Life is crazy. One day you are 11 years old living across the street from someone, and the next day you are hiking in the redwoods together photographing their maternity session with their husband. Taryn and Edward have two of the coolest dog friends ever who came along for our session at Bort Meadow in […]

For years I have wanted to see the Madonna Inn. Every time I would drive down the coast in the last ten years I would always see it from the highway and think to myself “one day I really need to make time to see that place”. Well the universe was listening because flash forward […]

Sometimes, less is more. This is how Alicia and Adam felt when it came to planning their elopement at the iconic San Francisco City Hall. They got ready together in their home in San Francisco, with Adam’s daughter, along with Alicia’s mother and brother. And of course, me with my camera to document the sweet […]

When I think of Malia and Vasu, the word that comes to mind is sweetness. From our initial consult via google hangouts, to a morning together in Half Moon Bay while I limped stubbornly from an ankle injury. Usually, people tell me that they feel instantly comfortable around me, and I can say that is […]

One of the things that stood out about Simone’s initial inquiry was that she was getting married at the same place that her grandparents did back in the 1940s, even if it meant a destination wedding in California. As someone that values my own family history around the bay area, I thought it was so […]

Once upon I had a wedding of mine go slightly viral back in 2012. It was the wedding of Nicole and David that happened to have the most awesome Princess Bride theme. What made that wedding even more epic is that Nicole and I clicked so well that we kept in touch over the years. […]

There is a key difference in couples that live in the city, and those that don’t when it comes to their San Francisco wedding goals. People like Jeff and Sunil who started their wedding day out at their apartment in the city, don’t expect things to run on time or to have anything other than […]

Photographs with emotion are what light my heart up. That look on someone’s face that you can just tell what they are thinking – without the audio. You look at those images and feel the energy of the moment. That is how I feel when I look over all these photographs from Kelsey and Kevin’s […]