LOVE.

I don’t think I can emphasis this enough. So it’s always such a treat when my couples bring along their pups to photoshoots, or even to the wedding. Valerie and Jason brought along Maverick, this cute little guy.

And we had a great time romping through the lush areas around Sutro Heights.

Then we headed over to Golden Gate Park where the sun decided to peep through the fog.

Favorite image from the shoot. Just loving how peaceful and light-filled this moment is, and that’s so perfectly in tune with Valerie & Jason’s warm personalities.

Sunnie & Cory took me to some of their favorite spots around the Presidio and obligingly snuggled and laughed and shared stories while we explored the area.

Love Sunnie’s bright pink top against the dewy green backdrop.

This was a special little spot to Sunnie & Cory because this is where they got engaged! I love shooting at locations that are meaningful to my couples.

Not a morning person by any stretch of the imagination, but an early morning spent in the company of good people, in a beautiful location, making pretty pictures? That I can definitely do.

I had my first black and white film class in the 4th grade and I fell in love immediately. Developing my own film was probably the highlight of that whole year for me. Fast forward 10 years and I was spending hours locked away in USC’s film lab, developing my negatives, making large prints, and listening to Elliot Smith on repeat while I worked away in that cool dark space. I have a longer history with film than I do with digital, but sometimes it’s easy to forget that and think of film as something of the past. I’ve been playing around with a Contax 645 lately and absolutely loving the results so far.

Here are some of my favorite film images from the shoot I did was the incredible Anh and her lovely husband. Anh runs one of my favorite fashion blogs: 9to5Chic. It was such a treat to meet and photograph Anh, whose blog I’d been stalking for awhile now. Check out her blog for some amazing outfit inspirations!

It’s a rare woman who can so effortlessly pull of an outfit like this… Honestly, if I could, I would steal Anh away and force her to be my personal stylist!

I knew Anh would put together a super stylish outfit so I wanted to contrast that chic beauty with a super urban and grungy background.

They were even willing to brave the underside of a freeway for me. We had to keep a look out for trains but we managed to get some amazing shots from here.

Looove this next set! Anh can move so easily from outfit to outfit. Classy chic one moment and bohemian casual the next.

We finished off the day at Sutro Heights and watched the sun fall into the ocean. One of my favorite things about San Francisco is how we have so many different landscapes right within a few miles of each other. Anyone from the Bay Area who hasn’t visited the Sutro Heights/Baths area absolutely has to, it’s stunning!

Anh & Matthew, thank you for spending the afternoon with me, it was a blast!

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.