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ANGELA & GORDAN // LOVERS LANE & BAKER BEACH ENGAGEMENT // SAN FRANCISCO, CA

We cannot stop ogling over the incredible engagement session we shared with these two––I mean, those outfits?! Angela‘s glamorous first dress was handmade by a fashion designer friend of hers. And her second was perfect for that golden hour glow at the beach, flowing beautifully in the ocean breeze. Gordan looked absolutely great too, but come on…she’s amazing right?

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TJ & Lydia // Coffee Shop Engagement // Oakland, CA

These ladies are getting married on Friday! We’re thrilled for their day at the beautiful Sir Francis Drake Hotel and the Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. Michaela met TJ a while back as they were helping to open the restaurant Calavera in Oakland. Somehow seems like forever ago now…

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Morgan & Jimmy’s Windswept Desert Engagement // Joshua Tree, California

Morgan and Jim came to us with the idea of meeting up at Joshua Tree National Park. It is obviously a favorite for so many SoCal residents since it should only take about 2 hours to drive there from the middle of L.A. Also, Jim had some close ties to his Army friends based close by in Twenty Nine Palms, and would explore the park often…

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The Value Of Engagement Sessions

So you’ve gotten engaged. Your significant other has popped the question and immediately, dreams of your wedding day begin to float around in your mind. You can already picture how that one perfect image from your wedding day will look hanging on your wall––easy tiger…

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Amanda & Kevin // Harry Potter Engagement // Robert’s Park, Oakland

We’ve always wanted to do a Harry Potter-themed something. Or perhaps we didn’t realize we had wanted to do a Harry Potter themed photo session until Amanda and Kevin brought our hidden dream to life. As we confirmed the location for our session, Amanda and Kevin casually dropped in a little something along the lines of, “By the way, we really like Harry Potter…

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Sarah & Scott // Lover’s Lane Engagement // San Francisco, California

A New York couple, Scott and Sarah came to us via the East Coast for a dreamy San Francisco Session. They are both originally from the Bay Area but have since relocated to New York. We were simply ecstatic when they found us and wanted us to photograph their wedding. We arranged for their engagement session to fall almost exactly a year before their wedding day…

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