Preview: Christina + Matthew's Wedding | Quonquont Farm, MA

Keep it simple, bucolic, and natural! That was the vision I sought after several Boston-to-NY calls with Christina. Upon arrival in Amherst, MA for their getting-ready shots, I discovered how effortless Christina + Matthew were to work with. They were good communicators and it made my job easy. After having recently completing an International Center of Photography course on environmental portraiture, I sought out on a mission to capture the homestead and its attendees with an editorial essence, perhaps departing ever so slightly from my staunch adherence to the 'photojournalistic' style. The results? Awesome.

I also got to finally take out the high-demand (and still unavailable!) Nikon D800 with its super 36 megapixel sensor. I'm normally not a guy who leans on numbers to justify means, but the camera was simply incredible to shoot with. I didn't have to do much editing or recovery on these teasers - in fact, some are just straight off the camera with just slight adjustments.

Congratulations, Christina + Matthew! It was a beautiful day!

Ronald + Crystal's San Francisco Engagement

It's been a while since I've been up in Northern California, but when I met Ronald, a Google product manager from Fremont, and Crystal, an ophthalmology resident at UCLA, to discuss their 2013 wedding plans, I was excited for the opportunity to photograph their portraits out in San Francisco. Apparently the weather in the Bay Area was quite mercurial up to the April weekend of our shoot - to everyone's surprise, we got good soft sun and no fog. Lucked out!

Our shoot started in Potrero Hill with a backdrop vista of the city, and covered some iconic parts of the city including Golden Gate Park, the Palace of Fine Arts, and Sausalito. Enjoy these!