Category Archives: engagement
I’m playing catch up and many of these sessions are from the summer – Louise and Andrew’s happened to be on a classically foggy San Francisco summer day. We met at the Ferry Building and it only seemed natural to start off with some oysters and wine. Yum! Let the fun begin!
I met Susanne and Ryan for the first time when we did this session and we had the best time wandering around their (then current, now old) neighborhood, Los Feliz. There were great places to shoot around every corner and we started out in their apartment, went to their local movie theater and then to the Hollyhock House (designed by Frank Lloyd Wright) and on up to the Griffith Observatory (where we had not one but two run ins with the security guards.)
I’m just going to come right out and say it – I love these guys! If they didn’t live 5 hours away, I would totally invite myself over for dinner.
It is full on wedding season and it’s vacation season to boot. I can’t complain about either but it’s definitely caused a blog backlog – say that 3 times as fast as you can. So, to tide you over, or possibly just to tease you, here’s what’s in store for the blog. When I get back from VACATION, that is. That’s right, I’m off to British Columbia for a week! If I can catch up on “work” photos then maybe I’ll even get around to sharing some vacation photos. Until then…
The weather in San Francisco has been really gorgeous as of late (though a little windy) and the weather gods and/or goddesses were definitely smiling on us the day of Tiffany and Conan’s engagement session. We met at the Embarcadero and I let them know that they should act natural and just cuddle and be affectionate as they normally would. They let me know that wouldn’t be a problem.
As you can see, they are totally and completely smitten with each other. After the Embarcadero we headed to Crissy Field. I have a lot of favorites from this part of the session so bear with me.
A little goofing around and then we had a furry visitor stop by.
Some images work well in color and some are better in black and white but this was a tough call. Luckily I don’t have to choose!
And a final few moments on the beach. Still laughing!
Tiffany and Conan are getting married at one of the most beautiful churches in San Francisco in September but I’ll be seeing them again soon – it turns out that Conan is a groomsman at a wedding I’m photographing at the end of this month!
Fung Yee and Harvey fed me yummy treats at Tartine when we first met so I suspected early on that I would like them a lot. Then they showed up for their Golden Gate Park engagement session in Harvey’s awesome vintage car and proceeded to feed me candy the entire time. So now you know the way to my heart – if you are warm and funny and genuine and feed me delicious food then we’ll be fast friends. We started off at the Conservatory of Flowers…
Gorgeous, right? As I was choosing these photos I couldn’t seem to stop smiling. These two just make my heart sing. Next we got a few shots with Harvey’s car…
And then we found a beautiful patch of sun and flowers next to Spreckels Lake… these are my absolute favorites. (We also saw a gopher? Chipmunk? Something very cute burrowing a hole came out to say hello.)
I made Fung Yee and Harvey put on their serious faces…
The next one I liked in black and white and color and I couldn’t decide which I liked better so here it is both ways…
We said our good-byes (to each other and to the gopher/chipmunk) just as the sun set. Then I stole the rest of their candy and hauled butt to my car!
Fung Yee and Harvey are getting married at San Francisco City Hall (one of my absolute favorite wedding venues) in June and I can’t wait to see what kind of treats they bring me! Just kidding! Or am I?
Janet and Ishaan both attended Stanford University so it was a perfect pick for their engagement photos. I’m not at all familiar with the Stanford campus so I was excited to check it out. Janet and Ishaan had picked really lovely locations and we even hopped a fence to get a few shots on the golf course. (Shhhh, you are sworn to secrecy.)
First the Stanford Red Barn…
Then a pretty lake…
And then one of the many beautiful buildings…
I was adjusting my camera settings and just happened to catch Janet and Ishaan practicing their moves.
