After seven years together, Hammad decided it was time to pop the question — he would ask the love of his life to marry him and to spend the rest of their lives together. After mulling over possible locations for the big moment, he decided on surprising his girlfriend Sonia with a proposal on the sand dunes at Ocean Beach. To ensure that this moment would be picture-perfect, he went and scouted out the spot a few days before the big day, even taking photos and recording a video of the route to reach the perfect spot. [ read more … ]

What a treat it was to photograph this couple + family photo session! Anh & Cliff (ok, mostly Anh… according to Cliff) had prepared themselves and their kids with matching outfits from head to toe, and even had cute pieces for their two dogs to wear. Every detail was perfectly planned, and I loved every part of it — but my favorite was the mommy/daughter coordination, which was simply adorable! [ read more … ]

Martina and Adam have been together for almost a decade, and they’ve already started a family together — the two of them and their pet bunny 🙂 Now that their wedding is coming up, we went into the beautiful outdoors for a winter engagement session. [ read more … ]

Sean had been thinking about his plan for proposing to Natalie for a looooong time. After having considered quite a few different ideas, he ended up deciding on spending a very special day together, and ending it with an afternoon hike and sunset marriage proposal at the Stanford Dish Loop. [ read more … ]

Jordan had been planning this one for a while. In fact, he had picked out the ring long ago, and even came close to inadvertently spilling the beans — one night at dinner with friends, Jennifer was looking at some photos on a friend’s phone and caught a peek of the ring! Luckily, they were able to play it off [ read more … ]