This is just a teaser from the epic engagement session of Rachel and Steven. These two broke some records for awesomeness. Enjoy.

I photographed this awesome couple a little while back and I’m kicking myself for not blogging it. Then I decided that it was better late than never, so I picked some favorites and here we are. Zach and Emily both live in San Francisco, CA and they are getting married this summer in the Austin, TX area. I won’t be photographing their wedding, but I thoroughly enjoyed photographing their engagement session as we cruised through San Francisco, CA and photographed at several locations.
Connection is everything. I tell every couple that I photograph, that I want to see “them” and how “they” connect in real life. Often times I’ll back up a little bit and just let couples be themselves before even pressing the shutter release. Emily and Zach didn’t need much time. Zach runs an awesome San Francisco, CA wedding photography studio, so it was an extra big honor to work with a fellow photographer and his fiancee. I can’t wait to see the wedding photos and hang out with you two in the near future! Enjoy.

I hate choosing between color and black & white sometimes, so here is both.

This awesome couple is from St. Louis and flew out to sunny, errrrr, rainy California for their engagement session. Their wedding will be at Mulvaney’s in Sacramento (one of the coolest venues I’ve ever worked at) and I can’t wait. Even though we had to deal with the rain and the cold (yes, that happens in California) they were both awesome subjects for my cameras and they made it happen. It was cool riding in their car from one spot to the next and seeing a bunch of bridal magazines on the back seat. I know Charlayne and her planner (Sacramento Wedding Planner: Kendra Wershing) are going to come up with some radness for the wedding day.
So we photographed around downtown Stockton and then we headed out near my studio in Linden, CA. One of my goals this year is to show more of my black and white work. I love the feeling of it and there is something so “real” about a photograph when it is “colorless”. Anyhow, I hope you don’t mind seeing more black and whites this year. Enjoy.