Colleen’s Saturday started with prettying up and getting ready with two of her friends for a trip to Artesa Vineyards & Winery. Since the boys were out golfing for the morning, they’d have a fun, relaxed girls’ wine tasting for a few hours before meeting up with them later in the day. What Colleen didn’t know, though, was what everyone else knew: this was going to be a very special day. [ read more … ]

One day before this perfect Joaquin Miller Park surprise proposal, Will made up an excuse about getting a haircut (which was true… he did actually get a haircut!) so that he could take a walk in the redwoods and see in person that it was exactly the kind of place where his girlfriend Treecy would want to get engaged. And it was! He and I quickly hopped on a video call to talk about the space and the light, and we went over the whole game plan. He’d bring Treecy over under the guise of meeting some coworkers at the park, he’d stop to say a few words, and afterwards, family would come meet them for an additional surprise. [ read more … ]

During their trip to California (all the way from Canada!), Kody and Carlie had a lot on their itinerary, including a scenic roadtrip all along the the sunny California coast. But Kody had prepared something that would outshine everything else they’d do during their stay… and it was hidden right in his back pocket. [ read more … ]

For months, Matthew had been planning his surprise proposal to his girlfriend Lauren. As photographers, we of course like to shoot at locations that provide good aesthetics — interesting backdrop, good light, not a lot of bystanders — but as storytellers, we like locations with meaning, ones with a special significance. Matthew decided to ask Lauren to marry him at Pier 7, the place where they ended their first date, which made it the perfect place to enter into the next stage of their relationship together and to get some great photos in the process! [ read more … ]

One month ago, Masashi and Jessica visited the spot here by the Ritz-Carlton in Half Moon Bay, but they didn’t get to take a photo together… a struggle that we understand all too well as photographers, since one of us is always on the wrong side of the camera! (Or is it the right side? I digress…) After that, Masashi quietly got to work to plan the perfect surprise for Jessica, and of course, this time they’d have plenty of photos together. [ read more … ]