I’ve been really excited about Meann & Samson’s pre-wedding shoot for a long time — the pair reached out to me last year and had been planning this for more than six months! They had already taken a set of formal, indoor pre-wedding photos near their home in Hong Kong, and were looking for a more fun, outdoor feel here, which is right up my alley 🙂 [ read more … ]

Jenn & Craig are a sweet couple getting married on the east coast next year. Since they live in the Bay Area, they wanted to capture some iconic and unmistakable locations in their San Francisco engagement photos. [ read more … ]

Julia & Chuck’s Deer Park Villa wedding was full of emotion, and the resulting photos are some of our most candid wedding photos in recent memory. We started off with getting ready photos, Julia and the ladies in Deer Park Villa’s newly-built bridal cottage, and Chuck with the men at a beautiful house in San Rafael with an incredible private mountain view. [ read more … ]

Meet Tiffany & Victor, probably the most successful yet down-to-earth and awesome couple I know. Fifteen years ago, Tiffany and I first met in high school at math team (or was it Science Olympiad?). Since then, she’s gone into a 💪 career, met Victor who I hear makes the best beef noodles, and, just last week, had a San Francisco City Hall wedding ceremony to officially tie the knot. [ read more … ]

5/20 is a special day for many Chinese couples (it sounds like “I love you” in Mandarin), and Yan made sure to lock down that date with us several months in advance to capture this special moment between him and his girlfriend Min. He put a lot of thought into choosing the perfect spot, especially since the weather wasn’t looking the best that weekend.

When the time came, he and two of his friends concocted a story to get Min out to the Half Moon Bay Ritz Carlton for the surprise proposal, and they choreographed it perfectly. He led her to an overlook above the beach and coastline, and at just the right moment, his friends started playing music from a speaker that had been concealed in an inconspicuous shopping bag. We loved Min’s overjoyed reaction, and all the happy moments following the proposal. [ read more … ]