Shirley & Timothy are getting married next year in Pleasanton, and for their engagement photos, we visited the Palace of Fine Arts together a couple weeks ago. It’s a classic San Francisco location, perfect for photos with a little bit of variety, especially with the golden fall light pouring down on them. I especially loved the cute little moments when Timothy would goof off a bit to get Shirley to giggle, and I can’t wait to see these two again in a year!

Kirsten and Matt had always wanted a small wedding, and after nearly a year of planning and waiting, their Palace of Fine Arts elopement day finally arrived! [ read more … ]

As Jeremiah and Cindy walked around the Palace of Fine Arts on a cheerful sunny afternoon, they stopped for a selfie in front of the rotunda. But before they could get the perfect snap, out of nowhere, a woman wearing a UPS uniform ran over with a small box [ read more … ]

Jo-Anne and Dhruv did a ton of homework for their engagement photo shoot and were very hand-on in planning the perfect session. To get just the right kind of photos that they were envisioning, the pair visited a lot of potential locations ahead of time and we also talked extensively about what to wear that would look good there. We eventually decided on the Palace of Fine Arts + Slackers Hill [ read more … ]

Suman had already proposed to Divya last year (and she said yes of course!), but not being content with it only going one way, Divya quietly hatched a plan to propose back to him. So for his birthday this year, she prepared a matching ring and concocted a ruse to get his friends to bring him to the Palace of Fine Arts after a day of birthday fun. When he got there, she was waiting for him [ read more … ]