San Francisco. The city by the bay, and boy was it beautiful. We love shooting in San Francisco. Craig and Rachel contacted us via email a few weeks prior to the shoot for their honeymoon. They flew in from beautiful North Carolina and they both fell in love at the University of North Carolina (that’s where Michael Jordan played college basketball). Both were visiting San Francisco for the first time, so we had the great chance to get to show them around. We were both happy to make a day meeting with them and we had a good time.

Our day started on Baker Beach. We walked through the blistering cold to our “spot” and Rachel and Craig sported a traditional San Francisco fleece. (you are not ready for San Francisco weather without the fleece! - burrrr). Climbing on rocks, running through the sand, walking almost nonstop Rachel and Craig had so much energy and love that it expressed through the lens so naturally. We opted for something warmer, so we made a quick stop through the Palace of Fine Arts and landed at the Embarcadero. Gosh! I’m sure it was at least a 10 degrees difference (seriously!) just traveling a few miles into downtown SF. Rachel and Craig sported a new look and they were off to the second half of the session.

Throughout the Friday, we conquered the crowded Embarcadero, Ferry Building, Justin Herman Plaza, a rocket ship, a Cable Car, the TransAmerica building and jumped through the Port of San Francisco. We carried around our equipment like it was nothing because it didn’t feel heavy at all. Why? Because we laugh, told jokes and shared stories together. Anytime you have an awesome couple that naturally knows how to poise and are super chill, it’s a recipe for awesome pictures!

We had a great time capturing Rachel and Craig and wish them the best as they embark on this journey together. Enjoy the pictures!

Much <3 Wilson & Lelan

P.S. We love San Francisco. It’s the best city in the world. The food, the people, the weather. There is nothing else like it.

We were invited to be official photographers at the Asian Rock Festival at the Rockit Room in San Francisco two Saturdays ago! (w00t!)

We had a killer time with full access to the venue. There were two bars, an entire staging band area upstairs, and TVs downstairs to catch the NBA Playoffs. We meet up with Jack Tung, Lions Riding Horses, (we heard of much, but never saw them play live) and United High and Johnny Hi Fi whom we shot at last year’s ARF at Slim’s.

Rockit Room
406 Clement Street
San Francisco, CA 94118-2318
(415) 387-6343

At this event, one can order drinks, food, and listen to the 4 amazing bands play! In addition to that, located at Clement Street in San Francisco, with plenty of access to food, and desserts afterwords made it very very worthwhile!

We even had a chance to stage the bands in our own private photobooth session at the end of the festival.

2+ hours of great music, awesome venues and a fabulous turn out. What more can you ask for? Special thanks to Stephanie Watanabe and Johnny Hi-Fi for setting this all up! We hope to shoot again next year. For now, enjoy the pictures.

The awesome Rock It Room venue in San Francisco.

Kyle from United High DJying before the show starts

Pre show interviews with Pacific Rim Video

Jack Tung starting things off with his hypnotic sounds.

Samie, Cliff and Reina of United High

Lions riding Horses rocking the RockIt Room (pun totally intended!)

Johnnie Hi Fi ending the night out with a bang!

Our favorite artistic picture of the night!

Last, but not least, the photobooth pictures!

We will see you next year at the Asian Rock Festival!

P.S. If there is any dog fans out there, stay tuned. Our next blog post will be about Cola, our new puppy!

We had a chance to enjoy the wonderful celebrations during the Cinco De Mayo parade in San Jose earlier in May. It was filled with colors, low riders and our favorites, the horse and solider. According to wikipedia:

Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for “fifth of May”) is a holiday held on May 5 that commemorates the Mexican army’s unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín. It is celebrated primarily in the state of Puebla and in the United States.

It was awesome to shoot this event as we had full access to run around and shoot the spectators. Enjoy the pictures and let us know if there are other events to shoot around the bay!

A woman stands proud holding the Mexico Flag

A boy with riding his lowrider bike

Jumping through the lasso rope!

A group of people posing with their horses

ROTC marching along.

Low rider flexes it struts

P.S. We recently got a dog and will be posting pictures of her soon!