Jordan & Dave live in Oakland and wanted to memorialize their home city in their engagement photos, so we picked a few locations around town for their shoot. We started with a few casual shots near downtonw Oakland at Lake Chatlet, just a few minutes from their home. [ read more … ]

Our last wedding of the year was Anne & Jeff’s at Aracely Cafe, and we couldn’t have asked for a sweeter couple or a more wonderful wedding to close out the year. Before we begin, I just want to recap their proposal story, which I thought was quite romantic and very clever [ read more … ]

Although they live in Arizona now, K&B visit San Francisco often, and Treasure Island is their special spot. K had the perfect proposal planned out months in advance: he’d walk down the Avenue of the Palms waterfront with his girlfriend, enjoying the San Francisco Bay breeze and looking at the beautiful city skyline view as the sun set over Marin before dropping to one knee and proposing. [ read more … ]

Sam’s proposal was a very special one. Sure, the Sausalito Bridgeway promenade is a very picturesque spot, great for a romantic walk along the Bay, but it was also much more than that: decades ago, Sam’s dad proposed at the same spot! I really love it when our couples incorporate such meaningful and personal things like that 🙂 And Christina’s reaction was so cute when she realized we were there snapping photos of the proposal, which you can see in the photos below. She was so excited that her hands were still shaking even while we were doing portraits afterwards! Congrats guys!