Check out Molly and Beau’s San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge engagement session! Molly and Beau are Portland natives who have been living in the Bay Area for a little over five years. They have decided to move back up north soon, but wanted to shoot in front of San Francisco’s defining landmark before doing so! When Molly and I talked during our consultation, she was looking for a great location with the Golden Gate Bridge. I knew the perfect place! I mentioned to Molly that I have been up here multiple times, but have never shot with a couple. Molly and Beau were SO down, as was I! I was super excited for this shoot, and fortunately we even moved the original shoot date earlier. Despite the wind, Molly and Beau were awesome, others might say that they went with the “flow” – see what I did there 😉 Here are pictures from their dreamy Golden Gate engagement session!

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Darrick and Faye are a power couple. I don’t know how else to explain them. Darrick, an industrial design manager, and Faye, a doctor. That’s a pretty badass couple! Being that this was my first session with a couple since the shutdown back in March, I was bit nervous, but in a good way! Why the nerves? I’ve been itching to shoot weddings and couples since the start of summer, it was the type of nervousness you get when you finally get something that you’ve been wanting  for so long, and to top it off, I got to work with an amazing couple! Darrick and Faye made this session a fun, yet relaxing experience. Prior to the session, we have planned what shots they’d want at each of the locations, as well as a detailed schedule on how we would approach the three locations in one day. In the end it was a breeze and worked out perfectly.

Before hitting Baker Beach, we shot at two different locations Pier 7 and the Palace of Fine arts. At Pier 7, I was able to get some nice shots of Faye and Darrick with the pier in the foreground and the city in the background. This location is unique because it shows some significant characteristics of the San Francisco. It shows how unique the city can be due to it being right next to water. To top it off, the Transamerica building (aka the pyramid building) is placed in the center of the background. Though there was foot traffic at times, it was light enough to get a lot of shots without photobombers. After finishing up at Pier 7, we then made our way to the Palace of Fine arts.

The Palace is always a nice place to shoot because of its tall, tan columns and unique dome. Being there has an ancient Greece, “Hercules” feel to it- It’s a very elegant place to be and shoot at. While we were there, we strolled around the area and took shots at various spots. One of my favorite spots to shoot at is the tall, green doors.  This is always a nice spot to get those minimalistic photos. Faye and Darrick’s outfits were perfect in front of the doors!

By the time we were heading to Baker Beach it was nearing sunset. I should mention that this was one of those rare perfect days in San Francisco. By that I mean that the weather was perfect from morning to nighttime! This was great, however, because of the perfect weather, the parking lot at Baker Beach was PACKED! After about 30 min, I was finally able to get a parking spot to meet with Faye and Darrick again. Everything about the beach was perfect- Faye and Darrick, the weather, and just the overall vibe. It was so fun. By the time we started shooting, the sun was just starting to set beyond the horizon. I was able to get some shots with the warm sunlight on the lovely couple before the soft, dreamy light came in. at first, I was trying so hard not to get wet, but after seeing Faye and Darrick having fun in the water, I told myself “screw it, this moment is too special not to document from the water”. At Baker Beach, Darrick and Faye were in their own world having fun while I was off to the side just documenting their love. It was dreamlike- The sky was almost pink, the weather was perfect, people were out and about. I couldn’t imagine a better day to do their Baker Beach session. These are the moments where I feel so fortunate to work with couples. They bring the best out in each other and I am a sucker for capturing these moments for them. Here are Faye and Darrick’s photos from their Baker Beach engagement session.

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Irene and Mario were amazing. I already had envisioned what I wanted to do with them before the session. We did the shoot fairly early in the morning at 9AM. It was Spring time in San Francisco and was freezing with Karl the Fog lingering around. Perfect. We started off at the pool, a well-known spot for pictures with beautiful reflections. Although I was about 60 feet away from the couple, they were able to hear my poses as I shouted them out. I’m sure other lurkers thought this was funny…or that I was crazy! At one moment, there were a flock of seagulls, I felt that this was the best shot from that pool set.

After we got done with the pool, we found what looked to be maybe abandoned, brick bathhouses(?). The rustic, abandoned brick looked so good with the Karl the Fog! Here I was directing poses, trying to explain scenes from a movie. This was something new that I have never done prior. I learned this by observing photosets from those Facebook groups. Irene and Mario picked up very well on it and had a good time with it! Irene and Mario did a quick outfit change before moving to our next spot.

We then walked up to Lands End and found some private parts in the woods. Upon walking around in the woods, there was this BEAUTIFUL spot the looked out into the ocean. The spot looked as if trees had been purposely separated to create a natural window looking out to Pacific Ocean. Because of all the fog, it was completely white with no visibility of the ocean whatsoever. I was able to create some nice silhouettes here and went for a minimalistic vibe. We ended our shoot with some floor poses. Irene would lie in Mario’s body, I just told them to imagine that you are on a date. They did just that, they ignored me and the poses came naturally.

Irene and Mario, thank you so much for this moment. Thank you for being you. Thank you for giving me a chance and opening my eyes to this path. I wish y’all the best!

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