Wedding Documentary Photography and Videography Blog

Kelly and Harrison are getting married on September 25, 2010 and we are doing both the still and motion photography at their wedding! To warm up a bit before the big day, we hit Stanford University for an engagement session.

Since I did not have the chance to meet Harrison when I met Kelly, this was a great opportunity to get to know the groom and see what angles, lighting, and poses worked best for them. I find these shoots most helpful and they only take about an hour.

We did a couple outfit changes and tried out a variety of poses. Best of all, the shoot allowed me to talk to my bride and groom to get to know them better. I did not even realize Harrison basically grew up down the street from me and went to all the same schools as I did. Small world indeed!

We had a lot of fun and I cannot wait for their big day. Here are a few from our shoot! Enjoy!

I am so excited for Alexis and Atheer (Theo, as he goes by). They are great people and we know we will have lots of good times with them covering their special day in September. They took direction so well but really did not even need any. Almost none of these images are photoshopped very much because they have pretty darn good features if I must say so myself.

We have been shooting a lot at the bow and arrow in San Francisco since it is such a diverse place. You got grass, ocean, big clock tower, huge bow and arrow art piece, as well as the Bay Bridge!

Thanks for all the love and support everyone. Check out some pics!

Mehvish and Omar are having a four day wedding event on July 15-18, 2010. We are super excited to be documenting their day with both stills and cinema coverage. To have a little fun before the big week of festivities we headed over to San Francisco for an engagement shoot next to the large bow and arrow art piece next to the ball park. Mehvish and Omar parked at the ballpark and ended up walking all the way to the bow and arrow which, was far so I felt kind of bad about that. Not to mention, it was freezing cold and windy. Probably the worst conditions to do a shoot besides rain or sand storm!

Both Mehvish and Omar didn’t mind much though and they were awesome to photograph. They both are very REAL people who love to travel and are genuinely interested in the world (like I am)! We were not able to make it down to the beach as planned because it was just too cold but we had fun at any rate. Here are few of my favorites and be sure to stay tuned for their wedding images in July!

Sima and Sushil recently hired us to photograph their upcoming wedding in August of this year. It was our last available slot for this summer and I am so glad they got it.
We quickly set up an engagement shoot and had a blast doing it this past weekend in San Francisco. I really liked how much Sima and Sushil love each other. They both are so comfortable just “kicking it”, and in return, that allowed me to focus more on the creative side, as opposed to the “trying to make my subjects comfortable” vibe.

We headed down to Golden Gate Park where we could simply drive around and look for excellent spots to shoot in. Whenever I saw an interesting background, beautiful back light. or ambiance I wanted to go for, we could simply pull over, get a few shots and keep on moving. This allowed us to get a wide variety of shots without wasting too much time. After the park, we headed down to Baker Beach, where got a stunning view of the Golden Gate Bridge without any fog! The wind and cold could have been a lot worse since it is still only Spring but the weather was perfect and we stayed long after every other engagement shoot had finished!

I prefer to shoot a little in the dark so I can create some back lighting effects with off camera flash, triggered by Pocket Wizards and Radio Poppers. With front soft fill flash, and a more hard and directional light in the back, we obtained a look that is pretty unique.

Below are some of our favorite photos. We hope you enjoy! BTW: Very little PhotoShop was used. We did most of our tweaks right within Lightroom 2!