Christine and Hanlin have have known each other since high school, although it didn’t always register (to Christine) that there might be interest beyond a friendship. But their relationship developed over years of staying in touch, visiting each other in Boston and New York, and eventually, daily chats, until Hanlin worked up the courage to…
Karla and Bernd met through mutual friends and sparked their relationship over an evening spent talking on a San Francisco rooftop. They have, in their own words, done everything backwards. They bought a house together seven years ago, they had two beautiful children, and now they’ve decided to do the wedding thing. While they’re two…
For Fourth of July weekend, I embarked on a lovely four-day road trip up north through Sacramento, Chico, Redding, McArthur Burney Falls, and eventually Lassen Volcanic National Park, before circling back down to the Bay. The trip starts with a visit to the California State Capitol… because as of last year I started visiting state…
The Office of Accountability goes camping! We’ve been having monthly meetings with this group for a couple years now. We set goals and meet to go over those goals, keeping each other accountable, hence the name. But for June, we decided to take the show on the road! We took two cars down to Pinnacles…
Tiffany and Tevis actually grew up on the same street in Palo Alto, attending the same elementary school. But because they were a year apart, they never met in California. In fact, they met on the opposite side of the earth in Kenya, where they now run a startup developing sustainable forestry in Africa. But…
One of the first things I learned about Evangel and Edwin was how incredibly important the Coast Guard is in their lives, and soon after, I also learned how important their families are to them. Evangel grew up a child of the Coast Guard, with her father serving throughout her childhood. And Edwin is in…
I was absolutely delighted to photograph these portfolio pieces for Shoppe Theory. They are a design studio based in both New York City (Jess) and San Francisco (Do-Hee), and like many designers had crafted so many wonderful brands throughout the year but hadn’t gotten around to photographing any of them. On a December day, Do-Hee…
Patty and David met while they were in graduate school at the University of Michigan. But after they started dating and once they finished each of their programs, Patty moved to New York City and David was off to Chicago. Three years and countless flights later, they finally decided to make their way over to…
Tien and Jeremy’s love story is a global tale for the modern age. Jeremy is Korean but grew up in Michigan and later lived in Korea and California. Tien is Taiwanese but grew up in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Malaysia before going to college at the University of Michigan… where Jeremy also went! But they…
Margaret and Lance are both incredibly sweet and are secretly goofballs on the inside. They’ve been together for five years, with plenty of adventures in that time. They especially love national parks and got engaged at Glacier National Park last year. They decided to be wed at the ever-elegant Legion of Honor, an art museum…
My delightful collaboration with Hawthorn Flower Studio continues! I headed to her studio last month to photograph some of her creations in a beautiful red color palette. I love this take on fall and the little minimalist moments with the sparse and beautiful arrangements. Anna Wu is a wedding and portrait photographer based in San…
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…