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CARRIE & AARON | STINSON BEACH PHOTOGRAPHY | STINSON BEACH COMMUNITY CENTER WEDDING

willy johnson March 27, 2019

Carrie and Aaron love experiencing the outdoors and have adventured all over the world together exploring epic back country. They chose Stinson Beach as the place to bring together some of their special people to celebrate in the midst of its natural world beauty and dynamic environment. Banks of fog rolled in periodically adding atmosphere throughout the day, but it was all sunshine during the ceremony. After the wedding and portraits above the beach along a ridge, we headed off to the Stinson Beach Community Center for the rest of the festivities. A beautiful day.

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San Francisco City Hall is a magical place that is always humming during business hours with the people’s work. It also has a continuous flow of tourists soaking in all of it’s architectural grandiosity, with an added spark of lovers eloping or having small weddings with friends and family. It’s a beautiful energy. Had a lovely time with Mais and Ashley as they got the full City Hall wedding treatment with these fun and adorable portraits, a great judge that added depth and wisdom to the ceremony, with their best friends at their side. Adding to this singular happening was a group of sightseers, straight off of the tour bus, gazing and adding their love and encouragement to the newly weds. It was amazing. Check it out.

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November 15, 2022

Alex and Joey got married The Clift Royale Senestra Hotel in San Francisco. It was a sweet natured affair with lots of fun. It is always beautiful to be surrounded by that loving energy. Their ceremony took place on the top floor. Awesome portraits were had out on the balcony overlooking a vast expanse of San Francisco, with a little fog coming in from the west. My wife was a champ in being there to pick us up after the ceremony, so we didn’t have to mess around with an uber/lyft, in going for a quick and efficient portrait session at Huntington Park, atop Nob Hill. Later the reception was back at the hotel. A touching reel of the couple as kids played for the party, and I’m not going to lie to you - I shed a tear. Their deejay was spinning vinyl and had impeccable taste and kept the grooves and the people going. It was really a treat to get to document their special day.

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November 15, 2022
AGS MASTERMINDS | ROSE ROOM | VENICE BEACH EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY
November 10, 2022
AGS MASTERMINDS | ROSE ROOM | VENICE BEACH EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY
November 10, 2022

Did research to get the best breakfast burrito in Venice Beach where the AGS Masterminds Los Angeles event was taking place. $28 later it turns out AGS in the Rose Room had three types of breakfast burritos to choose from. Oy! My luck improved from there though and I ended up getting some great shots telling the story, and having a fun time while I was at it. Capturing all the people, places and things in this event photography. Once everything wrapped up, my man, Koren, the videographer and I hit up the boardwalk for 15 minutes or so to document that interesting scene. Stay to the end for those. Enjoy!

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November 10, 2022
DAVID & STEPHANIE | SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF FLOWERS | ENGAGEMENT
June 1, 2022
DAVID & STEPHANIE | SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF FLOWERS | ENGAGEMENT
June 1, 2022

David reached out to me wanting to get an engagement proposal documented live. High stress material for all involved. Many props to David and his cojones for going for it. He shot and he hit nothing but net. Stephanie was joyous. Once I was unveiled to both parties we kept it pretty mellow, sweet and romantic as we explored the Conservatory of Flowers and then a mini adventure in the surrounding area of the Golden Gate Park. Got lots of lovely shots of these two cuties and a few solid shots of the viridescent plant life in the conservatory.

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June 1, 2022
MIRAMONTE HIGH SCHOOL PROM | CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES | SAN FRANCISCO PROM
May 15, 2022
MIRAMONTE HIGH SCHOOL PROM | CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES | SAN FRANCISCO PROM
May 15, 2022

Photographing the Miramonte High School prom was an absolute joy. It was filled with nostalgia from my perspective, witnessing all of the rituals, the awkward moments, the jubilation, the horsing around and of course, some burgeoning romances. My proms and homecomings were typically in our High School gym and these youngsters were balling out at the California Academy of Science museum - incredible. I found them way more mature and cooler than what I remember from my youth and these kids knew how to party and cut a rug. It was a blast. Check it out.

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May 15, 2022
GMID 2022 | SAN FRANCISCO PHOTOGRAPHER | THE WESTIN ST. FRANCIS HOTEL
April 20, 2022
GMID 2022 | SAN FRANCISCO PHOTOGRAPHER | THE WESTIN ST. FRANCIS HOTEL
April 20, 2022

Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID) 2022 went down at San Francisco’s Westin St Francis hotel bringing together parties from all over the event industry. There was awesome music, top-notch chefs bringing epic breakfast foods, photo booth fun and of course networking. I captured some fun moments and a few solid portraits of vendors and attendees. Check it out.

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April 20, 2022
SEENA & TRACEY | SAN FRANCISCO CITY HALL WEDDING
April 1, 2022
SEENA & TRACEY | SAN FRANCISCO CITY HALL WEDDING
April 1, 2022

Seena and Tracey got married at San Francisco City Hall. Beforehand Seena got ready at their place in the Marina district; while Tracey set up shop at the Ritz Carlton. Everything was easy going, fun, with love emanating. Friends and family all came together later at city hall for super sweet wedding officiated by a good friend. They did their reception that evening at the hip Monroe SF. DJ Primo Pitino manned the turntables; bringing the crowd to the dance floor with his beautiful ear for music and fog machine. A lovely day.

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April 1, 2022
AGS LOS ANGELES | MARINA DEL REY HOTEL | LOS ANGELES EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY
March 20, 2022
AGS LOS ANGELES | MARINA DEL REY HOTEL | LOS ANGELES EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY
March 20, 2022

AGS crew bringing the sunshine at their summit of marketing experts at the Marina Del Rey Hotel in Los Angeles. Lots of solid event and portrait photography to be had on this blog post. Please check it out.

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March 20, 2022
TED & SHAHIRA | SONOMA PHOTOGRAPHER | FAIRMONT SONOMA MISSION INN WEDDING
January 25, 2022
TED & SHAHIRA | SONOMA PHOTOGRAPHER | FAIRMONT SONOMA MISSION INN WEDDING
January 25, 2022

Ted and Shahira got married on a beautiful day at the Fairmont up in Sonoma. The vibes of their friends and family members was just amazing to be a part of. It’s obviously still hard work photographing big and intimate events, but when you really feel the love surrounding a couple on their special day, you just kind of float through the day with ease. Check out the awesome love of T & S.

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January 25, 2022
KONG SUMMIT 2021 | SAN FRANCISCO PHOTOGRAPHER | EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY
September 30, 2021
KONG SUMMIT 2021 | SAN FRANCISCO PHOTOGRAPHER | EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY
September 30, 2021

Kong are absoute pros on throwing events. So even though Covid placed limits on how they normally function they still made their imprint felt with a unique conference with big production value that their community could take part in from home. They had their usual content of the latest developments in their industry and great fireside chats with many experts with a host of incredible interludes during the two days from acts from individuals like Golden State Warriors home deejay, DJ Sharp, to the San Francisco Mariachi band, a fitness instructor, hip-hop freestyle emcee, a painter and other artists. It was great.

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September 30, 2021

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