Al-Lee & Charles’s Micro-Wedding at Gardener Ranch

Like almost all of our 2020 brides and grooms, Al-Lee and Charles had to postpone their celebration due to the coronavirus. But they just couldn’t wait to actually get married! So they chose to have a micro-wedding at Gardener Ranch (their original venue) on their original wedding date. [ read more … ]

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Max & Madison’s Filoli Gardens Proposal Photos

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 … ]

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Jason & Xiaonan’s San Francisco Oceanside Sunset Engagement Photos

Just over a year ago, we quietly hid in the (figurative) bushes as Jason and Xiaonan took a walk through the quiet and sheltered Muir Woods, until they ended up on one of the wooden bridges where he proposed (and where, of course, she said yes!). They decided to do something a little different and have an oceanside sunset engagement shoot, out in the open, under a warm sunset sky with the fresh ocean breeze all around them. [ read more … ]

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Katie & Brian’s Golden Gate Park Engagement Photos

As California starts to open back up from its coronavirus-induced shutdown, we’ve started getting back to work with engagement shoots, with social distancing of course — gone are the days when we could greet our couples with a hug! Brian & Katie’s engagement session was our first after being shut down for over two months, and we are so excited to share.

We met up at Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park to catch the sun just as its golden rays were ducking behind the hills [ read more … ]

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Camille & Leah’s Wedding at the Chapel of Our Lady

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 … ]

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