Always a thrill when someone in the wedding industry asks me to shoot their wedding! Emilie is the catering director at the Fairmont San Francisco (one of my fave locations!) and she’s getting married! So looking forward to seeing her on her wedding day, but it was fun in the meantime to photograph her Chrissy Field e-session with her sweet fiance! Stay tuned for her wedding pics this summer!
Posted on 5/01/12 in Engagements, Vendors | No Comments
I was so excited that Erica Lewis asked me to photograph her e-session. Erica is a florist and a friend in the industry. Her gorgeous floral designs can be seen on her site at Erica Rose Designs. Erica and Jose are getting married THIS month! Congratulations Erica and Jose!
Posted on 4/03/12 in Engagements | 3 Comments
Sometimes all it takes to make an engagement session extra special is a pop of color, whether its a vibrant accessory or a bright background. Christine and Eugene’s engagement session stands out because this adorable couple brought along huge red balloons — and a killer pair of red heels — to their session. And Susan and Billy’s engagement session was brought to life with the vibrant back-splash of the Oakville Grocery. Be sure to check out these sweet sessions for even more inspiring images!
Posted on 1/12/12 in Engagements, Thoughts | No Comments
Jenn and Dario love their little San Francisco neighborhood and even met at a local cafe. It rained on the day of our shoot, but we had fun bopping around in the rain anyway! They were even greeted at the cafe where they met with a glass of champagne! Look for their wedding June of next year!
Posted on 10/27/11 in Engagements | No Comments
Any shoot in the bay area at any time of the year can be a windy and cold affair, and Christine and Eugene’s e-session was a blowy one! Of course doing the shoot around the Golden Gate Bridge adds to the wind and fog, but despite it we had such fun! Christine brought some gigantic, gorgeous balloons, which we had a blast shooting while they were blowing like wild in the wind! At one point I thought Christine was going to take off into the bay she’s so petite and the wind was so strong! They also wanted some urban “grit” so we wandered over to some old military bunkers and finished our shoot there. There’s so much to work with in the bay area. What fun! Stay tuned for their Ferry Building wedding which is coming up quickly!
Posted on 9/08/11 in Engagements | No Comments
What a fun Napa Valley e-session with Susan and Billy! They live in New York and are getting married soon in Napa Valley, and when they came in for a planning trip, we were able to do an e-session in wine country. Gorgeous weather and great light, and Susan and Billy were a blast to shoot too! Stay tuned for their Carneros Inn wedding!
Posted on 8/30/11 in Engagements | No Comments
Vivian and Cliff envisioned an urban city engagement session — the opposite of their upcoming Carmel Valley wedding — so we trekked across the classic backdrops of San Francisco, from the Ferry Building to People’s Pier to the Embarcadero. We even beat the threat of rain and were able to keep the session outside. We had a blast!
Posted on 3/11/11 in Architecture, Engagements, Unusual Locations | 3 Comments
I don’t usually post e-sessions while I’m up to my ears from the wedding season, but I had to post a few from this one because it’s a miracle we got anything at all from this session! I always tell clients that for e-sessions I shoot “rain or shine or fog” because with SF weather, I would have to be rescheduling constantly to wait for “good” weather, but I also always say “unless it’s POURING rain”. I called Brian and Austin at around 2:30 the afternoon of our e-session to say that I thought the weather was unusually bad and that we should probably reschedule, however, Austin had already gotten her hair and makeup done and I was already going to be near Baker Beach (our shoot destination) to shoot a rehearsal dinner, so we decided to meet anyway. I told them to bring an umbrella. When we arrived, the wind was WHIPPING and freezing off of the ocean and although it wasn’t a downpour, it was raining pretty hard. None of us wanted to get out of the cars! BUT I said, we’re here, let’s just shoot for five minutes and see what happens. SO these shots, plus lots more were truly taken within about five-ten minutes. My cameras were malfunctioning and soaked by the time the last few shots were taken and we were all freezing, but I think for five minutes of shooting we got some fun stuff!
PS – Of course the GG Bridge was nowhere to be found!
Posted on 12/09/10 in Engagements | 2 Comments
Wow! Another one at Baker Beach! So cute!
Posted on 7/01/10 in Engagements | No Comments
It’s funny that I go through stages with locations and it just so happened that Baker Beach was involved with my last three e-sessions, BUT every one is just so different. Lighting is different, wardrobe is different and so are personalities. This e-session was shot the very next day after Rebekah and Drew’s, yet it’s so different. Each couple was in from out of town and ended up doing an extended e-session with two locations including Baker Beach but they are still very different.
We were so lucky when we shot this one. There were dolphins leaping around right off-shore! I was having such a great time and all the while exclaiming how much I love what I do! Better than an office any day (although I have plenty of that when I edit)!
Wow! Kate Moss or what? Gorgeous!
Cutest little rental car for their visit!
Had a hard time editing this series because I loved it so much….
Didn’t have a good lens with me for shooting wildlife, but like this shot of Micaela and George watching the dolphins.
Posted on 6/11/10 in Engagements | No Comments
