I love it when I have my full crew supporting each other, it allows me to step outside to create images like this lit foreground silhouette...

This gem of a venue boasted of old growth trees surrounding the mansion and lots of intricate detail and character in every room...

Natasha and Francisco (aka Frankie) had a unique and visually compelling wedding, they both come from two different backgrounds and they merged them together on their wedding day...

So just because a wedding venue isn't open to the public it doesn't mean it's not available.  If you want to build your own wedding and bring your vendors to a remote location you simply need to connect with...

I honestly can say this is one of my top five wedding venues, from a photographer's perspective it's a breeze for any bride and groom because all of the formal photo locations are all within a few steps of each other...

One of my goals was to bring out the player's character off the field and not just depict them as tough guys who don't smile.  I had a few tricks to get the players to laugh...

Emotion comes in many forms and we love to focus on those perfect moments, especially during a twirl, our NBA sports photography and newspaper journalism roots were in high gear...

Last week I started off my wedding season by photographing Erin and Gary's wedding at Casa Real in Pleasanton.  To my surprise the lobby received an overhaul this past off season and it looks fantastic!...

This multi wedding venue review is for couples who are looking for a beautiful wedding space that is also a great bang for your buck in the Bay Area...

Here is a natural light technique I like to capture by chasing the sunset, that being poses and backgrounds that use the sun to create a hair light effect, notice how it separates the couple from the background...

Jennifer and John were the perfect couple to photograph, they gave my assistant and I more than just a beautiful wedding to capture, they gave us an empty canvas and every color we could want to paint a beautiful picture throught the day...

The best kept secret in wedding venues of 2016 was a perfect place to have a halloween themed wedding, Kelly and Brians wedding was so elegant and so much fun!

We had just enough time before sunset to make a few images in the forest and give Ashley and Omar the best of both worlds, their motorcycle look and a traditional look...

Giving couples great images every time you go out on a shoot is a challenge I love to face and ending a shoot at sunset is always a winning recipe for a fun photoshoot...

Vanessa and Ben chose to have an evening engagement photo shoot and as a result their pictures from this session and their wedding boasted of bold beautiful colors...

When I think back to Trista and Larry's wedding what stands out to me is how easy going their wedding day was, the amount of time I had to photograph stylized formal portraits allowed for great "city" images...

The bait used to keep this a secret from Louisa was great, she had no idea what was coming... 

Linh and Tri are one of those couples that makes you feel like you are an integral part of their inner circle, as well as their choice to photograph their most important day of their lives.

The 100+ year old Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey had a beautiful infinity pool which made for an excellent foreground to this portrait.   

I love enviromental portraits!  What's the secret to squeezing in a huge building such as the Bently Reserve in San Francisco's financial district when the building is 20' away and takes up the whole block?