MaryAnne & Lester :: San Francisco |engaged|

When I first read Maryanne's email, I knew we were going to get along. She was so honest and sweet. I seriously couldn't wait to meet her and Lester. Initially, our planned session fell through but we rescheduled and started our day at the BART station. I truly had such a great time with them. It felt as if we were all long time friends jut hanging out. Maryanne offered to take me around the next time I'm up again so can't wait to hang out! :) And to top off the night, Maryanne & Lester were kind enough to buy me dinner at Espetus, an all you can eat Brazilian BBQ restaurant. I gotta say. It was delicious! Thank you guys for all the laughs, conversation and dinner!

San Francisco = bikes. :) Love it.


This was the first shot I took. Literally a second later, people were going up and down the escalators. I was real lucky to get a few seconds of emptiness.


The BART Station.






Before we hopped on, I had to get a blurred, motion shot of the subway.




Girl knows how to work it.


We got off and just started wandering around. The place below is a food joint Maryanne & Lester stop by frequently after work. I love capturing couples in "their" locations. It gives you a glimpse into their lives and nothing is more personal or special than having a couple take you to their spots.








Maryanne told me how she's worried Lester won't smile with his teeth on the day of the wedding. But I think he'll do just fine.




LOVE it.




City Hall.


One last shot on the BART. I seriously could have shot at the station all day.


We got off at Mission and decided to walk around. But we didn't even get past a block because we had too much fun at the one intersection in front of my sister's loft. Here's a wall I had been eye-ing since I got to San Francisco.






Damn. The girl's on FIRE here. Gotta love the wind going through her hair. :) My fav shot of the day.






I had my eye on this spot too. :)


So cute.








:)


Another smile with teef. :)


By the time we wrapped up, it was getting dark real fast. We shot for more than 2 hours but it didn't even feel like it because we were having so much fun. I love when that happens. And I give major props to Lester. Usually the guys are done after an hour or so, but Lester was the sweetest and most patient guy ever. He'll do anything for Maryanne.


And I leave you with the image below. I love how it turned out. Happy Monday everyone!


Maryanne & Lester! You guys seriously rocked it. Much love. Little KiiiSSS BiiIIIggg KisssSSS.

Michelle :: San Francisco |portrait|

During my stay in San Francisco, I had a mini session with one of my sister's friend. Love that she's so spunky and quirky.

When we shot this session, it was the day of their celebration party. Michelle's boyfriend and his partner are the creators of Epic Pet Wars. The game was approved by Apple a while back so you can download the game to your Iphone if you haven't done so already. And Michelle was the designer of all the characters for the game. How cool is that? So the party was basically a celebration of all their hard work and because they had successfully sold their company. Isn't that amazing? Such an awesome achievement at such a young age. Congrats guys!

Here's Michelle. :)


I love having flare in my images. They remind me of bubbles.


CUTE!


LOVE LOVE this picture in sepia.








My 2nd Fav. Michelle looks adorable here.




My fav of the day. I don't know why, but every time I look at this image, I feel Hollywood. Like a singer walking the streets of Hollywood at dusk... trying to make it. I sound crazy. but that's how i feel. LoL.

Lisa & Sihong :: San Francisco |engaged|

Lisa & Sihong met during undergrad at Stanford and have been together for 5.5 years. After a few email exchanges, I met this sweet couple at The Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. I expected the weather to be consistent, but ofcourse the day turned out to be extremely overcast and cold with a few sprinkles here and there.

AND! After the session, I got completely lost. I had a feeling I was going the wrong way, but the street I was on had small poles dividing the street into 2 lanes, so I couldn't even make a U-turn. So I crossed the Golden Gate Bridge with NO cash in my wallet. It doesn't cost money to leave the city, but you need $6 to get back. So I went to Sausalito, found an ATM machine, pulled out some cash, snapped a few pictures of the area before it got completely dark and raced back to my sister's house. Despite all that, it really doesn't matter because I had a great time shooting Lisa & Sihong. And I finally got to see the bridge in all it's glory even though the fog was covering 99.9% percent of it. On to the pictures!

I was so happy the swan was somewhat still so I could grab a quick shot of it.






Loving the smile!






One of my favorite sets.


I love this picture. That's how cold it was, folks. Lisa rocks.






So sweet. Here's Sihong warming up Lisa's hands.






Adorable.


Love this image too.


But. This is my fav from the day. I love everything about it. The wind in her hair. The wind in her dress. Lisa on her toes. Everything came together so well.




Another gust of cold wind. But cute picture! :)








And here's the 2 of them walking off.


Lisa & Sihong! Thanks so much for being such troopers and braving the cold! You guys were awesome! :)



And here are the few images I got of Sausalito:

So I will always remember where the ATM is.


How awesome would it be to live right there?




I really like this image, but it's kinda freaky. Looks like a scene from a scary movie. :p


Happy Hump Day!