Mt. Tamalpais is just magical at sunset, especially when the hills are glowing golden under the last light of the day! I met up with Hannah and Ryan for their engagement session on a beautiful fall evening, and this backdrop for their shoot couldn’t have been more perfect. [ read more … ]

Helena and Richard share a love for the outdoors, especially exploring the beautiful California coastline together, and they even got engaged near Big Sur. When it came time for their engagement photos, they decided to trade ocean views for the golden hills of Monte Bello Open Space Preserve, tucked away in the Santa Cruz Mountains. [ read more … ]

Point Reyes has long been one of my favorite escapes from the Bay Area. Even the drive up there is wonderfully relaxing, with small roads that wind through rolling coastal hills before opening up to dramatic cliffs, endless ocean views, and one of the most spectacular stretches of California coastline. And at the tip, at Tomales Point, lay the perfect place for Andy to ask Rachel one of the biggest questions of their lives. [ read more … ]

Jeremy & Lydia’s evening in the Santa Cruz Mountains had all the magic: rolling grassy hills, a sea of fog in the distance, and the kind of light that turns everything to gold. They set out as a group of three — Lydia’s sister joined “for a quick hike” — and meandered along the ridge until the views opened wide over the foothills and forest. [ 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 … ]