Patrick had gotten the engagement ring ready more than a year ago and had been waiting for exactly the right time and place. He truly spent a lot of time planning and wanting everything to be exactly perfect, and I know this because during the more than three months that we had been in contact, he scouted out a bunch of spots and even sent me photos of places he liked! Eventually, he settled on the Berkeley Rose Garden for his proposal. [ read more … ]

Boris & Genevieve’s guests traveled from the four corners of the globe to join them in celebrating their modern Jewish wedding at The Gardens at Heather Farm. The date was specially chosen to be on Gen’s grandmother’s birthday, and the venue, a non-profit with beautiful roses and a dedication to sustainable gardening, was chosen in memory of her love for gardening and especially for roses. [ read more … ]

Emily and Erik recently moved from San Francisco to Austin, and last week they came back to the city where they first met for a Sutro Baths engagement photo shoot. E&E got engaged last April, so they planned this trip for the anniversary of their engagement, and it worked out oh-so-perfectly. I’m in love with everything about this couple, and am so excited to share a few of their photos!

Heather & Adam initially planned on having their engagement shoot at the beach, so we met up at the top of the trail that leads down to Marshall’s Beach, which is a beautiful, relatively secluded spot and has become one of our most popular spots for engagement photos. But we had such a good time taking lots of photos on the hike towards the beach that we didn’t even end up going down to the water! [ read more … ]

If there’s one couple who has their deck of cards in perfect order, it would be Afraaz & Parinaz. They first met just ten weeks ago — yes, ten weeks — and in that brief time, they met each others’ parents, got engaged, started planning for their wedding next year in India, and found us for their San Francisco beach engagement photos. [ read more … ]