April! A month of treasure hunts and low-key hangouts with friends. Let’s jump right in! A bike ride to Wise Sons at the Ferry Building Farmers Market, with a stop by the Patagonia in Fisherman’s Wharf, napa cabbage in tow. The Wolverine Way, as read by this newly minted Michigan fan. And our final destination:…
Hello March! We went to both Arizona and Wyoming in this month, but there were so many wonderful little gatherings around the Bay Area too. Let’s jump right in! Monthly accountability meeting, with some folks gathering in Oakland and the rest of us joining from the internet. Dinner and mahjong with the Garrisons, featuring some…
What a special treat to meet Baby Vasu/Cook and to photograph him and his family, exactly a year after I photographed his parents’ heartfelt wedding celebration. I absolutely love all these sweet little moments below! Anna Wu is a wedding and portrait photographer based in San Francisco. View her work at annawu.com, follow her daily…
Minerva and Hoover are college sweethearts who met as freshmen at UC Berkeley. They have been together for the decade and a half since, and their medical training has taken each of the them across the country and back, with years spent together and years living a long distance from each other. Now, they’ve came…
I have known Terry for over a decade, since the last time he lived in Oakland. He has since been on a long journey, moving around the country and enduring a slew of difficulties and heartbreaks. But he is now plotting his return to the California and the next phase of life, including his new…
Congratulations! You’ve decided on a portrait session and booked your photographer. Now, what to wear? Below are a few tips on planning the outfits for your group photo session. 1. Think about coordinating, not matching. You’ll want to look like you all belong together rather than all wearing the same exact outfit. Allowing everyone to…
It’s been six years since I first headed into the Oakland hills with Elizabeth, Derek, and their golden retriever Stella. Back then I was photographing their engagement session, but we returned this time with two additions to the clan for family portraits! I absolutely love getting to document my couples’ lives beyond the wedding day….
Megan and Hari were married last year, mid-pandemic, with only their officiant and a camera on a tripod as their witnesses. They were thrilled to be wed but really missed having their families there. So they planned the most thoughtful celebration for their one-year anniversary. Hari’s parents hosted the event in their back yard, and…
August recap! Wow, so much baseball. And a few outings with friends as well. Let’s get right into it! The Giants continue to be #1 in all of MLB! We continue to attend a bunch of their games. I never thought I’d actually like going to so much baseball, but it’s quite a fun experience…
If you’ve been following along, you might remember Elaine and Sean as the couple who had me hike two hours up and down a mountain for their engagement session. Of course it was completely worth it, not only because the setting was beautiful, but because Elaine and Sean were an absolute joy to be around,…
Last year, in the midst of shelter-in-place, I set out with a group of photographer friends to work on a collaborative art project titled Isolayered. As we have since returned to some version of normalcy and then gone back towards isolation again, I’m reflecting on the beauty and the difficulty of community when connection becomes…
I would say that July was the month we quickly rushed out into the world, before quietly being ushered back into our homes. We had been fully vaccinated for over a month already, and started expanding our social circles and reclaiming old things like indoor dining, photographing full weddings, and going maskless. But then with…