For months, Matthew had been planning his surprise proposal to his girlfriend Lauren. As photographers, we of course like to shoot at locations that provide good aesthetics — interesting backdrop, good light, not a lot of bystanders — but as storytellers, we like locations with meaning, ones with a special significance. Matthew decided to ask Lauren to marry him at Pier 7, the place where they ended their first date, which made it the perfect place to enter into the next stage of their relationship together and to get some great photos in the process! [ read more … ]

One month ago, Masashi and Jessica visited the spot here by the Ritz-Carlton in Half Moon Bay, but they didn’t get to take a photo together… a struggle that we understand all too well as photographers, since one of us is always on the wrong side of the camera! (Or is it the right side? I digress…) After that, Masashi quietly got to work to plan the perfect surprise for Jessica, and of course, this time they’d have plenty of photos together. [ read more … ]

Absolutely incredible, totally epic, truly once-in-a-lifetime — that’s what comes to my mind when I look back on Austin and Jessi’s SF sunset surprise proposal, up on a secluded mountaintop, with this amazing view of the evening fog blanketing the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco. [ read more … ]

One of the things we love most about taking photos of happy couples is capturing the feeling in each photo. Whether we’re editing the photos, putting them together on a blog post like this, or just looking through them months or years later, we’re always taken back to the moment the photos were snapped. The afternoon sun’s warm light, Maddy and Josh’s playful smiles and laughter, the ocean’s soft spray, it’s all there once again every time we look at these engagement photos. [ read more … ]

Erubey’s proposal was prepared to the finest detail: all unbeknownst to Annalyssa, we planned the location and time — down to the minute — for the perfect light and photos, and Perfectly Bubbly Events laid down a meticulously-placed double flower heart on the ground to await their arrival. As Erubey and Annalyssa arrived after a casual walk around the park, they stepped into the magical golden hour light, he got down on one knee, and of course, she said yes. [ read more … ]