Meet Young and Jessica. I’ve known Young since 1999, when he was still in his “yellow phase” in high school. When I first met Jessica, she was on a hip-hop dance crew, and she would later join an eco-friendly clothing startup as employee number three. Young now fronts his own band, writes for a denim…
Victoria and Vaughn are an absolute delight to be around. Victoria radiates an infectious enthusiasm, and her expressions carry across entire fields, while Vaughn has the kindest smile with a touch of mischief in his eyes. They first met seven years ago at work and built a friendship over lunch chats and work projects where they talked about…
Megan and Craig first met at a mutual friend’s graduation party two years ago. Now, they’re engaged to be wed! The live in Dallas, Texas, but they took advantage of a trip out to Napa Valley for a friend’s wedding to go ahead and have some engagement portraits taken in San Francisco. We met near…
One of the best things about being in the wedding industry is finding other vendors whom you just love to work with and collaborating together on all sorts of projects. In the past few weeks, I’ve connected with my friend Brianne of Brown Fox Calligraphy to help her photograph some of her beautiful pieces, and I also attended one of…
First of all, a big congratulations is in order for my friend Brianne who, as of this week, is now a full-time calligrapher! We met only recently through a mutual friend of our shared alma mater, but we hit it off right away, and we’ve been thinking up all sorts of collaborations ever since. Check out Brianne’s…
You know it’s a wonderful day when you get to hang out with Leia and R2D2. Those would be Serena and Cliff’s two adorable little dogs, of course. With the two Star Wars pups in tow, we headed to Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park. Just one year ago, it was the site of an elaborate scavenger…
My thirtieth birthday party was half a year ago, but the celebration continues. After being featured on Style Me Pretty, my photographs got picked up for publication in this beautiful Australian magazine, Hooray! Magazine. It’s filled with large photographs, and I got three-and-a-half spreads for my images. There’s nothing quite like seeing your work… or…
It was the perfect mid-week getaway. Out on Angel Island, you’re in the middle of the bay, surrounded by San Francisco, Marin, and Oakland; so close to everything, and yet perfectly removed. In the winter, there is only one ferry to the island at 9:15am and one ferry leaving from the island at 3:20pm. It being a…
Stephanie is a beautiful pianist studying down in Southern California. She contacted me for a portrait session because she fell in love with my ballerina series. We met up in San Francisco while she was visiting on a break from school and captured these elegant portraits. Anna Wu is a wedding and portrait photographer based…
Christine and Yang met in a bar on a snowy night in Boston. After a few dances together, they exchanged numbers and the courtship began. Their first date followed soon after, when a one-hour coffee turned into a six-hour date. They had a natural chemistry, and they would soon find themselves falling for each other: Yang…
Shadda and Tim first met in San Francisco through a mutual friend. We met in San Francisco through a mutual friend. Just over a year later, they went on their first date. A few months after that, Shadda found herself on a scavenger hunt that led her through San Francisco, starting in the financial district…
Chelsea and Luigi first met freshman year of college and have been together for over five years. They are both from Las Vegas, born and raised, but they took the opportunity to have their engagement portraits photographed while on vacation in San Francisco. The hilly neighborhood of Potrero Hill provided lovely city views in contrast with the beach…