Category Archives: Engagements

Engagement photos from around the Bay Area, or wherever my work has taken me

Phannie + Richard | Golden Gate Park Engagement Shoot

After a day of pouring rain, Phannie and Richard were understandably wondering if we should continue with our plans for an engagement shoot in Golden Gate park last weekend. I decided that we should go ahead, and was treated to one of the most adventuresome and fun photoshoots I’ve ever had.
Richard and Phannie met in...

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Kristen + Jahan | Lake Merritt Engagement Shoot | Oakland

Kristen and Jahan used to be nearly my next-door neighbors in San Francisco. Sadly, they have moved away from the Inner Sunset to a beautiful new home in Oakland. We decided to do their engagement shoot in their new neighborhood, just off of Lake Merritt in Oakland. After a week of rain, we got a...

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Tina & Thomas | Golden Gate Park Engagement Shoot

It’s a real privilege to have a place like Golden Gate Park making up my backyard. I really do have just about the best (and largest) photo studio imaginable right outside my front door.
Tina and Thomas have been bridging the country for the past several years, going between California and Massachusetts when possible. Thomas sent...

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Will & Shirley | UC Berkeley Engagement Shoot

I’ve known Will and Shirley from back in our days at Berkeley. They are now on to medical school (and getting married!) while I of all people happen to be taking a lot of photos lately. We met this past weekend to take their engagement photos around the UC Berkeley campus. After driving over from...

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Billy & Arah’s SF Engagement Shoot | Mission District | Crissy Field | Grace Cathedral

With Billy and Arah’s wedding just a week away, we slipped an engagement shoot just in time. Arah wanted an urban look for a few photos, so we took a stroll through some streets in the Mission District of San Francisco. The couple’s new baby Layla came along as well, an 8-month-old ball of furry...

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Filoli Gardens Engagement Session

I met with Evangeline and Jason at the Filoli Gardens near Redwood City for a shoot with some of the amazing Spring flowers that they are having there now. We carefully wove our way through the crowds oggling over the daffodils, and even found our way into a side road where there was an amazing...

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Wendy & Grant’s engagement session

I met Wendy and Grant more than a year ago while I was photographing Masy and Chris’ wedding (they just had their first baby, congratulations!). The plan for this engagement shoot was to explore the fantastic new California Academy of Sciences. We showed up early on a Friday morning to find the place overrun by...

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