I’m really a sucker for having dogs in photos. And a Frenchie with a puppy tux and bowtie? Matching his dad’s proposal outfit?! Sign me up!! Sean was in town for a “client trip” and brought their dog out to Battery Spencer for a little surprise for Claudia. [ read more … ]

The photos here show only the culmination of a meticulously planned, perfect day out in the city of San Francisco, all building up to a Wave Organ surprise proposal. Justin had actually planned a very special day for himself and his girlfriend Jessica to walk to their favorite spots throughout San Francisco, and just before dinnertime, they stopped by the Wave Organ where we lay in wait. It’s actually kind of a cool spot for hidden proposal photography [ 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 … ]

For months, Matthew had been planning his surprise proposal to his girlfriend Lauren. As photographers, we of course like to shoot at locations that provide good aesthetics — interesting backdrop, good light, not a lot of bystanders — but as storytellers, we like locations with meaning, ones with a special significance. Matthew decided to ask Lauren to marry him at Pier 7, the place where they ended their first date, which made it the perfect place to enter into the next stage of their relationship together and to get some great photos in the process! [ read more … ]

“Karl the Fog” is a fickle beast, though perhaps a generous one at times: on the evening of Renzo and Joseph’s proposal, he decided to roll into the city like a low, cottony blanket, gently covering the slopes and curves of the Bay inlet. While visibility near ground level was nearly zero, the top of Slackers Hill was just high enough to peek over the low-lying fog, revealing an incredible, once-in-a-lifetime view of the Golden Gate Bridge poking up through the fog, with the city far away in the distance beyond.

It was at the peak of Slackers Hill that Renzo presented Joseph with this epic Golden Gate Bridge surprise proposal. [ read more … ]