sutro baths
Amigail and Alan met up with me on a warm summer day at Lands End for their sunset engagement session. We wandered around under the cypress trees and ocean cliffside before a quick outfit change for the Sutro Bath ruins. We couldn’t have asked for a more lovely evening!
Katie and Jack are planning to get married on the East Coast but wanted an engagement session that reflected where their relationship blossomed. On a cool San Francisco evening, I met up with Katie and Jack at Lands End for their shoot. The sunlight shone through the cypress trees as we explored the area before heading down to the Sutro Baths ruins down by the water where we snapped more portraits among the crashing waves.
Zelin and Yitian are getting married in China but they fell in love in San Francisco and wanted to have an engagement session in their favorite spot in the city. Lands End and the ruins of Sutro Baths combines all the beauty of the California coast so we headed there for a gorgeous autumn engagement session.
Debbie and Angela chose the iconic Lands End and Sutro Baths for their San Francisco engagement session. As it's one of my favorite places for portraits, they fell in love the ruins and the grand rock formations all around. Typical to San Francisco, it was windy and cloudy the day of our shoot. These two took it in stride, especially since the cooler weather meant we didn't have to fight tons of tourists to get the famous shot along the ruins. I can't wait for their wedding in the fall!
Kathleen and Ben met in college and have been inseparable for the past 10 years. Ben proposed to Kathleen on the winter solstice in Japantown which was the site of one of their first dates. It was a cute proposal that was captured all on camera by a group of teenage girls who offered to take their photos. Ben told me he always dreamed about what type of woman he would marry and when he met Kathleen, he just knew. They love the look of the California coast so we headed over to San Francisco's Lands End and Sutro Baths for a beautiful sunset engagement session. I can't wait for their wedding in a few weeks!
Stacy and Emanuel love going to the beach and being near the water so choosing to do their engagement session at Lands End in San Francisco seemed like the perfect location. We spent a rare warm and sunny San Francisco afternoon wandering between the cypress trees and rocky cliffs before wrapping up the shoot on the iconic ruins.
Looking for something simple and elegant, the fourth floor of San Francisco City Hall was the perfect location for Becky and Peter's wedding ceremony. A lot more private than the usual rotunda weddings, the fourth floor also allowed for Becky and Peter to invite a lot more of their friends and family to witness their nuptials. Afterwards, we headed out to Lands End for some portrait where the ocean breeze did beautiful things to Becky's flowing BHLDN wedding gown. Definitely one of my favorite San Francisco locations! (By the way, the classic grand staircase shot was super important to Becky and Peter so we made sure to start shooting when city hall opened at 8AM! It was so nice to shoot the stairs without dodging tourists and other couples. For any other couples looking for an empty staircase, mornings are perfect!)
Katy and Ian love living in San Francisco, especially since Katy grew up in the city. For their engagement session, we made sure to visit a few of their favorite spots starting with The Riddler, a cute champagne bar in Hayes Valley. They sipped some bubbly and enjoyed some fancy cheeses before we headed over to Miette where we hung out drinking brightly colored juices from The Juice Shop. The weather had been looking pretty dreary all day and as we headed over to the piers at the Embarcadero, it started to sprinkle. Luckily, Katy and Ian had some cute clear umbrellas that made the perfect props! We wrapped up the shoot along the coast, stopping by Baker Beach and Lands End.
Portrait Locations: North Beach, Baker Beach & Sutro Baths
Ceremony Venue: San Francisco City Hall
Portrait Location: Sutro Baths
