It was a loooong trip down from the Bay Area for all of us, but the drive sure was worth it for these photos of Colin & Lauren’s beautiful Pfeiffer Beach surprise proposal! [ read more … ]

After seven years together, Hammad decided it was time to pop the question — he would ask the love of his life to marry him and to spend the rest of their lives together. After mulling over possible locations for the big moment, he decided on surprising his girlfriend Sonia with a proposal on the sand dunes at Ocean Beach. To ensure that this moment would be picture-perfect, he went and scouted out the spot a few days before the big day, even taking photos and recording a video of the route to reach the perfect spot. [ read more … ]

On their 1533rd day of being a couple, Yang brought Xiaofei out to a beautiful San Francisco coastside view of the Golden Gate Bridge for a few selfies together under a colorful sunset sky. With the waves splashing down below them and seagulls flying off in the distance, it was here that Yang asked Xiaofei to marry him. [ read more … ]

This was a special 2-in-1 photo shoot: not only are Cathy & PJ recently engaged, but they’re also newly expecting! For this engagement photo session + baby announcement combo, we visited two of my favorite San Francisco locations: Potrero Hill and Sutro Baths. They had picked out a metallic golden “baby” balloon which I thought was perfect, but actually my favorite “prop” (if he can be called that 😛) was their little dog Mochi [ read more … ]

The pandemic doesn’t stop love; it merely changes the way we celebrate it. Nasim and Justin had a private civil ceremony last week with their family in attendance over Zoom, and the next morning, the three of us went out for some elopement portraits. We started at San Francisco City Hall [ read more … ]