As he was planning his surprise proposal and considering possible locations, Cole decided he wanted a location with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background. Since San Francisco has been the home of their relationship together, the bridge is the perfect symbol of their past, present, and future. This particular spot at Cavallo Point is actually one I knew about but had never been to myself, so it was great to shoot a very unique set of proposal photos for Cole & Madeline plus a few more fun photos afterwards! I loved her reaction — so happy, surprised, and genuine. Congrats to both!

We’re going to keep this blog post short (because the next post is their epic elopement photos), but Katherine & Chris’s engagement photos are also too good to not be shared. Earlier this spring, they had their sunset engagement session right here at home in San Francisco. We started with a beautiful urban, downtown background with the SF skyline view from Pier 7, plus a gorgeous beach and Golden Gate Bridge backdrop from Marshalls Beach [ read more … ]

Josh and Katelyn’s proposal story was a super unique and special one: they went out for a nice dinner together, and when they came back to their apartment, Josh proposed in the middle of their apartment with a wall of memories surrounding them. He had sneakily printed out lots of their photos that he had collected over the years and built a hanging garden of photos, full of their past together, suspended by strings attached to the ceiling. Super sweet! [ read more … ]

Last weekend, Alex brought Lauren up to a fantastic vista point with a sweeping Golden Gate Bridge view, for a small, romantic picnic… or was it? In reality, he was planning to pop the question and wanted a beautiful SF backdrop for that special moment. As the two walked up the hill and towards the bridge, I quietly got into position to capture it all. Lauren was very, very excited — if she hadn’t been eagerly waiting for this moment for a while, it certainly looked that way to me! — and even wiped away a joyful tear as Alex asked for her hand in marriage. [ read more … ]

Kyan and I had been planning his proposal to Camille for months, but a few weeks ago, he got a very convenient curveball thrown into his plans: Camille’s friend, a photographer in SoCal, needed some photos for her portfolio and asked them to pose [ read more … ]