So January is “downtime” for us Wedding Photographers. It’s funny cuz with 2 kids under the age of 3 nothing feels like “downtime” But I’ve been trying to play catch up with all my blog posts and as I was going through Nicola and Victor’s Wedding images (a wedding a 2nd shot for Jihan Cerda )I noticed that I captured a lot of candid shots of Jihan. Jihan and I always have a lot of fun shooting together but we had an especially fun time with the Cardenas wedding! I drove the “limo” aka our getaway vehicle. Every getaway vehical needs a trusty driver, that driver was ME =) Being the driver I had to stay with the car a couple times and I couldn’t resist snapping a few shots of Jihan in action.

This wedding ceremony was at the GORGEOUS Shakespeare Garden in San Francisco. It’s hidden right next to the Academy of Science. Their reception was held at The Winery (super cool winery I highly suggest you check it out) on Treasure Island. But as many of you know we always take photos in between the ceremony and reception. This couple especially wanted a shot in front of a trolley so we knew we had a mission at hand and let me tell you, there was NOTHING that was getting in Jihan’s way! So to make this journey a success we knew we needed to drive the couple from the ceremony to the reception and along the way we’d get their romantic shots (including the trolley shot) Well Jihan being as cute and amazing as she is, she brought a bottle of champagne and two super nice champagne glasses. So after the ceremony we headed out to the car and Jihan popped the bottle open and greeted them to the car with some champagne! We headed out to California street in hopes we could find a trolley car parked. Well we were greeted with the busy streets of San Fran (did I mention it was Fleet Weekend???) and the trolley cars were all in full operation. Surely they wouldn’t stop for us???!!!??? Sure enough we see one slowly chuggin along so I sped ahead of it pulled over to the nearest red zone, Nicola, Victor, and Jihan jumped out and ran into the street in front of cars and the trolley car! The driver was so nice and stopped the trolley for them but I honestly think Jihan was going to lay in front of the tracks if he didn’t just to get the shot they asked for! Not only did Jihan get the shot, she got one of my most favorite shots of all time! check out her blog post on the wedding here here


this one is my favorite (I hope Jihan doesn’t kill me for it!) If you are a Jihan Cerda Photography fan like I am then you all know her famous shoe shots! Thought everyone might enjoy a sneak peek at how she gets those! ….I’m sure it helps that her husband is a personal trainer!