Cristin & Michael | San Francisco Engagement Photography

Cristin & Michael | San Francisco Engagement Photography

Standing at Land’s End, where San Francisco meets the Pacific Ocean, they braced themselves against the whipping of the wind. Holding each other close, they carved out their own little space together. I love these two and their gorgeous two-part engagement session. Can’t wait for the wedding later this year! Hair & Makeup: Julianne, Prettyologie Anna Wu…

Meghana & Aseem | Jacuzzi Family Winery | Sonoma Engagement Party Photography

Meghana & Aseem | Jacuzzi Family Winery | Sonoma Engagement Party Photography

The party was beautifully arranged– the perfect balance of a casual gathering and an elegant reception. Meghana and Aseem gathered with some of their closest family and friends at the Jacuzzi Family Winery in Sonoma, not quite for their wedding yet, but for their engagement party. It was a wonderful California celebration in advance of their Denver wedding later…

Nima Salimi| Art for Art | San Francisco Portrait Photography
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Nima Salimi| Art for Art | San Francisco Portrait Photography

Since the beginning of 2014, I have been working on my year-long personal project, Art for Art. Once a month, I find a fellow photographer whose work I admire, and I photograph them; they photograph me. We’ll get to see each other work; we’ll explore how different or similar our styles might be; and we can challenge…

Fullerton & Alhambra | Southern California Travel Photography
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Fullerton & Alhambra | Southern California Travel Photography

I took the quick hour-long flight from Northern California to Southern this past weekend to attend a wedding with my boyfriend Jesse and his family. Judy and Jeff’s wedding was a beautiful Californian soiree at the Muckenthaler Mansion in Fullerton. And the next day, I got to meet up with my friends over in Alhambra…

Cassandra | Mood Shoots | Treasure Island Portrait Photography
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Cassandra | Mood Shoots | Treasure Island Portrait Photography

Welcome to my newest personal project, a series of “mood shoots.” For these shoots, I wanted to explore a certain look and feel in my portraiture, working with light and shadow, styling, and directing. As with all my personal projects, I just sort of dream up these ideas and form a vision in my mind, and…

Bridgette & Ryan | Silver Moon Silk Wedding Album
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Bridgette & Ryan | Silver Moon Silk Wedding Album

I absolutely love finishing off a wedding order with a beautiful heirloom album. It’s such a beautiful way of telling the story of a wedding day in a tangible form. For their wedding album, Bridgette and Ryan chose a gorgeous gray silk and the medium 10×10″ size. I always love custom debossing the cover. Bridgette…

Jane & Kevin | Cliff House | San Francisco Wedding Photography

Jane & Kevin | Cliff House | San Francisco Wedding Photography

They met on twitter before twitter was even popular. Both software developers, Jane and Kevin found their perfect matches in one another. They share a love of cartoons and comics, which was manifested in an Adventure Time-themed cake at their wedding. They also love their adopted cat, who willingly supervised the scene as they got…

Yoon & Steve | San Francisco City Hall Wedding Photography
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Yoon & Steve | San Francisco City Hall Wedding Photography

Theirs was a whirlwind romance. Yoon, originally from Korea, was in Iowa for graduate school, while Steve, from Indiana, had found his way to Iowa for work. They were set up on a blind date and knew immediately that they had found something special. By their fifth date, Yoon was flying across the country to meet…