This lovely couple planned their engagement together, in order to craft a memory that would be perfect for both of them. Both Bay Area natives, they wanted this special moment to be at a very meaningful place: at Lake Del Valle, the site of one of their very first dates six years prior. We worked with them to plan out the perfect timing and itinerary to document their actual engagement as well as to capture some fun photos afterwards under the golden sunset light at Del Valle Regional Park. [ read more … ]

Oh, I could photograph these two all day long. Aside from looking like they just fell (in the most graceful way) out of a magazine cover, Ramon and Sophia are exactly the kind of couple I just love to spend time with — super in love and totally into each other — and it really shows in the photos! [ read more … ]

One of the things we love most about taking photos of happy couples is capturing the feeling in each photo. Whether we’re editing the photos, putting them together on a blog post like this, or just looking through them months or years later, we’re always taken back to the moment the photos were snapped. The afternoon sun’s warm light, Maddy and Josh’s playful smiles and laughter, the ocean’s soft spray, it’s all there once again every time we look at these engagement photos. [ read more … ]

Chimney Rock is the very western tip of the Point Reyes cape, extending way out into the Pacific Ocean, and it offers beautiful coastal cliff views in every direction. This shoot with Marcia & Jeff was my very first time here, and I had a heck of a good time exploring the ocean bluffs with them. [ read more … ]

Danny and Alyssa first met in high school and were even prom dates back in the day. But it wasn’t until they reconnected more recently that things got really serious, and earlier this year, Danny proposed at a winery up in Napa to seal the deal. For engagement photos, they actually decided to have their shoot at their wedding venue. [ read more … ]