I feel like we’ve known this family forever – it started with us photographing their beautiful wedding almost three years ago and then with us taking Julia’s maternity pictures just a few days before baby Anna was born. Finally, few days ago we got to meet little Anna and take some portraits of her on the day of her 2nd Birthday!

Here are my favorites:

Anna is such a happy baby! She’s just adorable and full of energy! It was more of a cute pink hurricane then a little girl :)

This one is definitely one of my favorites, I feel like you can really see Anna’s fun personality here :)

Mike got a quick shot of me shooting. I have to say it was quite a workout :)

It was awesome to see you guys! Happy Bday Anechka!

Philana and Michael’s beautiful wedding took place at The Westin on Market in San Francisco. It might sound counter-intuitive but we were excited to see that it was a bit overcast in the city on this day. It’s interesting that the best light outdoors can be found when the sky has at least a few clouds and preferably no direct sunlight. This was especially great because we had a good amount of time allocated for Philana and Michael’s portraits.

The first spot we explored was the De Young museum in Golden Gate Park. While there were definitely many people in the area, thanks to the awesome light we were really able to get some great portraits of the entire bridal party. This location is just perfect on a cloudy day.

Our second spot was a lively pier near The Embarcadero and Broadway. Despite the full sun we were also able to capture some fun and spontaneous moments. Philana and Michael’s ceremony and reception took place at The Westin on Market and we enjoyed shooting the rest of their glamorous wedding day. Big congratulations to this lovely couple!!

It was so awesome to see Natalya and Robert, our bride and groom from last year, as wedding guests:

Jen and Nino’s awesome engagement session is being featured on San Francisco Style Unveiled! I absolutely love this stylish blog as it always publishes the latest and greatest local events. It’s also incredibly useful for wedding planning as I’m constantly picking up new ideas from it. We’re thrilled to have our work featured on it once again!

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