I recently had the pleasure of taking some holiday family photos for the Z family in Palo Alto. The golden hillscape of the Pearson-Arastradero Preseve is a perfect place for portraits, especially as the sun is setting. They have three perfect kids, and besides some posed and candid photos of everyone together [ read more … ]

Daniel & Arezoo are a couple not unlike us — originally from another country, together for many years before getting engaged, and we even share the first initials D&A! We moved in opposite directions though: as we left Vancouver and the PNW to make San Francisco our new home a decade ago, they journeyed the opposite direction to settle down in Vancouver. But for an anniversary trip, Daniel and Arezoo came back to where it all started. [ read more … ]

One week ago, Brad and Lori visited San Francisco on a trip to celebrate her birthday. On their first day in the city, it was unfortunately extremely foggy — and we had to postpone to the next day, which cleared up beautifully. It was then that we captured Brad and Lori’s Ina Coolbrith Park engagement [ read more … ]

Trent initially considered a lot of different potential locations, from wineries to the San Francisco coastline, but ultimately decided on a Half Moon Bay sunset proposal at the Ritz-Carlton. To keep it a surprise while making sure she was dressed up nicely for the occasion, he really went the extra mile by designing a two-page invitation to a company event at the Ritz-Carlton. We were impressed — and more importantly, it worked! [ read more … ]

Shooting a wedding at Yosemite has been on our bucket list for a while now, and Katherine & Chris gave us our wish earlier this month — and in the process, we got to spend a day with the coolest couple. Our day was packed with fun and adventure: after an early morning drive into the park, we met up with them at Tunnel View for a cute little first look, then headed to Cathedral Beach where about a dozen of their closest friends & family gathered for the wedding ceremony. Afterwards, we regrouped at Glacier Point and then made the hike over to Taft Point where we all braved the cold for the sunset to peek out for a brief minute — which is all we needed for some epic sunset photos. [ read more … ]