New York + San Francisco by way of Hawaii?

Well, yes, if you’re Mimi and Steve.

He’s from the Big Apple, and she’s a native San Francisco — and they met through a mutual acquaintance who happens to live in Hawaii.

That may sound a wee bit complicated, but their senses of humor certainly are not.

We had a great time walking about fog-bound Golden Gate Park, chatting (and trying to stay warm), getting some great shots, before heading down to the waterfront to see whether it was going to be the Giants or the Yankees.

Take a look for yourself!

(We had a blast and look forward to their wedding this fall.)

Last week we photographed Richard and Winnie engagement portraits.  If Richard looks vaguely familiar, well, that’s because he was a groomsman from the wedding of Jacqueline and Jeff, whom we photographed several years ago.

And Winnie, well, she is the sister of Alice, whose wedding with John we photographed just weeks ago.

Anyway, it was a typical San Francisco summer, which is to say, yeah the city was socked in fog, and buffeted with wind.  We started at the newly remodeled Palace of Fine Arts and actually found a great refuge away from the wind and fog. Sort of.

Through it all they kept a fantastic sense of humor and we got some great shots.

Then it was off to Crissy Field and a “view” of the bridge.

We had a lot of fun and Richard kept Winnie warm throughout — great job, Richard.

We’ll see them in a few months for their big day.

Alice and John have chemistry — and not just the type that makes rockets fly

We started off at the Ferry Building and wandered by the tasty mushroom cart (recipes, anyone?) We then veered off towards Miette while ogling the tasty sweets.

What is fun about the Ferry Building (aside from all the great food vendors) is that it near such a fantastic urban core. Alice and John romped around the Embarcadero plaza, found a space ship that was apparently about to head to far off distant lands and a giant cupid’s bow and arrow.

What showed through all of this was how well they laugh together. Truly the ingredient to a perfect relationship!

Tina and Erik are true foodies. Witness the fact that we met up at a local grocers, followed by a quick jaunt to taste cupcakes at Sibby’s (“Red Velvet” seemed to have been the consensus favorite, although the Lemon Meringue was met with two thumbs up as well!).

After that we roamed around downtown San Mateo, visiting the rose garden, a playground before finally calling it a day in front of some local historic murals.

Tina and Erik definitely have great senses of humor and were a joy to work with, and we look forward to their wedding this fall.

Sometimes you don’t know when a good thing is staring you in the face.

Jeanne and Clif had “known” each other since kindergarten. But they never really talked.  Well, at least not in that way.

That was until many years later in college.  That was 3 years ago and now, well now, they realize what was right in front of them the whole time!

We had the pleasure of laughing and hiking around Crissy Field and Fort Point with Sarah and Dan. We do mean PLEASURE! The wind was blowing and Sarah was in a beautiful, but not too warm of a dress. Happily she had her own personal heater by the name of Dan.

They have amazing chemistry — in every action you could see how much they savored each other’s company.

We hope you enjoy the images as much as we did in capturing them.

We look forward to photographing their wedding this Fall.

Dragons, laughter and love.

They are all real!

Recently, we had the fun of exploring the Albany Bulb with Margaret and Jonathan. It rained all morning, threatening to cancel the shoot. However, around noon the sun came out and we had a perfect day.

We wandered around the random pieces of art, through fields and came upon a dragon sculpture. It just seemed to scream “climb me!” and Jonathan and Margaret were only too happy to oblige.

They are best friends, as you can tell, as they laughed and walked around the beautiful and unique Albany Bulb.

We are looking forward to photographing their wedding.

The early spring weather found Chrissy & Craig laughing and cuddling in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. They are a couple that knows how to laugh and giggle. We wandered around the area near the new De Young Museum, before heading down along John F Kennedy, Jr. Drive down to the windmill and then Ocean beach for the sunset.

Chrissy and Craig were a joy to work with, and we look forward to photographing their wedding this coming summer.

Here are some teasers from the engagement shoot:

Angel & Benjamin had never been to the U.S. until just over a week ago when they spent their vacation in California, with a final stop in San Francisco.

As luck would have it, they picked the perfect day (as it was storming just days before).

We were honored they wanted engagement portraits as souvenirs of their stay. Being from Hong Kong, they mentioned how much more relaxed we were, here in a city of 800,000 people, compared with Hong Kong’s 7 million. Whew!

So we met up in Fisherman’s Wharf, where they were staying, and headed out for a less touristy area. It just so happened that in a small office park, “cherry” blossoms were abloom, and how!

You couldn’t ask for a more picturesque backdrop.

Afterward, we did head out to a more San Franciscan landmark.

Angel & Benjamin, it was truly a pleasure to work with you – congratulations!

You never know what an act of kindness might lead to one day.

Take Jaclyn and Matt, for example. Ten years ago, they were freshman destined for classes in UC Davis’ Wellman Hall. However, they didn’t have classes together. Instead, fate had them meet as dormmates living on the same floor. You see, Jaclyn was having problems with her computer, and Matt just happened to have some computer expertise (something to do with being an EECS major) and offered to help…

So, who knew then…?

That years later, he’d propose to her in the parking lot of that very same dorm.

And just last weekend, we’d trek to that very same parking lot to meet up with them to shoot their engagement portraits!

They picked the right weekend for the shoot. Fall session had not begun yet, so we basically had the entire campus to ourselves (and various maintenance crews).

We first shot near their old dorm (instead of in it, since it was fenced off), went to check out the MU (also fenced off), the Quad (which was beautiful), the Library’s Egghead installation, a random yellow “school bus”, Wellman Hall, and the Arboretum.

One thing that stood out about that campus for me is that it’s FLAT, and thus conducive to bicycles and scooters, the latter of which was Jaclyn and Matt’s choice of transportation during their time there.

As we ended the session, they were gracious enough to treat us to dinner at Woodstock’s Pizza, a local sports bar.  The food was great, as was the conversation, and we found out that Jaclyn’s a ringer foosball player.

We wish to congratulate Jaclyn and Matt on their engagement, and for sharing some of their history at UC Davis with us. We are so looking forward to your wedding next year!