Henrique is a former coworker of mine from a past life. He was that cheerful and helpful teammate you could always count on if you needed a favor, and as it happens, one day, someone who didn’t know his name came by looking for the “friendly bearded guy” … and from that day on, the name stuck with him for its accuracy and conciseness. Fast-forward a few years, and our friendly bearded guy found his other half in Hannah (who is similarly friendly but lacks the beard), got engaged in New York, and moved back to San Francisco together to embark on the next chapter of their lives. They were joined by family flying in from Korea and Brazil for their SF City Hall civil ceremony which, while short and sweet, was also a very emotional moment [ read more … ]

Katie and Brian had to scale down their wedding significantly; instead of their original plan of having a big SF City Hall wedding with all of their guests physically in attendance, they ended up having a tiny backyard elopement with just a few guests, while everyone else watched the live stream and celebrated with them from afar.

But just as the pandemic didn’t get in the way of them getting married, it also didn’t get in the way of capturing some beautiful wedding photos at City Hall. [ read more … ]

We feel so blessed to have the privilege of following so many wonderful couples’ life journeys. Nick & Reina got engaged during the height of the pandemic on a beautiful cliff overlooking the ocean sunset, and earlier this month, I got to meet up with them again for another very special event: their San Francisco City Hall civil ceremony! [ 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 … ]

Nancy and Alvin were my very last couple of the decade! We met up for their engagement photos at City Hall at the very end of 2019, and although it was packed tight with lots of couples getting married before the new year, we found some great empty spaces to shoot in. [ read more … ]