Jamie + Steve in Yorba Linda, CA
I met Jamie the last semester of senior year in high school, and although we only knew each other for half of a year before going our separate ways for college, we became close friends and have remained close throughout the years.  I played softball competitively for a good 12 years of my life, and before going to UNC on a softball scholarship, I transferred the last semester of my senior year of high school from a private all-girls school in Pasadena to a public school with a top softball t

Christy + Miguel Engagement
We started off Miguel and Christy’s engagement session at Lyon St. Steps in the Presdio before heading to Union Square for some urban and colorful photos.  The light was amazing throughout the entire shoot, and I especially fell in love with the Louis Vuitton store front that had tons of brightly colored lights (above photo).  Lucky for us, we took advantage of this display just in time because I was there about a week ago and they had swapped it out! It w

Laura + Jason Engagement
Laura and Jason are one of our 2010 couples who we met through Hillary and Matt.  They wanted more of a natural look surrounded by lots of trees so we began their engagement session at the Redwood Bowl in the Oakland hills.  It started off a bit cold and gloomy with some technical difficulties, but by the time we got things rolling, the sun came out as we hit Butters Peak so that we had some g

Judith + Tom in Burlingame, CA
Working with Judith and Tom has definitely been one of our highlights this year!  We had a super fun engagement session with them in the beginning of summer so we knew they were going to have an incredible wedding with lots of smiles and laughs.  They were married the first weekend of October at Kohl Mansion in Burlingame, and despite a last minute change of moving the ceremony indoors because of high winds, everything flowed

Nikki Kellogg
About a month ago, I was approached to put together an aspiring dancer’s portfolio: Nikki Kellogg, 22, is planning to move to L.A. to audition and make a go at becoming a top dancer – she’s aiming for Beyonce status so girlfriend needed some top notch photos to show around town.  This was an entirely new project for me, and we spent quite a bit of time planning our shoots and what kind of photos she wanted to showcase her looks and talent.  We did a combination of “