Other Venues:  Sutro Heights Park,  Legion of Honors

Reception:  King Wah Restaurant

Engagement Session

I was up north this weekend covering the Wedding of Jacqueline and Spencer. Going through the security scanners at the airport was a breeze this time – the lines the short because I can only surmise that folks were afraid of flying on the 10th anniversary of 9/11.

The day (09/10/11) was extremely popular for Weddings. We must have bumped into four other Wedding parties at the various venues we photographed at.

A beautiful serenade of Bruno Mars’  “Just the way you are” song.

Mason recently started turning and sleeping on his tummy at night. With the fear of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) properly drilled into me from Doctors, parenting books and online web resources, you can image that I was cautiously fearful for my son’s well-being. Everytime I check and discover him in this “dangerously compromising” position, I’m torn between letting my boy sleep or taking a chance that flipping him tummy-side up would wake him up and start a bout of endless wailing.  He’s been turning back around more often during the day, so my fear of nighttime SIDS have been assuaged somewhat. What do some of you new parents do in my situation?

How adorable does Hanna look in her outfits?

Cute pose! Hanna actually doesn’t like hats too much. I captured the photograph below as she reached up to pull off the hat.

Hanna loves bananas!

Yup, that’s Sophia on the right.

My little angel is as devious as she looks below.

I had a dual purpose for traveling up north to San Francisco this past weekend. The first reason was to cover Serena & Parker’s wedding banquet at the Koi Palace on Saturday, and then to hold Spencer and Jacqueline’s engagement session at the Palace of Fine Arts and The Embarcadero on Sunday.  The weather was a mixed blessing. It was raining and cold, but the overcast clouds became a big soft box to filter the Sun rays down on the cute couple. Just admire the glow of light on their skin in the photographs below.

I almost missed this spot between the pillars. Jacqueline is back lit from light in the clearing behind her and subtle light is filtered  down from above and in front of her. I could not decide which perspective of Jackie I liked better so I included them both below.

The location on the right photograph below is in the alley/dock area of a building on Embarcadero. There were two gentlemen of questionable intent hanging out and rollin’ a fat dubie just to the left of where I was standing to photograph Spencer and Jackie. The fellas weren’t too much of a concern. They just sat there and watched as Spencer and Jackie balanced on the five inch deep ledge.

A crowd of people gathered and started snapping their cameras as we posed for the photographs below. As you can see, the wet masonry didn’t stop the two from posing for a good photograph.

Yummy! Check out the beautiful cupcake arrangement.

I’m not sure what got these newlyweds all giddy and “luvy-duvy”,  but I’m pleased to have captured this moment for them.

“Ice on Ice” is the result of my creative play during some downtime while everyone was eating.

The Red Cheese photo booth was a real big hit with the guests. The printed photographs coming out were better than most I’ve seen.

Here is the Groom’s long time friend having a bit of fun as the night ended.

I recognize many of their faces since I shot Will’s cousin’s wedding last year. The little ones are still just as cute.

Their wedding was held at the beautiful Bridges Golf Club. The celebration was an intimate affair with only close friends and family. The Asian-style banquet will be in January with about 250 guests. I’ll fly up again to photograph the event.

The weatherman predicted a 90% of rain on Saturday.  The rain was very heavy at times and Serena worried about the weather putting a damper on the celebration as well as limiting our opportunities for photography. Despite the weather, everyone had a great night of eating, dancing, and celebrating. We maximized the 10% chance of dry weather and produced a great set of images that Serena and Parker will cherish for a very long time.

I  trekked through a forest of trees, shrubs and mud to find the vantage point below.

Parker, who is a photographer, already has a nice set of gear, but decided to borrow my second camera while I was distracted photographing his Bride.

I noticed throughout the night that Parker’s parents would step outside for a breather. I don’t know if it was the fresh crisp air after a rain that drove them out or they simply wanted to steal a kiss. I kept my eye on them and captured the moment below.  It is inspirational to see how much love remains after 27 years. I hope these lovebirds don’t mind this post of them.

Be sure to book your sessions early so we have sufficient time to order the enlargements in time for the Christmas holiday.