Ro + Josh::Blithe

The word blessed can't even start to describe how lucky I am to have wonderful friends/clients such as Ro and Josh. Thanks to an old coworker friend, Gabby, Ro and Josh gave me the honor to document their upcoming wedding in August. When preparing for our engagement shoot Ro basically let me choose where I wanted to shoot with 100% faith in my abilities. I suggested the charming town of Point Reyes Station located just outside one of my favorite spots in all of the Bay Area, Point Reyes National Seashores.

What I love about Point Reyes Station is the small town charm that it has. I thought it was quite fitting since Ro and Josh both live in San Francisco and recently have had little time to spend with one another. What made our shoot even more fun was Yin Yang, their dog. She was a great model and when we were shooting in Inverness, CA she was rewarded with a chance to run and play.

Their blitheful love and spirit made my job easy. Shout out goes to my beautiful wife for helping me with the shoot. Like I said, blessed doesn't really fully describe how fortunate I am.



























This is where they first met.

Monica + Paul::True

Paul and I go way back. I mean WAYYYYYY back. I first met Paul when I was in high school (way back when) but during our college days we went our different ways. He ended up at Cal and I eventually ended up at UCLA. I probably last saw Paul in person during my UCLA days and it had been at least 9 years since I graduated UCLA in '01. Probably about 6 months ago we reconnected as I have done w/ so many long lost friends via the 'book...Facebook that is.

Anyways he called me up out of the blue a few months ago and he let me know while watching football he had a chance to browse through my portfolio and apparently he liked it. Eventually he booked and as I was in Vegas this past weekend for the WPPI tradeshow I had the awesome opportunity to one, meet up w/ an old friend who I hadn't seen in almost 10 years, and two, meet his beautiful, sweet, amazing fiance Monica. The photos I made were just icing on the cake.

Monica and Paul seriously made it SO EASY to shoot. Again, I just happened to have the camera on hand to capture the magic. Looking forward to seeing the both of you real soon!

Cheers!

Mai + Glen::Bridge

Mai and Glen actually came across my work through my sister in law. Mai is friends w/ my sister in law through Facebook and because of that she was able to check out some of my work and liked it enough to book me for their civil ceremony coming up in the next couple weeks in SF. When we were exchanging emails about the engagement session location and ideas Mai mentioned how she wanted to capture the Bay Bridge because it symbolized their connection (she's from Oakland he's from SF) and also literally connected them to one another.

We had a blast hanging out in and around the waterfront and through downtown. I just happen to have my gear to capture their connection w/ one another in this engagement session.

Holla!

Sanjana + Karthik::Engagement

G'day Everyone!

My apologies for being MIA lately. I've been swamped and trying to catch up on all the shoots I've been doing in the past few weeks. Look out for tons of post after Thanksgiving weekend.

This installment of the blog I present to you Sanjana and Karthik. I was honored w/ the chance to capture their genuine love and affection for one another by shooting their engagement. We started off at Stern Grove, an amazing park where awesome summer time free concerts take place. We then headed to the small but beautiful campus of SF State University. I had a blast with these two.

I wish them the best on their upcoming wedding in India.

Check 'em out!

Claudia + John::Blessed

I met Claudia and John at the wedding of Patty and Jose. Claudia was basically running the show during the getting ready part of the day back at Patty's home. About a week later I got a call from John saying that they had seen my blog post on Patty and Jose's wedding and wanted to commission me to capture their big day as well.

We managed to squeeze in their engagement shoot this weekend and boy am I glad we did. Because of the unpredictable Bay Area weather we almost had to cancel the shoot.

We started off at one of my favorite, little known gems of an area North of SF, Kirby Cove. It was literally foggy and overcast as we walked down to Kirby Cove. As soon as we started shooting, the sun came out and we had AMAZING light!!! Even John notice that as well. When we finished, the fog and clouds came right back.

We then headed up the road in the Marin Headlands to Point Bonita. I've actually never been there myself though I've seen some pretty awesome photos. When we arrived and hiked down the gate was closed. The light house had actually been closed for a couple hours. We were kinda bummed, until a couple that was there with us discovered that the lock was actually unlocked. With this discovery we decided to take a chance and shoot. We did have concerns of getting locked in the Point Bonita Area, which would have been bad. But as luck would have it there was a young coast guard who had left it unlocked and was cool enough to let us shoot there for a few minutes. This stroke of good fortune along w/ the AMAZING light proved to be a winning combination for some AWESOME photos.

Enough talking, check out the photos.































Happy Halloween!!!