Just to clarify, we are NOT based in San Francisco. Hahaha! But we do love coming up here to shoot! I think my favorite thing about SF is the diversity in both scenery and culture all within such a small area. I met up with Sarah and Russell to get some shots around town and it was great to see them all dress up and having fun. We found so many cool spots starting at the Embarcadero and we got all the way to Union Street shopping area. I’m beyond excited for their wedding coming up in Napa Valley this summer. It will be pretty awesome! Here are some highlights from our shoot:

We feel very fortunate to be able to do a little bit of traveling for some of our weddings. And it is always a treat for us to go up north to our new adopted city of San Francisco. We’ve learned so much about the city over the last few years and we really love going up there. We joined up with Adam and Quynh and the Hotel Frank in Union Square and went over to the Piedmont Community Church for their ceremony. They had a great set up at the church and they also did a Chinese tea ceremony that got me choked up for a few minutes. It was very touching. We loved our stay in SF and want to congratulate Quynh and Adam on a beautiful event! Here are some highlights:

Last weekend, we were in San Francisco for a few shoots and we decided to bring the boys up for a few extra days. They love coming up to visit their Aunt Chloe and Uncle Rob, so they had fun causing havoc in their flat. We all checked out the Maker Faire in San Mateo, which was pretty cool. Lots of crazy stuff going on there. And in the city, we checked out a few farmer’s markets and finally ate at PPQ Dungeness Island restaurant….which is so great!

We decided to drive since just the thought of bringing all our gear AND the kid’s stuff on the airplane was already stressing us out. It was a long, long drive, but thank god for movies on the go! On the way home, we stopped somewhere off the 5 freeway to stretch our legs a bit and took a few pictures. We found a cool spot and got the boys to model for us…not an easy task! This shot took forever to get because they kept on running around like wild animals!! With Tey holding the flashes and me trying to take the pictures, it was crazy hard to get their attention. But we ended up with some keepers.

Happy Friday!

Noelle and Fred met back in high school and they wanted to commemorate that on their engagement session. Shooting at Walnut High is definitely another example of how campus locations are so great for photo shoots. Such a great variety of scenery and we had a blast walking around the school. Part of the fun was getting these strange looks from random students and teachers/parents. Too much fun! We ended off the session with a trek to the beach and Noelle and Fred got a little wet! Another fun part to a great session. Here are some highlights:

Malibu is quite a beautiful place. We don’t get up there too often, but when we do, we are just in awe of the scenery. We had a great time with Annie and David and found some super sweet spots for their photos. It was so much fun seeing them have a great time and enjoy the session. We can’t wait for their wedding coming up this July!

Here are a few highlights: