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So… you’re engaged?! Congrats!   Being engaged is a wonderful time in your life. You don’t get to say ‘my fiance…..’ for very long, so enjoy it! Engagement photoshoots are a great opportunity to capture unhurried, beautiful images of the two of you while you anticipate the next exciting chapter of your story. For most […]

The purpose of this ‘life chapter’ portrait photoshoot was to celebrate and memorialize where Shyana is in her life right now, highlighting certain objects that bring forth a particular memory or poignant idea. A San Francisco native, Shyana is at a point in her life where she’s just landed her first job in her chosen […]

Two Oakland natives – one with roots from India (via the Fiji islands) and one from Mexico. Falisha and Jorge chose to honor their cultural heritage in their fun, colorful and chic engagement photography session after they got engaged in Mexico City. The couple from East Oakland had a couple of spots that were on […]

This wedding gives me all the feels! Jamie and Cang had a beautiful outdoor ceremony at OMCA – the Oakland Museum of California in gorgeous late fall weather. The sunshine was soft and subtle, casting a warm glow on the gray concrete mid-century modernist building where so much of California’s history is housed. It’s been […]

This gorgeous couple enjoyed a very low-key family-only San Francisco City Hall wedding with just the key players present. This is such a wonderfully simple but special way of starting married life. It’s one of the grandest locations in San Francisco to tie the knot and being a public building, it’s a snip, too. Jessica […]

Take me back to the beach! This San Francisco beach styled shoot took as its theme the simplicity of farming life and juxtaposed that with the coastal setting. Taking the idea of a simple way of life even further, I developed the idea of a farmer’s daughter’s wedding day and what that could mean. Props […]

We are so lucky to live in a part of the world that loves to do good and give back. San Francisco has a huge ethical conscience. So why would your wedding be anything but an opportunity to serve others, and at the very least to minimize waste? Be part of the solution, not the […]

My taste for the weird and wonderful often leads me to places that are derelict, deserted or undiscovered. I love adventuring with couples that are open to my suggestions for couples / engagement photography locations that are somewhat off the beaten path! A couples shoot or ‘love shoot’ is an opportunity for experimenting with different […]

For William and Shawn’s pre-wedding photography session, they wanted to spend some time enjoying spots that they really enjoy in their adopted home of the Bay Area. The Marin County couple love hitting San Francisco, particularly the Castro and trying out hot new eating spots, when they’re not working hard in their careers as educators […]

This fun bridal styled shoot took as its theme the juxtaposition of cultures, combining the Vietnamese cultural traditions of the ao dai outfit with the modern cultural fashions and individual markers of identity. The shoot is about the reality of the cultures we straddle and how a wedding, as the setting where we can truly […]

Average wedding cost The average wedding in the US now costs $35,329[1]. There is definitely a disparity between different regions of our nation however: the most expensive part of the country to get married in is Manhattan where on average couples will splurge $78,464, and the cheapest is Arkansas where a wedding averages $19,522. But […]

Kim got in touch with me early this year about a casual, relaxed engagement shoot evoking vibes of Venice Beach from the couple’s native Southern California or a Tahoe vibe. We waited a few months until the weather looked more likely to give us that sun-drenched look, but it turned out to be a drizzly […]

Our recent wedding styled shoot at a ranch, Marin County CA brought together a classic-vintage theme and a metallic, earthy twist. The shoot brought together strands of the Pantone Color of the Year, Greenery, a touch of the metallic theme, with the beautiful California setting of Slide Ranch, Marin County overlooking the Pacific Ocean. We […]

This bookshop-themed 50’s styled bridal shoot brought together some amazingly talented and well-established professionals from Oakland, the East Bay and surrounding area. It was also an amazingly entertaining and productive shoot and as always a great opportunity to get to know wedding professionals, local businesses and service providers in my area. I first came up […]

I’m delighted to be able to share with you these beautiful images from Midori and Pablo’s engagement shoot. The San Francisco couple is so in love and looking forward to their wedding next March. If this dreamy engagement shoot is anything to go by, they are going to have the most beautiful day! Midori contacted […]

It was an honor to photograph the wedding of Simone and Karl recently, especially as Simone is a friend and fellow photographer over at EyeCatchLight Photography, specializing in newborn portraits. I first met Simone online – she stumbled upon a review I wrote on a previous website of mine, and it turned out she agreed […]