The universe conspired together with Luciana’s sister Paula and her friend Augusto to set up this incredibly sweet love story. Luciana and her sister Paula live in Brazil, but Paula was visiting San Francisco when she unfortunately injured her back and was sent to emergency spinal surgery. Paula was on the next flight out. Wanting…
These two Aussies met working at their local supermarket nearly eight years ago, and they have been together ever since. When they imagined getting married, they knew that they wanted to skip the fuss of throwing a full wedding and they just wanted to fly across the world and elope somewhere in America. It would…
Elizabeth had just graduated from college and decided to take a gap year before grad school in order to go on a grand backpacking trip around Europe with her friends. In order to save up for the trip, she picked up some odd jobs, one of which happened to be in a small post office…
Patty and David met in graduate school while they were in different programs (he in business school and she in the School of Natural Resources and Environment) but a friend who was doing a dual degree with both schools conveniently introduced them. After a stint with him in Chicago and her New York City, they’ve now…
Stephanie and Ben were wed exactly one year before this party. They eloped in Hawaii and always meant to throw a little reception for their families afterwards, but the timing just worked out better to wait a year and do it as an anniversary party. Though they’ve been together for thirteen years, this would be…
Sherry and David first met over coffee, not as a date but because Sherry was a prospective student for Kellogg and David had just finished his degree there. Well, they hit it off, and now that Sherry has also graduated from Kellogg, they’re starting their next chapter together here in California. We met up in…
Alyssa and Kevin actually met the old-fashioned way, just strangers at a bar. They couldn’t stop staring at each other from across the room all night, until one of Alyssa’s friends had to finally walk up to Kevin and ask him if he would stop staring and just talk to her already. Well, they started…
Isabella and Hugh chose wine country, a place they’ve loved visiting together, for their engagement session. We met up in Yountville and visited a couple different spots for this sunny evening of portraits. See some highlights below! We kick it off with the beautiful vineyards at Domaine Chandon. After some portraits around Domaine Chandon, we…
I walked up to find George a bundle of nerves, rendered quiet with his level of anticipation before the ceremony. He’s usually the talkative one, according to Miriam. But the excitement of the day was a lot to take in. They had a whole crew of family members and friends there to support them in…
Evangel was a regular at the Pigeon Point Lighthouse when she was little, because her father had a key to the lighthouse! Not everyone gets such special treatment in this beautiful place, but it was thanks to her father’s position in the US Coast Guard. It seemed like the perfect place to bring her fiance…
Clara and Aaron are two sweet souls, warm with each other and their families. When they planned to get married, they decided to keep it simple, with just a few friends and family. They traveled to California from Berlin, Germany, where they live, and were wed in a lovely little park by the Bay, with…
Catherine and Anthony traveled to San Francisco from Indonesia, and they took the opportunity to book a pre-wedding photo session with me. We started in the iconic San Francisco City Hall and worked our way over to Land’s End and Sutro Baths. See just a couple highlights below: Anna Wu is a wedding and…