Miriam and Brent have such a innate connection that made capturing their love so effortless. From the moment we started, I could feel their energy — laid-back, full of joy, and completely in sync with one another. For their engagement photos, we explored a lot of the variety that San Francisco has to offer in a compact and efficient shoot, capturing the ocean, woods, and Golden Gate Bridge. [ read more … ]

Easily one of the most emotional marriage proposals we’ve seen, Nick and Kyrie’s took place in the towering redwoods of Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park in Oakland. They both love nature and redwoods in particular, and in order to find the perfect spot, Nick even snuck away one day to scout out the location and make sure that it would be the perfect spot — and it was indeed! [ read more … ]

Sometimes, the weather just doesn’t play along… and maybe that’s a good thing. T&T’s amazing rainy proposal (it was both an amazing proposal and amazingly rainy) happened to be on one of those days. T had been planning this for months with the secret help of one of their friends, and with their travel plans and all the moving pieces, it had to be this day, rain or shine. He was going to put a ring on her this particular morning no matter what the sky sent down! [ read more … ]

Over the course of the past fifteen years, Jason and Celine’s relationship steadily grew to what it is today. There was an immediate spark, one that continues to grow today. The two have actually already started a bit of wedding planning, but Jason wanted to make it special and complete for Celine with a real surprise proposal. Since she loves nature and trees, and because San Francisco is such a special place to the two of them, Lovers’ Lane would be the perfect setting — not to mention the very fitting name, of course! [ read more … ]

McKenna had been secretly scheming this proposal to her girlfriend Izzy for months, and by the time the day finally came, every little detail had been meticulously planned. The two were on a trip together to San Francisco when, all according to plan, they visited Lovers’ Lane in the morning. Happily walking down the winding path together, McKenna playfully spun Izzy around, and in one fluid motion, she pulled out the ring box that was hiding in her waistline. [ read more … ]