Engagement Sessions in San Francisco

I ran into the City last weekend to help my friend Nathan, with a couple of engagement sessions. The weather couldn't have been better and we all had a terrific time.

We started at the Palace of Fine Arts with Karen & Jesse. Don't they look sweet?

Of course, I had to:


We also ran across the street to the beach by Crissy Field. I love this image with the bridge in the background. We were photographing on the top of a little sand dune to avoid having the huge crowd of people who were out enjoying the day in our shots.

Yeah, I had to do this too even though Nathan is going to kill me! hee, hee. Apparently you need a permit to do professional photography there so Nathan is getting a ticket. Of course, the benefit of being the lowly "assistant" is that the ranger never even talked to me even though I was hauling a camera, hip bag, and my flash on a stick. To all my photo buddies, this is truly 'shooting from the hip' (pretty good, huh?) as I didn't want to press my luck by documenting this event and getting caught doing it.

Karen and Jesse were such good sports. They got a laugh out of it as well. Welcome to California guys!

After all the excitement Nathan and I went back to the Palace to meet up with Jill and Lee. I love it when the sun goes down between the columns in the gazebo.

On to Baker Beach where Lee got a little wet. I love the expression on his face.

A different take on the ring shot.


We ended the evening with dinner at Bubba Gump's at Pier 39 with a ride on the carousel afterwards. Nathan has those photos so hopefully he'll post them up soon on his blog.

Happy wedding planning to you all!