The forecasts declared a 100% chance of rain, but just as we arrived in Golden Gate Park for our first look, the rain departed, and it didn’t come back until after our little ceremony in the redwoods. Such was the theme of life both being unpredictable and also going as smoothly as we could have…
Christina and Andrew first met through Andrew’s aunt, Christina’s coworker, and they remained friends for a while until Andrew asked Christina to attend a wedding as his plus one. And now here they were, at their very own wedding, making it official as they joined their two families into one. The two were wed on…
Hangar One was the perfect setting for James and Jonathan’s wedding. It was one of the places they first visited together, and they loved the industrial vibe and the San Francisco skyline across the Bay at sunset. What a special place to share with all of their friends and family. See some highlights of the…
This was the sweetest gift, given to Quinn by her office; an engagement session with her fiancé Theron. I met them both on a blustery, yet beautiful day out on the western end of San Francisco, and we captured these beautiful portraits out at Land’s End and Sutro Baths. A few favorites below: Anna Wu…
Such a classically beautiful wedding! Jenny and Jun were wed at the Ritz Carlton Half Moon Bay. These two have known each other since childhood and have been classmates the whole way through, from middle school in China all the way through graduate school at Stanford. And now they finally got to tie the knot…
Tina and Bryan first met eight years ago. Their first date took them all around Land’s End on a chat and a walk that basically never ended. For their wedding day, they chose to be married at Hakone Gardens in Saratoga, a nod to their mutual love of Japan. They also paid tribute to Bryan’s…
Lakshmi and Jaxon met in Denver, though they both hail from the San Francisco Bay Area. To meet Lakshmi is to be instantly won over by her, as Jaxon’s own friends will tell you. (We might like her more than you now, they confess). She is the warm-hearted doctor with a big laugh and he…
M and D are the sweetest souls who met in Palo Alto and immediately felt at ease with each other. Their wedding day was full of personalized touches, including getting ready together at home under the supervision of their cat Butter, a nod to their careers as academics with some keynote presentations during their reception,…
At last, Tara and Potter’s wedding day has arrived! Tara and Potter were living here in the Bay Area when they initially planned for their 2020 wedding here in San Francisco, but the pandemic took them back to their hometown in Canada and then back to NYC, the city where they first met and fell…
Nicola and Zach got engaged just months before the pandemic hit. While they conceded that a large celebration would not happen right away, they were determined to be wed, and despite a second lockdown in California, they managed to tie the knot at the end of 2020, on the side of a highway, with a…
Emily and Andrew wanted to share the magic of wine country with their friends and family for their wedding celebrations. Emily grew up in the Bay Area and visited the area frequently, and Andrew has come to love it too. They both live in Massachusetts, but their families flew from all over the country to…
Aileen and Bryan each previously lived in San Francisco, but they never met while they were here. Instead, they met in Salt Lake City, during the pandemic, no less. And now, they both traveled back to San Francisco for the first time together, and with their families in tow, to be wed. We started the…