This surprise proposal took a bit of a pivot when Noah’s plans for a Napa proposal got rained out the previous weekend. Left to improvise, he got cornered into just admitting the whole plan instead. So, perhaps Emily wasn’t really surprised by the time we got to this particular spot the following week, but she…
Not all proposals are surprises! In this case David already had to reschedule the proposal because Julia figured out the original date. When rain forecasts threatened the new date, he decided to just go ahead with it anyway. Julia was still working overtime trying to spoil the surprise, so before they even got there, she…
I love a great surprise proposal, and this one was a true surprise! Samarth did such a wonderful job thinking through not only how to make it a surprise but also how to make sure it was all something that Nikita would love. He lured her to the beautiful gardens at Filoli under the guise…
Hannah reached out to me, loving my portraits of couples set in a vast landscape. We chose Mount Tamalpais for her engagement session with Ben to capture just that: a beautiful couple, in love, amidst the epic expanse of the hills, the fog, and the city they call home, off in the distance. And of…
Jarod and Seohyun have been together for seven years, having met as university students and then moving across Australia and traveling the world together. I helped Jarod to plan this proposal for her while he was at home in Melbourne and I was on the road in Tokyo, for their rather last-minute trip to San…
What a stunning backdrop for a beautiful moment! Chloe and Jeffrey were visiting California from Michigan, but the forecasts turned rather foreboding for the weekend. Luckily, Jeffrey was able to rearrange a few things around the weather and found a reprieve amidst the rainy days to bring Chloe down to Big Sur on a little…
A wintry magic hour on the California Coast! What a delight to photograph K & Z and their very fluffy and enthusiastic doggo at San Francisco’s Fort Funston. The wind was in full force, but so was the golden sun. A beautiful combination. Anna Wu is a wedding and portrait photographer based in San Francisco,…
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…
Land and sea. That was Jennifer’s request for their proposal location, and what a spectacular combination of land and sea they had for this beautiful moment. Jacob was making every effort to keep the proposal a surprise for Jennifer, but he inadvertently tipped her off, and then decided to just tell her everything. So, perhaps…
Jeff had proposed to Kelly atop this very hill, so we decided to return to the special spot, atop the Windy Hill Preserve for their engagement session. It turned out that Windy Hill was aptly named, as it was indeed very, very windy. But we were treated to the most beautiful golden hour and a…
A warm and wonderful congratulations to Raquel and Ben! I absolutely love surprise proposals, and this one was an incredibly sweet one, complete with lots of tears and laughter. Ben reached out with his ideas for this Stanford proposal, and despite a last-minute pivot on the exact location due to some poorly placed construction fencing,…