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…
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…
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–…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
I am in love with the contrast of this dark navy linen with the gorgeous rose gold calligraphy on Denicia and Mark’s wedding album. This is such a beautiful, tangible way to document a wedding that can be enjoyed for generations to come. Take a look inside this heirloom book below: Anna Wu is a…
What a delightful family session! I had photographed Jen and Christophe years ago for their holiday cards. I was excited to see them again and meet the little one who turned out to be such a ham for the camera. See some of my favorites below! Anna Wu is a wedding and portrait photographer based…
It felt like we were pretty settled in to pandemic life in October. We focused most of our energies on sprucing up our home and rotating between the three places we have around the Bay in San Francisco, Cupertino, and Oakland. One of the biggest developments was that our furniture that we ordered back on…