Jerry Yoon // PHOTOGRAPHERS

We haven't blogged in a week or so, because we spent all last week in Texas at the Foundation Conference.  Learning from some of the best photographers out there is always a good thing.  It was the first year that the conference was put on and I must say it's probably been my favorite one out of the seven or so I've been to in the past.  So now we're super behind on blogging, but hopefully this next post will make up for it.  

It was another foggy San Francisco wedding day, but we love that as photographers, because it makes out for interesting lighting.  The sky is diffuse and the fog can add an element of mystery.  Some people worry that days like this will ruin the photography, but we love it.  Plus, we had an awesome couple like Meagan and Sperry to shoot with.  Shooting at the Legion of Honor can be difficult, because of how the architecture can just overwhelm the images.  Here's some highlights from the day.   

Photography by Jerry and Aubrey

This is a special one. Usually, I'd have to break into a place like this to get these pictures, but we actually got full permission to do it. William had to jump through so many hoops to find the right "guy" in charge and I'm so glad that he was determined, because it was seriously one of the best spots to do engagement photography in. Now if only I was able to do a wedding shoot here!

Sorry for the secretive nature of this post, but the owners requested that we don't post their location. For you savvy local folk, I'm sure you'll know this elusive photography spot. Thanks Aubrey, for coming out to shoot with me. You did an amazing job tag teaming them with me!

Athena and Pierce's wedding was a favorite of mine this year.  After having done wedding photography for 100+ guests for most of the season, it was a nice change to do a wedding with less than 20 guests.  Also, during the ceremony Athena and Pierce chose not to have music playing as she walked out.  I've never been to a wedding where that happened, so it was a welcoming surprise.  I don't know how to explain it with words exactly, but the effect was visceral and the air was pregnant with a calm tension.  Awkwardness was replaced by a raw joy.  I will remember it always.  

It was also very memorable to me because I shot the whole wedding by myself.  I don't even remember the last time I shot a wedding by myself or if I even have.  I had fun pushing myself the whole day and gained a new respect for wedding photographers that go it alone all the time.  There's almost no room for error.  Well, here are some of the highlights from their sweet day.  

Photography by Aubrey and Blake.

Celina and Josh had a short, sweet and intimate wedding at the Rockefeller Lodge in San Pablo.  Aubrey and I were enamored by their touches of whimsy. Vintage cigar boxes filled with crayons, draw-able paper as table cloths; no surprise then to learn that Josh's parents are impressive artists in their own right. That background surely was evident at the wedding. I have to admit that my favorites were the personalized monster finger puppets and toy robots! Celina and Josh have very sweet family's and it was great fun to share their day. As parents, uncles, nieces, and nephews danced their feet sore I found myself wishing my family danced so hard and so well.

-Blake

What do you do when you don't want to do what you did before?  You do what you gotta do and do it in style.  Here's the classic San Francisco engagement photography with slightly different twists.  April and Lennon, you have fun with your wedding in Hong Kong!

Photography by Aubrey and Blake.

I had the pleasure of shooting Ju Hui and Alvin's fun engagement shoot in San Francisco earlier this year and I'm excited to post this wedding shoot of theirs.  It was shot by our awesome team members, Aubrey and Blake, at the Palos Verdes Country Club down in LA.