Silvia & James’ Engagement Session | Legion of Honor | San Francisco Engagement Photography

Silvia & James’ Engagement Session | Legion of Honor | San Francisco Engagement Photography

Sometimes, it rains. Literally, metaphorically, sometimes we have to adapt and change our plans. With some things going on in Silvia’s life and forecasts of rain for the week, we seriously considered cancelling the engagement shoot. But I am so very glad we didn’t. It became a reprieve from the rest of the world, a…

Connie & Tony’s Guest Book | Wedding Books
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Connie & Tony’s Guest Book | Wedding Books

As much as I’ve embraced digital everything, there’s still something beautiful, almost magical, about seeing your work in print. The analog, the tangible. Being able to hold your work and see it on paper is just a lovely feeling. I was so excited when I received this package in the mail a couple days ago,…

Connie & Tony | Downtown Los Angeles Engagement Photography

Connie & Tony | Downtown Los Angeles Engagement Photography

Theirs is an absolutely wonderful engagement story with just the right amount of theatricality. Last June, Tony brought Connie  to see Wicked, one of their favorite musicals up in San Francisco’s Orpheum Theater. After the show, he had arranged everything for a sly backstage tour, and just to complete things, he even had “the green witch”…

Jenny & Kevin | LACMA | Los Angeles Engagement Photographer

Jenny & Kevin | LACMA | Los Angeles Engagement Photographer

They met through Craigslist! When Kevin was looking for housing for a summer internship in San Francisco, he came across Jenny’s apartment, which was being sublet for a summer. He didn’t end up living there; he didn’t even really get to know Jenny that well right away, but the connection was made. A couple years…

Kristen & Matt | Stanford Engagement Photographer

Their love is sugary sweet, a simple syrup poured out to melt your heart. Kristen is gentle, supportive, loving, reserved. And Matt is open and earnestly romantic, passionate about everything he loves. They have an unbounded excitement for each other, constantly finding reassurance in each other’s arms. We all went to Duke University together, where…

Gina & David’s Engagement | Cincinnati Engagement Photographer

Summer in Cincinnati really feels like summer. The air is damp with humidity, the temperature already 85 by May. Knowing all this, we set out nice and early at 7am to avoid the heat and take advantage of the delicious early-morning lighting. The one thing I had forgotten about was the mosquitoes. They had a…

Melissa & Nori | Berkeley Engagement Photographer

Their courtship began in the middle of winter in upstate New York with a story complete with cute coffee shop, Nori trekking (on foot) across town and Melissa with a terrible cold, red nose, and high fever. Of course, from that cold, blustery beginning blossomed their immeasurably warm, loving relationship. And now they’re getting married!…

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Margaret & Eric’s Engagement | Berkeley Engagement Photographer

Their relationship is quiet but insistent, punctuated by laughter. It’s built on a deep caring for one another. Simple tasks and quiet discoveries. Long conversations and simply watching television together. It’s not flashy. It’s not a show put on for others. It’s love. Pure, simple, beautiful. No bells and whistles needed. I’ve known Margaret since…

Richa & Eduardo’s Engagement | San Francisco Engagement Photographer

They hadn’t been dating long, but things were going well when he called from his business trip in Paris. It was a Wednesday, just like any other Wednesday; they both loved traveling, and they were often jetsetting around the world for their jobs. So he called her and said, Hey. There are some cheap tickets……

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Kristina & Peter’s Engagement | Sebastopol Engagement Photographer

There’s a huge obsession with everything “vintage” in the wedding world right now. Brides and blogs all over the place are carefully crafting their perfect illusions of this old, chic style. So imagine my amusement when I got to explore a whole place that was effortlessly vintage– not because we styled it that way, but…