I promised more from Sherri and Patrick’s e-session, and here they are! We grabbed brunch together at Park Chow, right next to Golden Gate Park, and after a scrumptuous meal, we headed over to the park. But not before I became smitten with a bright yellow door. Love doors, love yellow!

We made our way to the Japanese Tea Garden since it’s a place Sherri mentioned she’s always wanted to visit. It was a beautiful sunny, and surprisingly fog-free day in San Francisco and the Tea Garden was such a nice contrast to the urban feel of the other locations we shot at.

And there were even more doorways here to play with!

In LOVE with Sherri’s shoes.

My favorite from this part of the shoot! I just love the expression on Sherri’s face.

They look like models here don’t they?

We all ended up in the gift store, oohing and ahhing over all the cute stuff. They had forksticks there! A combination of chopsticks and forks. Genius.

Sherri and Patrick shared their wedding plans over brunch and I’m convinced that this is going to be an epic wedding. They’ve hired an amazing Orange County photographer, Sarah Chen, they’ve got a gorgeous venue, and it’s going to be a ceremony overlooking the ocean! Congrats you two! Next time, brunch is on me.

I really feel like there’s nothing that can make your heart feel like its doubled in size as hanging out with old friends. It’s such a rush of happiness and sweet nostalgia. Sherri and I met our freshman year in High School and immediately became friends. I can’t tell you how many hours we spent talking as we wandered in circles around and around the school courtyard during PE. That was our choice of exercise. Not handball, not basketball, walking. In circles. Over and over again. :p Good times!

It’s so strange to me how far we’ve all come, mostly because it’s hard to grasp how much time has gone by! High School really doesn’t seem that long ago. But here we are all grown up. Sherri is the first one within my immediate group of friends in High School to be getting married! Ahhh! It’s exciting and I’m sooo happy for her!

Sherri & Patrick are big fans of San Francisco, so they came up from Irvine for the weekend so that we could do a shoot here. I wanted to showcase a lot of the funky vibrancy of San Francisco as well as all the natural beauty that’s so unique to SF. We started off with some super interesting backdrops. Vertical gardens, hanging chairs, and flora climbing out of an old school car, can it get any better?

We headed up to the Marin Headlands to get some shots overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge and lemme tell ya, it took a LOT of effort to get here but it was so worth it in the end!

Looove this one!

I’m such a huge fan of doorways and frames. The contrast between my sexy couple and this old broken down shell of a building is so great.

Can you say, DRAMATIC? I’m so glad we braved the crazy winds because we ended up getting killer shots like this one. So many favorites from the shoot, but this one just might be #1.

It’s so great getting to photograph dear friends. And an added bonus when those friends are naturals and just light up in front of the camera. More of Sherri & Patrick’s engagement shoot to come! Next up, Golden Gate Park.

I know, I know. So many teasers, so few full blog posts! But they’re coming soon, I promise!

Just wanted to share one of my favorite photos from a recent engagement shoot with one of my good friends from High School, the gorgeous Sherri and her wonderful fiance Patrick.

SUCH a fun shoot, the full blog post will be up in a few days!

Shivan & Charith wanted a very urban and dramatic feel to their engagement session and so we had a great time roaming around City Hall and finishing up with some night time shots around the Embarcadero.

Being something of a newbie to San Francisco, it’s great getting to explore the city while having a blast with my couples at the same time. Shivan & Charith, I can’t wait for your wedding this July!

I had such a blast with Kimberley & Brian during our engagement shoot. It was cloudy and rainy all week, and suddenly just in time for our shoot, the sun decided to come and and play. It rained the day immediately after. How lucky were we?

Can’t wait to shoot your wedding next month Kimberley & Brian!