It’s been over five years since Lydia and Jessenia’s sweet proposal and four years since we celebrated their wedding, and not long after that, they welcomed their first baby. (David was lucky enough to meet one-month-old J when dropping off their wedding album!) Now, they’ve been blessed with number two, and to memorialize this next chapter, we headed to Stanford’s Arizona Cactus Garden for a golden hour maternity photo session. [ read more … ]

There’s something magical about this early-morning graduation photo shoot on the Stanford campus: the quad is all ours, and that soft, golden light feels perfect for milestone moments. Jay’s contagious smile lit up every shot, from the leafy archway where he posed with his proud parents to the fountain’s spray that framed his beaming face. [ read more … ]

Clare thought the proposal was going to happen in Yosemite during the big trip coming up right after this day… but Ryan had been quietly hatching the real proposal plan long before this day rolled around.

Ryan had let us in on the secret over three months ago to lock in a golden-hour proposal at the Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve, a quiet local trail he knew from his cycling routes. [ read more … ]

From the start, Chantal and Tony’s story was full of surprises… literally! When we first met them as they were planning their wedding, Tony hadn’t officially proposed yet. He’d been trying to plan a surprise proposal for months, but Chantal kept unintentionally throwing a wrench in every version of the plan. By the time it finally happened at Fort Funston around this time last year, it must have been a half dozen iterations later. But it was perfect, just like the wedding day that followed! [ read more … ]

Cassidy thought she had it all figured out. The proposal, she was sure, would happen later this year on their Europe trip, at a romantic spot during their stay in Florence, the city she once called home. In fact, David had even asked her to name her favorite spot in the city, just to sneakily throw her off the trail. [ read more … ]