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.

This awesome couple will be married this July at Edgewood Country Club in Lake Tahoe, CA and I’m so stoked to finally be sharing some of their engagement session photographs. Samantha is so sweet, so down to earth and she also does triathlons (I seriously felt like a wimp when she told me that). I remember our first consultation and how excited she was about her wedding. It is really cool to work with couples that are so in love you can feel it. Samantha, you’re awesome and you are going to be a stunning bride. I can’t wait until July. Mike is an all around awesome guy and it was nice to get to know him a little more at dinner at Riva Grill in South Lake Tahoe after the session. Mike was cool with anything and totally trusted me, I should have made him stand on his head or something right? Probably not, he’s a former college football player. Anyhow, I am enamored by clients like these and so happy to be sharing my photography with them.
We started out photographing in the freshly fallen snow and it was a perfect fit for the cowboy/cowgirl outfits. Samantha’s family has a ranch up in Montana so they are legit! Then we headed down to the beach at Edgewood and we had the most amazing light to work with as the sun faded across the Sierra Nevadas and beautiful Lake Tahoe.
(photographed at Heavenly Ski Resort South Lake Tahoe and Edgewood Country Club also in South Lake Tahoe)

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The first day I met Kindra and her mom, I knew that I wanted to photograph her wedding.  There is something about a bride who appreciates the artistic side of photography that melts my heart and Kindra did just that.  Then when I met Paul, I was stoked that I had another groom who I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt was totally in love with his fiancee and a great dude.  I could really see myself hanging out with someone like Paul in school, he’s just a cool, laid back guy that is genuine and down to earth.  These two are getting married next summer and I’m absolutely stoked to photograph their wedding in Stockton at Annunciation Cathedral.

We cruised around to some of the “less desireable” areas around town and then headed to an awesome field that was freshly cut just for us.  Kindra and Paul’s daughter came along for a few photos and I had a hard time not having her in every photo, cuteness overload.  So here are a few frames from our session.  Enjoy.