Andrew had a lot of sneaking around to do in order to keep this all a surprise — the day before proposing to his girlfriend Christina, he picked up the ring, drove out to ask for her parents’ permission, and even came by to drop off some champagne for us to bring along for them to celebrate after the proposal. It then all came together on a beautiful day, when the two of them went out for a stroll together along a trail in San Francisco, ending at this Golden Gate Bridge lookout where he popped the question and she (very excitedly) said yes. [ read more … ]

About a week ago, Arpan brought Noveen over to the Wave Organ in SF under the ruse that they were going to meet a client. They had a nice little walk along the Bay to the end of the jetty, and when they got there, he had a very well-rehearsed speech ready. [ read more … ]

On a sunny Thursday afternoon, Mike and Kirsten made a stop at Treasure Island before setting off on their Fourth of July weekend roadtrip. Unbeknownst to Kirsten, Mike had actually dropped by here earlier to scope out a spot for his proposal and to coordinate with us. He had picked out a spot along the waterfront, with a beautiful view of the San Francisco skyline, to be the place for his proposal at Treasure Island. [ read more … ]

Akshay and I first talked in May about his upcoming planned proposal, and it was all planned out and ready to go until yet another new 2020 twist was added into the mix: not coronavirus this time, but the wave of protests and curfews kept his proposal from happening the way he had wanted. That wasn’t going to stop him for long, of course! A few weeks later, he brought his girlfriend Aditi up to San Francisco for a surprise engagement at the Palace of Fine Arts. [ read more … ]

Just over a year ago, we quietly hid in the (figurative) bushes as Jason and Xiaonan took a walk through the quiet and sheltered Muir Woods, until they ended up on one of the wooden bridges where he proposed (and where, of course, she said yes!). They decided to do something a little different and have an oceanside sunset engagement shoot, out in the open, under a warm sunset sky with the fresh ocean breeze all around them. [ read more … ]