Stephanie and Neil are adventure-seekers. What did we do during our engagement shoot? Climbed and descended a giant staircase (several times) near Grand View Park. Weaved through 19th Avenue traffic on motorcycles. Jumped over rocks and played in the precarious surf at Ocean Beach. Then, more climbing on sandy dunes and concrete walls. All the…
When an engagement shoot approaches, I’m always keeping an eye on the weather. After all, very few people want to go out and be photographed in the rain. Well, with a 50% chance of rain, Maritel, Eric and I ultimately decided to just go for it. What we found, is that even though a rainy…
When you get your portrait taken in a studio, it’s usually a sit-down affair. But when all of San Francisco is your photo studio, running, climbing, jumping, dancing, skipping and twirling may all be required. I loved working with Jessica and Fred, because aside from the fact that they’re a gorgeous couple, they had amazing…
It’s always a real treat to explore SF with out-of-towners – I always discover something different! We ventured out to Golden Gate Park for our engagement shoot with Ali and John, and found some amazing backdrops at the deYoung Museum and near the California Academy of Sciences. Honestly though, we could have just as easily…
I got so excited when Jonathan and Amelia invited me to shoot the engagement photos on her parents’ lovely property in Sebastopol, where the wedding will happen in August. I always make it a point to scout out locations prior to the wedding day, and the warm, beautiful wine country day was the perfect opportunity…
OK, here’s the deal: Beautiful Karen and dapper David are having their wedding at the Berkeley City Club, which is a Julia Morgan joint. Karen mentioned to me early on that she was a big fan of the architect. So, for the engagement session, I put together an itinerary that took us to several Julia…
At the risk of sounding cheesy, Ani and Val literally turned up the heat on what was a very very cold San Francisco day. It was so cold that after a few minutes of shooting, I was finding it hard to bend my finger and press the shutter. But you’d never know it by looking…
A few months left before the wedding, and Tim is already trying to escape… We had a lot of fun together at our San Francisco engagement session. Whenever possible, I always try to schedule an engagement shoot with my clients. It’s a unique opportunity for us to work together before the day of the wedding.…
When Jennifer, Kevin and I were preparing for our the engagement session shoot, I pitched them a few ideas. Some tame, some totally off the wall. Ultimately Kevin said, ‘we just want to show up and be our natural selves’. So, that’s what we did! We meandered down Haight Street, stopping in various nooks and…