Liz and Joey Engagements, coming soon

Winners of my annual engagement giveaway contest, Liz and Joey, on this gloriously sunny day at the beach... coming soon!

Aditi and Michael's Engagements, coming soon!

So beautiful, so in love, and so much fun! We did lots and lots of giggling and shooting.

Stacy and Christoph's engagements, San Francisco - featured on Wedding Chicks.com!

Stacy and Christoph's engagement session was beautiful and so fun! We got to explore their fantastic Russian Hill apartment (inside and on the roof), and a fabulous SF park I hadn't been to before.



And Wedding Chicks loved it enough to feature on their blog!















































They had this cool ampersand thing in their living room, which I thought would be so fun for playing around on the roof!





Then we headed to the lovely Sutro Heights Park, where Christoph used to go with his grandmother to play... I want to go back, it is just gorgeous!























Thanks Stacy, Christoph, and Ginger the dog! I can't wait for your lovely wedding in July!

Jamie and Lane, couple portraits, their home, San Rafael

Lane and I went to high school together, so it had been a long, long time since we had seen each other in person. Thank heavens for social networking! I had the pleasure of meeting his wife, Jamie, and their energetic pup, Allie, and photographing them all despite the pouring rain, in their lovely San Rafael home. I love being forced to stay inside in bad weather and finding interesting light and backdrops where you might not think to look - keeps me working, and I'm so happy with what we came up with here. Who needs sunshine and vineyards anyway?!





I love the series of expressions Jamie goes through here - I don't know how she can be so beautiful when, not only am I forcing them to roll around on the ground, but Allie is trying to lick everyone's face off, but it just works.











Simple and sweet:











Cozy and moody:





I love these three!











Just so pretty and clean: