Wedding Documentary Photography and Videography Blog

It was the day before Valentine’s Day, a picture perfect day in San Francisco. I met up with Manisha and Viv at the famous, Palace of Fine Arts and within a minute or so just started shooting away. Before I knew it an hour and a half had passed! That’s when you know it’s a great shoot because it just flows, feels natural, and is a ton of fun. These two are awesome. Smart, funny, and extremely nice! That’s the best way to describe them. I am really looking forward to doing both the photography and filmmaking on their wedding in May 2o10. Here are some of our favorites. We love comments so please drop us a line and tell us what you think!

Isn’t it true that love starts with a glance?

Being held in his arms makes everything okay.

Perfect relaxed portrait.

This is a fun low angle shot. I liked the trees in the background.

Beautiful view at the Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco

Sometimes the woman takes control…

Sometimes the man leads the way….

Capturing the moment is my ultimate goal. This is the stuff you can’t stage!

Wonderful smile

Maritza and Jess could not have picked a better evening to do their engagement shoot in San Francisco! We started at Baker beach and then went over to Lombard Street, and finally over to the Embarcadero. We had a great time, such a great time, that I didn’t even care that we came back to my car at Baker Beach, only to find the gate had been locked by the rangers and I was possibly going to have to wait until morning to get my car. But that would be crazy right? So Jess, drives around, finds a ranger, then tells them about the car, and they send someone to unlock the gate in ten minutes. Pretty exhilerating way to end the shoot but I do say, it felt good driving home that night!

The photos posted below are some of our favorites. For these I used Lightroom, then imported them into Nik Software’s Viveza and Color Pro to do some more effects. Blemishes were removed in Adobe PhotoShop CS4 and the camera was the Canon 5D Mark II. If anyone is interested in seeing some videos on effects, leave a comment of what you want to learn and I will make something!