Matt & Ronica’s Beautiful Sutro Baths Surprise Proposal

Matt had been thinking of proposing since February — nine months ago — and after lots of careful planning, it finally happened a week ago! To set an excuse to get dressed up (and to throw her off a bit!), they had scheduled a family photo shoot in the afternoon, before the planned proposal. Of course, that wasn’t the main event! As the sun glowed golden over the ocean, Matt brought Ronica down the weathered steps to the Sutro Baths ruins [ read more … ]

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Jim & Shelly’s Lands End Surprise Proposal with Seagulls

Flying in from the east coast, Jim had a big goal for their trip to San Francisco: this was going to be when he and Shelly would officially get engaged. After doing his homework on where to pop the question, he found that he absolutely loved Sutro Baths and knew that she would too. Over the following weeks, we worked with him on how to set up a picture-perfect Lands End surprise proposal. [ read more … ]

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Hansen & Sherlyn’s San Francisco Sunset Pre-Wedding Photo Shoot

Hansen and Sherlyn first met during the pandemic, and now they’re taking a tour around the USA for their first international trip together. First stop: the Bay Area, where we met up by the oceanside for their sunset pre-wedding photo shoot. It just so happens that it’s that time of year again when the fog is (mostly) gone, the sun is out, and my primary residence is Sutro Baths [ read more … ]

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Ali & Syeda’s Ocean Sunset Surprise Proposal

Before reaching out to us, Ali had done a bunch of research on locations for photos in San Francisco, and he really liked Sutro Baths. It’s a tough spot for surprise proposals (it’s tough to navigate + is usually very crowded), so despite my best efforts to steer him elsewhere, he knew this had to be the spot. After all, it’s absolutely one-of-a-kind, and there’s just no other place like it for such a beautiful ocean sunset surprise proposal. And of course, I totally understand — anything for the shot! [ read more … ]

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Connie & Wilmer’s San Francisco Sunset Engagement Shoot

I’m finishing up editing these photos from Connie and Wilmer’s San Francisco sunset engagement shoot, and wow do these two look stunning! I just can’t wait to share a few. For their engagement session, we hit quite a few locations together — the Golden Gate Bridge, Legion of Honor, and Sutro Baths — for a diverse set of backgrounds in their photos. [ read more … ]

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