Gabrielle + Thomas::l'amour et le bonheur

I met Gabrielle many years ago when I first moved to the SF Bay Area. Her ability to gather people for drinks along with the ability to start a conversation with a complete stranger is what has always struck me the most about her. So when I started my wedding photography business I knew that I had to let Gabrielle know because I knew she would spread the word. It was through Gabby I met Ro and Josh.

So a week before Ro and Josh's wedding I received an email from Gabby telling me she's engaged to a Frenchman. I met Thomas for the first time at Ro and Josh's wedding and was very impressed. A few weeks later we were able to do some engagement shots in and around their neighborhood in San Francisco.

Gabby and Thomas I wish you guys nothing but love and happiness.

(Special shout out goes to Google Translate for the title translation)

Film & Life

The past few months has been busy to say the least. Through it all I've had a chance to dabble with film more and more and hopefully in the near future will be offer my clients some packages w/ film as well. In the mean time I'd like to share some recent photos from a couple of rolls.

Enjoy.

Ro + Josh::Complete

Josh had to scale a mountain top in Panama to propose to Ro. Even after she accepted there was another obstacle to overcome.

"After exchanging a bunch of kisses, their lips started to tingle. Rowena quickly realized, to her horror, that this was due to the extra-strength Deet (i.e., poison) they had on to detract the relentless rainforest bugs. They immediately started spitting. As they were washing their mouths out with water, Rowena looked at Josh, dismayed that the first moments after their engagement were spent spitting. Josh assured her that it was good luck to spit immediately after getting engaged."

This excert taken from their wedding website encapsulates Ro and Josh. Adventurous, silly, yet so full of love. Their wedding was full of emotion and warmth of family.

Special shout out goes to my good friend and super duper talented friend/photographer Quan for helping out again.



























This photograph is exactly why I love to shoot weddings: seeing not just two people but two families becoming one.