Newly engaged couple pose in front of red building with a pop of color for their downtown Bay Area engagement photos

Downtown Engagement Session, San Francisco Bay Area

I once heard on a podcast that an engagement session can either be a preview of the wedding day to come, or a celebration of your current life.

For Kelli and Frank, we chose celebration. With their move to Hawaii on the horizon, we bid adieu to their Bay Area chapter. This is the city where they grew their love, and this session represents a core season of their journey together.

We started their Bay Area engagement session at the Sawmill Studios in Oakland, then headed out to Rockridge and waltzed around College Ave.

I had been itching to design a session that captures where you are, not just where you’re going. I’m so grateful to have worked with Kelli & Frank and Chels Kay Beauty to bring this story to life.

Bay Area Engagement Photographer

If this looks like the Bay Area engagement session you’re dreaming about, inquire here! Let’s work together to create something beautiful and meaningful to you.

Newly engaged couple lounge for a studio lifestyle engagement session in the San Francisco Bay Area

Newly engaged couple post for their lifestyle engagement photos in the San Francisco Bay Area

Newly engaged couple post for their lifestyle engagement photos in the San Francisco Bay Area

Close up portrait of engaged couple during studio lifestyle engagement session

Black and white close up image of engagement ring

A solo portrait of a bride-to-be in her loft studio in the san francisco bay area

Close up ring portrait

Portrait of bride-to-be in her loft studio in oakland

Portrait of groom to be in her apartment loft in lifestyle engagement session

Groom to be close up lifestyle portrait posing at kitchen table in a loft in the san francisco bay area

Newly engaged couple lean in to touch noses during bay area engagement studio session

Photos of engaged couple and just their feet in the window light, a creative portrait in studio

Kelli and Frank share a coffee together in their loft kitchen

Bride to be and groom to be lean in for a kiss during their lifestyle engagement session

A close up portrait of the groom's hands on his bride

Kelli and Frank sit atop the kitchen stove in their Oakland loft for their engagement photos

Newly engaged couple laugh together on the floor of their loft kitchen during a Bay Area engagement photo session

Just their feet, and how they're close together

Engaged couple head out of their loft studio for their downtown engagement photos

Kelli and Frank head out for their downtown engagement session in Oakland

Kelli and Frank pose in downtown Oakland for their engagement photos

Kelli and Frank pose in downtown Oakland for their engagement photos

Kelli and Frank pose in downtown Rockridge in Oakland for engagement photos

Newly engaged couple head out downtown to Rockridge in downtown Oakland

Detail photo about Oakland downtown

Kelli and Frank in downtown Oakland with the cacti and succulents of Northern California landscape

Kelli and Frank amongst California succulents

Kelli showing off her engagement ring

Newly engaged couple kiss in downtown Oakland for their bay Area engagement photos

Close up detail photo during engagement photo session

Newly engaged couple pose in front of red building with a pop of color for their downtown Bay Area engagement photos

Newly engaged couple pose in front of red building with a pop of color for their downtown Bay Area engagement photos

Kelli and Frank wrap up their downtown lifestyle engagement photos at their favorite cafe in Oakland

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October 4, 2025

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