Jessica and Charles are two of a kind. They began as friends who quickly became inseparable and built a life together, making sure their pup Satchmo lives his best possible life alongside them. When Charles decided he wanted to propose to Jessica, he wanted to keep it low-key, and he wanted to keep it a…
She said yes! After she swatted at him with the garden map, haha. What a fun proposal, filled with genuine surprise, love, joy, and so many giggles. Evan originally had a very different proposal planned, for a completely different week down in Santa Cruz at their first date spot. But after accidentally tipping her off…
I am an enthusiastic supporter of portrait sessions for all seasons of life and for celebrating anything any time. Of course I was delighted to hear from my past couple Vivian and Dru when they suggested a portrait session for them and two other couples, one big group of six friends, celebrating one marriage and…
Well, I’ve never encountered a foggier day atop Mt. Tam. But Chrissy and Aaron have already been through many difficult challenges in life together: surviving a pandemic, caring for ailing family members, and also grieving great losses together. So this layer of cold, windy fog certainly didn’t rank anywhere on their top challenges list. Rather,…
It takes a really incredible blend of persistence, commitment, and of course love to survive an international long-distance relationship through a pandemic, when you are each locked down in your country and completely unable to even visit one another. And that is exactly what E and J have done, between here and Australia. They are…
After nearly a decade of long distance, including over a year living apart during a global pandemic, Cynthia and Erik were able to reunite with each other and their families for a beautiful wedding ceremony on the cliffs of Big Sur, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The skies were fogged over, blanketing everyone in the celebration…
Say hello to Lauren and Kodie and their labradoodle Royce, whom everyone notes looks a whole lot like Kodie. Lauren and Kodie met back in their hometown of Charlottesville, Virginia, and Lauren eventually followed Kodie out to San Francisco after he got a job here. They just recently gained two housemates who are also an…
Patty and David met in graduate school while they were in different programs (he in business school and she in the School of Natural Resources and Environment) but a friend who was doing a dual degree with both schools conveniently introduced them. After a stint with him in Chicago and her New York City, they’ve now…
Karen and Casey are such a warm, down-to-earth couple. Though they live together in Philadelphia, they traveled to San Francisco to be wed near where Karen grew up, and after the wedding, they embarked on a cross-country road trip, visiting as many National Parks as possible on their way back to Pennsylvania. Sounds like an amazing and unique…
We were treated to the full gamut of Bay Area weather in the span of Tammy and Justin’s engagement shoot. We met at the beautiful Thomas Fogarty Winery atop a hill in Woodside, and a cloudy session gave way to full sunshine, clouds, simultaneous sun and fog, and finally, complete fog. Tammy’s radiant smile shined…