Chariya and Dimartin both grew up in the Bay Area, loosely connected to each other through their Cambodian families. It was years before they connected more directly and began a chat conversation that never ended. Though they now live together in Los Angeles, they opted to return to San Francsico for a beautiful City Hall…
Olivia and Alex first met in med school before taking their relationship long distance while Olivia completed school in Pennsylvania and Alex began his residency in North Carolina. After two years, they were reunited and now live together in Durham. Over the holidays, they traveled back to the Bay Area to visit Olivia’s family, and…
What a wonderful treat to hear from Fernando and Nina ten years after I photographed their Sonoma wedding! I was honored to photograph them with their three-year-old son as a beautiful way to commemorate this special anniversary. Anna Wu is a wedding and portrait photographer based in San Francisco. View her work at annawu.com, follow…
Anna and Tim met nearly a decade ago as engineering students at Purdue, their paths crossing many times before they ever struck up a relationship, right at the end of their senior year. After graduation, they both found themselves in Anna’s home state of Texas, and they settled into the trenches while Tim completed his…
I’m so honored to be asked to photograph my friends’ families! It was lovely to see Kelly and catch up with her after a long time in pandemic isolation. It was my first time meeting little K, and he’s already getting ready to be a big brother in the coming year! We wandered over to…
Congratulations! You’ve decided on a portrait session and booked your photographer. Now, what to wear? Below are a few tips on planning the outfits for your group photo session. 1. Think about coordinating, not matching. You’ll want to look like you all belong together rather than all wearing the same exact outfit. Allowing everyone to…
It was such an honor to photograph the Yee Lo family, my dear friends and master portrait photographers themselves, for their first official portraits as a family of four. We ventured out to Fort Funston for some foggy fun. I’m simply delighted to see my friends as new parents and to be able to document…
Anna and Tim’s love story has taken them all over, from the Midwest where they met to Anna’s home state of Texas, and now to Tim’s home state of California. On a beautiful afternoon, we headed up to Mt. Tam for their engagement session. A lovely way to embrace their new home and this next…
Jeri and Dan were originally planning for a big wedding in 2020, but of course, things shifted a little bit. They decided to move the big party to 2021 and were still able to have a wedding on the original date– just smaller. But as life continued on, and with them buying a new house,…
It’s been six years since I first headed into the Oakland hills with Elizabeth, Derek, and their golden retriever Stella. Back then I was photographing their engagement session, but we returned this time with two additions to the clan for family portraits! I absolutely love getting to document my couples’ lives beyond the wedding day….
It was so lovely to meet the Panjwani Family for this San Francisco portrait session. Grandpa and Grandma had just arrived the night before, and they were joined by the two girls, the older of of whom was a very cooperative model for the camera and the younger who is a pandemic baby and (understandably)…
This was such a fun session. My returning clients, the NKK family, was joined this year by Jen’s sister’s family, the Aus. The two three-year-old cousins clearly adore each other and had the best time running around this park. See a few favorites below! Anna Wu is a wedding and portrait photographer based in San…