On a sunny Thursday afternoon, Mike and Kirsten made a stop at Treasure Island before setting off on their Fourth of July weekend roadtrip. Unbeknownst to Kirsten, Mike had actually dropped by here earlier to scope out a spot for his proposal and to coordinate with us. He had picked out a spot along the waterfront, with a beautiful view of the San Francisco skyline, to be the place for his proposal at Treasure Island. [ read more … ]

Akshay and I first talked in May about his upcoming planned proposal, and it was all planned out and ready to go until yet another new 2020 twist was added into the mix: not coronavirus this time, but the wave of protests and curfews kept his proposal from happening the way he had wanted. That wasn’t going to stop him for long, of course! A few weeks later, he brought his girlfriend Aditi up to San Francisco for a surprise engagement at the Palace of Fine Arts. [ read more … ]

This was our first Filoli Gardens proposal, and what a wonderful memory! Max chose Filoli as the place where he’d pop the question to his girlfriend Madison. They had visited together previously, and it’s easy to see why they’d love such a beautiful landmark. Max and I actually met up a few days in advance to check out some spots in the garden, and he decided on a quiet and relatively secluded area of the estate, at the end of two grand rows of trees. [ read more … ]

This might be our last blog post in a couple of months due to the coronavirus pandemic… but editing Leah & Camille’s wedding photos has really brought a smile to our eyes during an otherwise uncertain time. Their wedding day started off with a first look behind the Chapel of Our Lady in the Presidio, in a magical patch of woods with the most beautiful golden light streaming down on them. [ read more … ]

One week ago, Sahil and Neha made their way down the trail from the Half Moon Bay Ritz Carlton for a coastal cliffside proposal that really could not have been any more perfect. This day was filled to the brim with the unbridled joy and laughter of not just the happy couple (of course), but also their families and even yours truly, the photographers. Indeed, their happiness was just so contagious that I teared up a bit! (But, I quickly remembered that I needed to be able to see through the lens.) [ read more … ]