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February 7, 2012

Sneak Peek: Lan & Matt’s East Bay Wedding! | San Francisco Bay Area Wedding Photographer

Scott & I have had the honor of shooting so many different types of weddings over the years: a wild animal park, a fencing team, a small wedding with the cutest baby ever, a Halloween wedding … but we’d never shot a wedding in which the guests totaled around 300 and the bridesmaids/groomsmen tallied over a baker’s dozen. That is, until two weeks ago.

Enter Lan & Matt. This couple is not only incredible by itself (they are so perfect together!), but they have amazing (huge) families and friends. As an only child, it’s tough for me to comprehend having siblings, and I rarely wish for them, but seeing the joy, the happiness and togetherness of these two families made me long for it. It was really special to share this day with these two families, which more than any other wedding we’ve shot, seemed like a true joining of two families into one.

We started the day in Martinez, traveled to San Pablo for a traditional Vietnamese tea ceremony at Lan’s parent’s house, then traveled a short distance for a beautiful Catholic ceremony. After that, everyone traveled to Oakland to the stunning Cathedral of Christ the Light for a raucous reception. What are the chances of a perfectly sunny, 65-degree day in late January? It seems pretty slim, but that’s exactly what we got. I’m so thrilled that we got to take so many photos outside and that Lan & Matt will have a gorgeous sunny wedding day to remember for the rest of their lives.

Here’s a sneak peek from their beautiful wedding day. Congratulations again, Lan & Matt!

Posted in People, San Francisco, Wedding Tags: Bay Area, east bay wedding photographer, People, San Francisco, sf bay area wedding photographer, Wedding

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December 24, 2011

Lan & Matt’s Japanese Tea Garden Engagements

When I first met Lan & Matt in Walnut Creek last September to discuss wedding details (and have coffee of course), I immediately had “that feeling” you get when you know you’ve found a good match. Their large, Vietnamese-Catholic wedding (we’re talking two huge families–I can’t wait, it’s going to be so much fun!) goes down in January, but yesterday I met up with this incredibly happy couple for an engagement shoot at the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park.

We are so lucky to live in such a temperate climate. Though it was definitely chilly, it was a gorgeous sunny December day, and (best of all) the leaves haven’t yet fallen from the Japanese Maples. I had such a great time with Josephine & Matt, watching them relax enough to see their silly sides come out, their nerves drop away & their love for each other shine.

I had a hard time narrowing down this sneak peek to just a couple of shots, so here’s a few more than that. Merry Christmas! ♥

Posted in Engagements, People, Portrait, San Francisco Tags: Engagements, Golden Gate Park, People, Portraits, San Francisco

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October 17, 2011

Published in No Tofu Magazine (Scans)

File this under “things that are cool” — a few months ago, several of my photos were featured in a New York-based print magazine called No Tofu. The best part? My rad friend, SF-based journalist Jen Verzosa, wrote the accompanying article (in fact, she got me the gig). So not only did I get to help out my friend and benefit from it myself, but now I have beautiful digital copies of what was published in the magazine.

The first spread below is the actual article with the published photos. The second spread is the magazine’s cover & masthead. My name is included in the masthead portion, which is why I included it here. Being published in print is exciting, as 99% of my work is digital and never leaves the internet. There is something about print media, and that’s why I hope it never actually goes away. We’d lose something huge, something really tactile and real and substantive. Do you agree?

Anyway, here are the spreads. Enjoy!

Posted in Candid, Landscape, People, San Francisco Tags: local, Magazine, Mission, No Tofu, People, Print, Published, San Francisco

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September 27, 2011

Kitty Von Quim | Clarion Alley | San Francisco

This past weekend I got to spend an enjoyable few hours with this gorgeous woman, a burlesque performer who goes by the stage name Kitty Von Quim, in one of the most fun location spots in San Francisco — the creative, always-changing, beautiful, vivid Clarion Alley Mural Project. Patterns & colors collided to make magic, and this was such a fun, easy shoot.

Here are the final images that Ms. Von Quim chose for her promotional package!

Posted in People, Portrait Tags: Burlesque, Clarion Alley, local, People, Promo Shots, San Francisco

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July 20, 2011

Jordan & Fred’s Wedding | Point Montara Lighthouse

This is Jordan & Fred:

Jordan & Fred are such amazing people who truly, truly love each other. Along with their 4-month-old son, they have the cutest family, a beautiful house & wonderful people around them. This was a small wedding of close family and friends, and though the fog at the Point Montara Lighthouse created great ambiance early in the day, it burned off right before the ceremony started to reveal not just the Pacific Ocean below, but a crystal clear, unbelievably blue sky.

I think we can all agree: this bodes well for their future together!

It was such an honor to get to spend the day celebrating with Jordan and Fred, and hopefully this snapshot of their wedding day will convey the intense joyful emotion that ran through it. Congratulations again to both of you!