I love the Mission. I lived there for 11 years and really miss it. So a few months ago when Carol and Amar mentioned that they’d love to have their engagement session in the Mission, I was stoked! Since they live in the Mission, it was the perfect setting for them. We started out near Clarion Alley, and ended up at Dolores Park. Luckily there were some historic rail cars parked near the railway tunnel, and we jumped on for a few shots. We’re looking forward to Carol and Amar’s wedding next week!

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You may remember Terra and Dan from their edgy and dark warehouse engagement session. They were married in Berkeley at The Marsh which is a vibrant theater and arts center. We love unique and different weddings. Terra and Dan had a vintage glam and butterfly theme to their wedding, and butterflies decorated the cupcakes, bouquets, center pieces and invites. We took some time for portraits at the breathtaking Eucalyptus Glade at UC Berkeley. What a nice little slice of tranquility right in downtown Berkeley. Congrats to Terra and Dan!

Dan played the guitar and sang a song to Terra. How romantic!

The bride and groom chose a tango as their first dance.

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I met Miya and Jeff three years ago when Ray and I photographed the wedding of Daniella and Ryan, who you might remember from their maternity session earlier this year. Just like Ryan and Daniella, Miya and Jeff are super fun and just the nicest people you could meet. I was so happy to hear from Miya when it came time for her and Jeff’s engagement session.

Photographing their session in Oakland was a really nice change of scenery for me since the majority of our sessions take place in San Francisco. We started out at Lake Merritt and ended up at some abandoned places and the produce / warehouse area of Jack London Square which were nice and gritty. :) I’d love to shoot in this area again! I really enjoyed my time with Miya and Jeff and look forward to their wedding later this year.

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For Liz and Daren’s engagement session, we headed back to their old neighborhood (and my old hood), the Mission. There’s so many great little spots to shoot there. Liz and Daren have so much fun together, you can just see it in their eyes. We had a great time together checking out all of the old spots that they loved in the neighborhood. For a little contrast we drove out to Lloyd Lake in Golden Gate Park. I’m looking forward to sharing Liz and Daren’s absinthe and Art Nouveau inspired wedding which we shot back in June.

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Ray and I photographed Daniella and Ryan’s wedding back in 2007. Their wedding was a major party! I was so happy to hear from them when they told me that they were having a baby. We drove out to the Marin Headlands to take advantage of the gorgeous setting and the grungy textures found on the old bunkers. Daniella and Ryan were total troopers when we discovered that this was one of the windiest days of the summer. Congrats to Daniella and Ryan on the arrival of Miss Olivia! I can’t wait to meet her. :)

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When we first met Terra and Dan, they mentioned that they were up for anything with their engagement session. And they were! We planned a mix of fun and edge. For fun we headed over to the Musee Mecanique for old fashioned nerdy game fun, then ended up in Potrero Hill at a dark warehouse and an electric substation. We can’t wait to share Terra and Dan’s wedding that we photographed earlier this month.

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Lucy and Luke trekked all the way from Australia to get married at our amazing City Hall here in San Francisco. After their ceremony at City Hall, we headed over to a record store for some fun wedding portraits. Lucy and Luke are huge music fans, and Luke’s in a band, so this was the perfect setting to show their love for music. Congrats to Lucy and Luke!

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This has been a really busy year for us, and in addition to large weekend weddings, I have the pleasure of photographing San Francisco City Hall weddings. One of my favorite aspects of the City Hall weddings is that I get to meet people from all over the US and the world. Earlier this year I photographed the wedding of Frances and Duff, who flew in from Beijing, China to be married at our amazingly beautiful City Hall. After their ceremony, we drove out to the Sutro Bath ruins for their portrait session.

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Jen and Joel have traveled the world together and now share their life together in the Bay Area. They have a great sense of fun and adventure, and I had a great time with them during their session. We laughed our heads off basically! We started out at the carousel inside Golden Gate Park, hit the De Young, then headed over to Baker Beach. My favorite part of Baker Beach isn’t the beach, it’s the bunkers — gotta love the grungy textures there.

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I’ve been a bad blogger lately because we’re so busy! That’s a great problem to have. :) Anyway, I wanted to share some good news that we were featured in San Francisco Brides magazine, we’re so honored and excited since we love this magazine!

Karen and Jay’s wedding at the De Young Museum back in September 2009 was featured! You can check out more photos from their wedding here. We loved working with Lea from Simply Sparkling Events and Karen from Grandi-flora.