Even Google Maps has a tough time finding Central Park in Santa Clara – my iPhone kept insisting I must drive to New York City if I wanted to meet Valerie and Mark for their engagement session! Luckily we all found our way there – even if we did start on opposite sides of this […]
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Any engagement shoot (heck, any shoot) that ends with beer and pizza with a nice couple is a WIN+ in my book. Rebekah and Anthony were kind enough to treat me to such after their e-session, so I suppose they enjoyed themselves during our time together. Long-time Fremont-area residents (they can trace their Fremont lineage […]
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Man I just *love* engagement sessions! Each one is different, and I never have a preconceived idea of how each is going to play out. It simply evolves from the subtle feedback I get as I start to work with a couple. One thing is pretty consistent, though – they are almost always romantic, fun, […]
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Wedding albums – the ultimate keepsake from one of the biggest days of your life. These days so many couples skip the album in lieu of digital files, and while we, the professional photographers, must adapt to the online lifestyle and wants of our clientele, it’s nice to know that the physical wedding album hasn’t […]
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This couple is simply adorable, from the moment I met them (only six weeks ago), I knew we’d all try our hardest to make our working relationship happen. When you connect with someone right away, you really hope the business side of things don’t get in the way. Jen and Steve are so great; from […]
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Tiia and Justin are a really sweet couple, if not a little shy on the outset. I think they felt comfortable with me, though, and let some of their true personality shine through. I know it’s not easy when a complete stranger tells you how to touch your fiance, where this hand and that arm […]
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I love it when my clients have the same sarcastic funny bone as myself, there’s always those few first minutes of meeting someone where you’re treading on unknown territory, afraid of saying something off-base that will offend the other. Sometimes I catch myself going a little too far with my deadpan humor, and have to […]
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Megan and Stephen are another couple I’d only met on Skype – since they live in Scottsdale, Arizona. Ironically the day we shot their engagement session at Uvas Canyon County Park (near Morgan Hill), I left on a road trip with my family to Scottsdale. I guess we just had to visit each other’s home […]
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I’d only met Jessie and Evan over a Skype conversation back in December, so it was cool to get a real face to face with them for their engagement shoot at Nisene Marks in Aptos. They both work in education over in Oakland, and both possess that great balance of wisdom and wit that must […]
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I met Jaason and Benjamin at Vasona Park to get some great portraits of the two of them and found out along the way that they were getting married later this year. So of course it turned into more of an engagement shoot than regular ol’ portraits, which is more fun! The light was great […]
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This is the second engagement session I’ve had at Vasona park that involved motorcycles in some way another – must be all that open space that just begs for large props! Ryan is a self-professed gearhead, and was happy to see my roll up in my modified mustang – it helps when us guys speak […]
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After an awesome engagement session at Panther Beach, then another up in San Francisco I was really looking forward to Samantha and Anthony’s wedding in Sunol. Unfortunately their outside plans were dashed by the stupid weather, but luckily Sunol Golf Club could accommodate all the guests indoors. We made it work, and all the guests […]
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If you’ve ever been to Uvas Canyon County Park, you know just how far off the beaten path it is. While technically in Morgan Hill, it’s at least 40 minutes from that town. But man it is totally worth the drive! I met Lilly and Chris at the state park on the first sunny day […]
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My first wedding of the year! The only stressful part was waking up at 4:30am to ensure I could get to the UC Berkeley Campus at 8:30am in time for the formals! Josiah and Angela love old, well-conceived architecture, so it makes sense that their engagement session was held among the giant pillars of the […]
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Santa Cruz, CA – January 23, 2012 – For the second year in a row, WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding Marketplace, is excited to announce GoodEye Photography + Design has been selected to receive the prestigious WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2012 for Photography! The esteemed annual awards program recognizes the top local wedding vendors from […]
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We had so much fun with our first engagement shoot at Panther Beach we decided to do it AGAIN! Ok, so most brides that hire me are usually content with just one engagement session before their big day, but Samantha says she never gets photos of the two of them – and of course I’m […]
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Angela and Josiah’s wedding is coming up next month so we figured we should get that engagement shoot taken care of straight quick. We met at the Palace of Fine Arts up in San Francisco as they’re both fans of architecture – I’m usually there in the evening but it was really fun to explore […]
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Lindsey contacted me a couple weeks before she was due to be married, telling me about how her and George had finally decided to tie the knot after 15 years together. Neither of them had ever been married, so it was neat to see it happen for them. The wedding took place at the Dream […]
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Shooting in the forest is challenging; it’s dark of course, and then there’s those pesky forest creatures – the slimy bananslugs are always a terror, and then there’s that braying donkey that sounds like an irate forest ogre. It can be wet and slippery, making for muddy and slippery trail conditions. But when you have […]
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I met Chris quite a few years ago on a magazine shoot where we profiled his Morning Crane Healing Center business. I was intrigued by what he did, and apparently the feeling was mutual at the time, for he called me up years later after he proposed to Parisa. They really bring out the best […]
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