Neera and Jeff live in Salt Lake City, but they were back in the Bay Area visiting Neera’s family and planning for their upcoming multi-day wedding celebrations here in California, and we were able to squeeze in their engagement session at Land’s End, right after some late-season rain storms. Such a beautiful, if windy, day….
Such a wonderful proposal in the San Francisco Botanical Gardens! Malcolm pulled out all of the stops for his girlfriend Christine’s birthday. The couple is long-distance, with Malcolm living in Michigan and Christine here in California. He surprised her by flying in for her birthday, and not only that, but celebrating with her by involving…
May recap! Starting with a lovely sushi dinner at Nara. Lots of bread projects this month from the Mooncakes and Milkbread cookbook by Kristina Cho. Red bean buns! Back on that gel nail polish train. Sunnyvale Farmer’s Market, followed by a french dip sandwich from Adamson’s. Miso corn buns! And dinner at Ramen Nagi, which…
February recap! We started off the month with a 5k/10k race and wrapped it up with a Reno/Tahoe trip. Below are those highlights and everything between! Office of Accountability monthly meeting. Run training. And running the Kaiser Permanente race in Golden Gate Park! Post-run dim sum at Dragon Beaux. Dinner at Piccino, and a massage…
On Twosday, that is, Tuesday, February 22, 2022, Stefanie and Terence headed to the edge of San Francisco with just two friends and their photographer (me) to be wed along the California Coast. It was a truly blustery day, with strong winds whipping around, and eventually, even pea-sized hail flying down from the sky. But…
I was absolutely thrilled to be a part of this proposal surprise for my friend Andrew, whom I’ve known for decades, and whose sister’s proposal I also photographed years ago. On a beautiful day, underneath a gorgeous magnolia tree full of white blooms, Andrew asked his girlfriend Sharon to marry him. And of course she…
Brittany and Akinyemi met in San Francisco four years ago, and they have since explored the city together, going on long hikes and enjoying delicious meals at a variety of restaurants. We returned to a couple of their favorite places for their engagement session, just two months into their engagement and only one month from…
We started off the new year with a trip to Paso Robles, and once we came back, I tried to mentally catch up to the fact that it was a new year. Here’s a look at the start of 2022! Behind the scenes with Terry (and Angela Davis + Yuri Kochiyama) in Oakland Chinatown for…
I absolutely loved capturing this surprise proposal for Nick and his girlfriend Delia. It was incredibly meaningful and personal, and it was also a total surprise to Delia. What a delight to be able to help make this happen! The story is best told by Nick and Delia themselves. From Nick: Delia and I have…
What a beautiful day to return to Land’s End, the site of Tina and Bryan’s first date, for their engagement session. From golden hour in the trees to sunset over the water, we celebrated this bit of magic and love in the corner of San Francisco. Anna Wu is a wedding and portrait photographer based…
The final month of 2021 was filled with gatherings. We kick it off with The Office of Accountability’s Friendsgiving, hosted by Cassie and Michael. Guest starring Baby Westy and these two wild pups, Daisy and Rusty. Pass the baby! Cassie has still not run out of Honeybaked Ham gift cards. Supplying our friendsgivings since 2017….
We almost postponed this session due to rain all week, but it held off and we were rewarded with a beautiful golden hour and even a rainbow! It was such an honor to be reunited with Allie and David, my wedding clients from a few years ago, to document this new chapter of their lives…