Jody & Mick | UC Berkeley Campus | Campanile | Engagement Shoot

Things are heating up around here!  We've got 2 more engagement shoots and 6 more weddings to post in the next couple weeks.  Yikes!  How fast can we work...hmmm, time to crack the whip!  

Mick and Jody's engagement shoot was so fun to shoot.  They were so comfortable in front of the camera and were able to just talk to each other the whole time as if I wasn't even there.  We got just hang out and talk a lot too on the Berkeley campus.  It felt like I was a student there again, just watching everyone walk on by, except this time I had a big camera and not a backpack on my person.  

This is like my billionth time I've shot on campus, so it's getting harder and harder to come up with new shots.  How many times can I shoot the Campanile from a different angle?  But, we managed to try different things and that always leads to even better shots.  

So thanks guys for being troopers and doing all sorts of silly things on campus!  Can't wait to shoot your wedding in 11 days! 


Campanile take #45,900,882!

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Love the color of the blue sky on these.  Ingrid just rocked it on the post processing.

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Love this series!   

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Love me some backlight!

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Love me some flair! 

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Venice & Yoshi | DeYoung Museum | Golden Gate Park | San Francisco | Engagement Session

My time with Venice and Yoshi was so chill.  We met in front of the DeYoung Museum inside Golden Gate Park on a sunny afternoon.  The DeYoung and the park always makes for a fun canvas.  I actually woke up that morning with racing thoughts of inspiration for this shoot.  In an effort to constantly keep things fresh, I'm always looking for things to inspire me.  This time it was the thought of freedom.  The freedom to shoot whatever comes to mind and just go for it. Freedom from any rules about how to shoot an engagement session.  Within, some boundaries of course.  It wouldn't be very useful if I just did macro shots of their third fingernails. 

Hanging out with you guys was so relaxing and informative!  I can't wait to see you guys for your wedding on Sunday. 

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Holding hands is out.  Pinky holds are in.  They've actually been doing this for many years now. 

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 Her smile is gorgeous.

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Crazy times! 

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I have no idea what this was, but it was huge.  And kinda scary jumping up and down on it with them. 

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 Venice's favorite watch version 2.  She lost the first one, so Yoshi bought her another one.  Ingrid has a boy's watch too, so we related on that level.

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 Infinity couple.

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Shooting in harsh mid-day light can make for some interesting images. 

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For some reason I can't stop looking at this one.

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