The 10^th campus in the prestigious University of California system, UC Merced is diverse, growing and committed to those ideals that serve the state, nation and world through research, education and public service.
UC Merced is the first new American research university in the 21^st century, with a mission of research, teaching and service. The campus opened September 5, 2005, in the Central Valley of California. The university is about an hour north of Fresno, two hours south of Sacramento, two hours southeast of San Francisco and the Silicon Valley, and 90 minutes west of Yosemite National Park.

Sausalito offers dozens of interesting and unique tours and nautical excursions and is home to two world renowned attractions - the Bay Model and the Bay Area Discovery Museum. Whether wandering the hidden stairways or touring the houseboats and marinas, shopping the little stores, renting a kayak or boat and cruising the waterways, hiking or biking... there is plenty to do. With easy access to San Francisco and the scenic north coast with its beaches and redwoods, as well as the wine country, Sausalito truly is the gateway to some of the most beautiful and sought after destinations in the world.

The Palace of Fine Arts has been a favorite wedding location for couples throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. A renovation restoring the interior of the dome, the walkways around the Palace and a seismic retrofit was completed in early 2009. The lagoon was intended to echo those found in classical settings in Europe, where the expanse of water provides a mirror surface to reflect the grand buildings and an undisturbed vista to appreciate them from a distance. Australian eucalyptus trees fringe the eastern shores. Many forms of wildlife have made their home there including swans, ducks (particularly migrating fowl), geese, turtles, frogs and raccoons.
Constructed as a temporary attraction for the 1915 Pan-Pacific International Exhibition, this Grecian temple of a monument continues to enchant and enhance the city. The original plaster, which made up the monuments exterior, has been gradually replaced with funds raised by Marinas well-heeled residents who were loath to lose such a graceful part of their landscape. Swans in the adjoining lagoon glide by the soaring ochre-tinted colonnades and the imposing dome ringed with panels of centaurs and warriors engaged in battle over nubile maidens. Those column-top statues of sorrowing maidens turned away from prying eyes are using their tears to water the long-gone oaks that originally stood in the planters that they surround. Stroll inside the dome, clap your hands and marvel at the uncanny acoustics, then enjoy a picnic lunch on one of the park benches scattered to provide an unparalleled view of this gem.

San Francisco's most famous landmark, the Golden Gate Bridge. The bridge is widely considered one of the most beautiful examples of bridge engineering, both as a structural-design challenge and for its aesthetic appeal. It was declared one of the modern Wonders of the World by the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Wedding party celebration toast.

Wedding shoot at the Freedom Hall & Gardens in Santa Clara, CA. The Groom and Groom's men were able to take pictures outside before it started to rain.

This photography was taking just outside of Yosemite CA.