Despite living in San Francisco, we had only two weddings here this year, with Caitlin and Cyrus’ being one of them. In addition to getting to stay in our hometown, their celebration, at the historic Merchants Exchange Building, with the reception in the glamorous Julia Morgan Ballroom, gave us the rare opportunity to shoot both the ceremony and reception indoors. The extraordinary light in the Merchants Exchange Building was some of the most interesting we’ve seen, and luckily we had a full night of Persian dancing to go along with it.

Since first photographing Caitlin and Cyrus’ engagement session we have become fast friends. Cyrus keeps us informed on the latest in hip-hop music, and we all talk about what’s going to happen next on the vampire TV show True Blood. Now we just have to wait for the next season to start before opening up a pack of O-Positive TruBlood with them.

Since hiring us over a year ago to shoot their October wedding, Jenna and Tristan have attended a photo conference with us, partied with us on St. Patrick’s Day, bought us a pumpkin for Halloween, and spent part of their honeymoon at our house.

It is nearly impossible to aptly describe the effect these two have on those they choose to bring into their circle. Jenna is this bright, beautiful, blonde ball of sunshine who lights up every room she enters. We watched over and over again as her friends and family just melted under her fierce affection and love. And Tristan is her quieter, introspective counterpart who loves a good intellectual conversation and midnight photo adventures walking around unfamiliar towns.

Jenna and Tristan are also fellow wedding photographers who have become our good friends over the past year. Their wedding, in their gorgeous island hometown of Victoria, British Columbia, has been one of the highlights of our year simply because we always have such a rich, fulfilling time with them, whether it’s dancing into the late hours or sitting on the couch reading in silence, each of us with a cup of tea in our hands.

Thank you Jenna and Tristan for treating us like family, and sharing all your wonderful, crazy friends with us. We can’t wait to do it up again soon.