the engagements, the surprise proposal, the anniversaries, the maternity portraits, all the adorable young families, and headshots, I had over thirty different shoots, summed up below. Click on any of the images below to view the full portrait sessions!
Grace and Stanley first met through a nonprofit that I also happened to work for a couple years ago. They were friends for a long while before they began dating. In their relationship, Stanley is the left brain while Grace is the right brain, and they balance each other out. We headed to City Hall,…
They met their senior year of high school, and they have been together for almost a decade since. Katie is incredibly thoughtful and selfeless, and Chris is perpetually happy and supportive. Katie is always the planner, while Chris likes to throw new things into the mix, which sometimes results in hilarious and wonderful (but stressful at…
Gemma and Kevin have been so fun to work with. Their warmth and sincerity are just so lovely to be around. They chose the Tiburon trail for their engagement photos– a place they used to frequent together– and it was the perfect setting. Romance surrounded by nature. Such sweetness.
We kicked things off with a drink at one of their favorite brunch spots, Buck’s. Tucked away in town of Woodside, Buck’s is a warm, cozy joint– the perfect place to start off an adorable engagement session. The shoot was filled with sweetness and laughter, and I had so much fun with Emilie and Marcus roaming…
They probably would have never crossed paths or met in Boston, but seeing Tracy in a Red Sox hat watching a Red Sox game at a crappy sports bar in San Francisco totally gave Jeff an opening line. They discovered that they grew up fifteen miles from each other in Boston, but having both spent…
This session was full of laughs and sweetness. Kerry, a teacher, and Erik, an actor/comedian/writer, were visiting from Los Angeles, and I had such a fun time with them, shooting in San Francisco’s Mission District and at Crissy Fields.
This was such an incredible surprise proposal. Vijay crafted such an intricate plan, completely thoughtful and intimate down to the last detail. It was not a big public display or self indulgent in the least. It was all for Anika. It was all about Anika. While Anika went to work, Vijay prepared everything in her…
This is an engagement I’ve been looking forward to for a while now. You may remember my friends Sun and Elliot from their portrait session a year ago, before they were engaged, just as they were about to embark on a year of long distance across San Francisco and Vietnam. Well, they made it through…
A surprise engagement session! Erin and Jack were so great to work with. They were visiting San Francisco from Seattle, and Erin planned the whole shoot as a surprise to Jack for his birthday weekend. We started by the California Academy of Sciences and wandered through Golden Gate Park to the San Francisco Conservatory of…