North Beach Engagement Photos: Marco and Lindsey

I met Marco through BAIA, a wonderful group of Italian professionals workings in the Bay Area. Marco is Italian, from Canada and is planning his wedding with Lindsey.

Lindsey picked a city theme for our engagement shoot together. Most of Lindsey and Marco's family will be traveling to the wedding from out of town and Lindsey thought it would be great to show a little bit of San Francisco in the engagement pictures.

Marco and Lindsey are really planning everything together: they love to be creative and to think of all the little personal touches they can add to their wedding. Marco is even designing his and his groomsmen's ties! 

The weather was really unpredictable the day of the shoot, but we got lucky and it didn't rain. After walking in North Beach, we decided to head for some greenery and more intimate pictures. I always encourage couples to bring extra outfits, it can be fun to change half way through our session together.

Only at the end of the session I found out Marco and Lindsey have a Vespa! WHAAAT? We had to take a final picture!

And here's the extra bonus: Marco wanted a fun kiss in front of the Italian flag in North Beach. Thank you both for a wonderful day in the city!

Fun Engagement Photos in San Francisco

As you have probably noticed, I prefer to take picture in the natural landscape...how fun to do something different for Jeanie and Tony.

One thing I have been suggesting to brides is to take advantage of the engagement photo shoot to test their make up artist. Jeanie went right ahead and got her make up done by Angela LaFlamme, the official makeup artist of Locally Grown Weddings. 

 

Not only Angela has years of experience working on film sets and photo shoots, but she is also a stylist and clothing designer, and she helped Jeanie and Tony get ready for their shoot by suggesting accessories to complement their outfits.

We walked around North Beach and ended our photo session at Coit Tower. No, we didn't walk up there! I drove...try to walk up Coit Tower with all my photo gear!

Looking forward to photographing Tony and Jeanie's wedding at the Cliff House next Saturday!