Leaving Your Heart in San Francisco | An Engagement Session

This was my first contract assignment for Bella Pictures, which is also where I spend my 9-to-5 hours. (I'm currently a photo and video quality analyst, but I initially started as a customer support representative for Studio Blue, the sister company).

Patricia and Steven wanted their engagement session to include some of the major sites around San Francisco: Golden Gate Bridge a la Baker Beach, Palace of Fine Arts, Transamerica Building, and Cable Car (a la California Street). In two hours, here's a quick tour of San Francisco with two lovebirds:

 

Happy Birthday, Colby!

He's one! He's got beautiful locks. He sure grows up fast from the last time I saw him.

And I also met his big brother:

...who was tired from all the photo taking.

Just Lying on the Grass

Part of a (college) senior portrait session in Golden Gate Park (my favorite!). More to come.

Us, in January 2011

Because this blog needs more posts and I think we're shamelessly adorable together.

It's Usually the BEST CAMERA

As someone's said -- and many people echoed -- to paraphrase, "The best camera is the one you have on you." I truly love the sentiment.

Nowadays, the best camera I have constant access to has been my LG Optimus V cell phone ($37/month on Virgin Mobile, baby!) with the Retro Camera app for Android. It's like Instagram, without the hefty expense of owning anything with a bitten apple logo on it.

I know a lot of people upload their mobile images to sites like Facebook and Twitter right away to share with the world, but I'm a little too lazy to do that on any regular basis. (I might give it a try in the future, though.) For now, I download all of the files off my phone and onto the computer and use Google Picasa to make quick collages.

Of course now that I type it out, it sounds like what I do takes way more time. Oh well. Enjoy!

Top left: flower display at my office building lobby, always pretty.

Top right: beautiful ivied building on Powell Street.

Bottom left: Ah yes, Chinatown. Where Asian Renaissance is being spearheaded.

Bottom right: Fading light near Powell Street & Stockton Street.

Top left: Union Square's Dewey Monument. 

Top right: Oh, San Francisco -- you're so slanted!

Bottom left: Chancellor Hotel on Powell Street.

Bottom right: This was the actual Sir Francis Drake, I believe.