Category Archives: Engagements

CONTEST – Telling stories of love

HELP THEM WIN!!!

We are currently running a contest on Facebook, and here is how YOU can help these couple win something NICE! See below for details. Make sure you scroll to the bottom of this post and leave a comment naming your favorite couple! The couples are all having fun playing this game! Contest ends Friday, March 18th!

Have fun!

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As a San Francisco Bay Area and Hawaii wedding and lifestyle photographer, I love what happens when I meet my clients, hear about their stories, how they met, how they became engaged, family traditions, cultures and their dynamics. I also relish in hearing about special locations couples love to visit and why it means so much to them. If it means so much to them, it has to mean something special to me because this is my canvas, this is where I begin to tell…..their wedding story.

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I love that each one of our Wedding Collections includes the Engagement Session , these are essential sessions for my couples as it helps them to see themselves in a whole new light, and I love the extra time we have to get to know each other. Telling stories of LOVE through photography are nothing if they don’t speak out about the couple and their love for each other. Embracing all of these elements will produce a lovely wedding/engagement album which will become heirlooms and one of the most cherished things a bride will possess.

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Gone are the days that one hires their photographer to simply take photos, couples today are hiring wedding photographers to help them tell their story from the engagement session to the wedding day and beyond. To our FABULOUS couples….stay tuned, you will soon receive news on how you can win a fine art piece from your engagement session!

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Photography is one of the most important investments within your wedding planning. If you are not sure where to start, connect with our studio, we would love to speak with you!

See our CURRENT photo contest at Facebook! And be sure to post a comment for your favorite couple! Good luck everybody!



San Francisco Engagement Photography

Well well well…..looks like someone popped the question, and it looks like someone said YES! If you have recently been proposed to, many many congratulations. I am sure you are both ecstatic and this is the beginning of many great things to come!

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Once things settle down, the next big question is WHEN, and if you have already set a date it’s a good idea to start your wedding planning now. One of the first things to consider is an Engagement Photo Session. If you are wondering why, well consider this, it’s the beginning of your entire wedding story, and what better way to add to the documentation of your big day? As wedding photographers we make it a point to get to know our clients, we learn about their cultures, traditions, lifestyle and all relevance surrounding this special occasion. With this in mind, we work with them in arranging and directing a photo session that is all about the couple.

Many couples also take this time to focus on themselves, relish in how they met, how they became engaged, and to start a collection of photographs which later will be considered as precious heirlooms. Aside from this, nothing beats getting to know your photographer and getting a sneak preview of how you both will photograph on what will be one of the most important days of your lives. Nothing could be worse than having an amazing wedding, then off to your honeymoon only to return and see wedding photos of yourselves that you absolutely hate!

You also may consider in using these photographs for save-the-dates, wedding invitations, matted enlargements for guests to sign or for a slide show which can be projected at your wedding reception, and of course to add as fine art prints to your home’s decor. The possibilities are endless. When your wedding photographer suggests an Engagement Session, understand that this is not to make additional sales, we are professionals and it would be a shame if this was not presented to the couples, it really is for the two of you. You will thank your photographer for looking out for you and capturing some of the most intimate, beautiful and cherished photographs.

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If you or someone you know just said yes “connect” with YStudio for your Engagement Photo Session, a great way to start your wedding story!



Tiburon Wedding Photography – Bridal Mendhi Celebration

We are so happy to share with you, our FIRST Bridal Mendhi Celebration, as you can see by some of my favorite shots, it is a culturally rich and beautiful part of the traditional Indian Weddings…. The wedding lasted three whole days and evenings and last night was the final reception. The reception took place at the Unity Center in Novato, California, it was a lovely venue with a lavish garden and lovely photo opportunities. Please stay tuned, we will be sharing more of this beautiful celebration. We congratulate the newlyweds and their families and we at Weddings 9-1-1 wish them a multitude of lifelong health, happiness and prosperity! A la sature!

San Ramon Wedding & Engagement Photography – Natalie & Kenneth





We want to extend a “heartfelt” congratulations to Natalie & Kenneth whom will soon be saying their “I DO’s.” At Weddings 9-1-1 we have the fortune of meeting some amazing people, and this happy, lovely and bubbly couple is deserving of that title. Not only can they not keep their eyes off each other, Kenneth is so excited to be marrying Natalie he finds it difficult to contain himself and it is so wonderful to see and experience a couple with such impacting PDA’s (public dispaly of affection). They are definitely meant for each other and we are excited for their up and coming wedding as much as they are! Stay tuned….I have a funny feeling that something VERY interesting will be happening at THIS wedding!

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