Two people reaching toward each other on a sunlit beach with ocean waves in the background.

A Sunset Engagement Session at Fort Funston, San Francisco

 

Emma & Brandon

 

Fort Funston is one of San Francisco's best-kept engagement session secrets — and it's hiding in plain sight, just minutes from the city.


What makes it special is the combination: dramatic sandy cliffs up top with sweeping views over the Pacific, and down below, a long, wide, flat stretch of beach that seems to run forever. Two completely different backdrops in one location — moody cliff-top portraits, then barefoot walking shots at the waterline — without ever moving your car.


Emma, Brandon and I timed their session for the last 60 minutes of light, which is when Fort Funston does its thing: the low sun turns the cliffs amber, the beach empties out except for a few hang gliders overhead and happy dogs chasing the surf, and everything glows. It's the ideal setting for the kind of engagement photos I love making — unposed, wind-in-your-hair, laughing at the dog that just photobombed you.


If you want a session that feels like San Francisco's wild coastal side — cliffs, ocean, endless sky — Fort Funston at sunset is hard to beat.

Engagement Photography
Man with beard plays electric guitar lying on dark sand beside a woman in black and white photo.
Two hands forming a heart shape together on a romantic beach at sunset with ocean waves in the background.
Tattooed couple kissing intimately on a beach at golden hour sunset.
Couple sitting on dark sand beach with guitar, woman resting on mans lap, black and white.
Black and white photo of couple lying on beach, sharing a kiss with smoke rising between them.
Tattooed hands on electric guitar with diamond engagement ring in black and white.
Man and woman laughing on sandy beach at sunset, she holds drumsticks, he plays electric guitar.
Black and white photo of a smiling woman holding a guitar facing a man on a misty beach.
Barefoot couple on beach at sunset, woman holding drumsticks, man playing black electric guitar.
Two hands reaching toward each other with ocean waves in background, black and white beach photo.
Two people joyfully running on a beach at sunset, with ocean waves and warm golden sky in the background.
Two women laugh and dance together on a coastal cliff overlooking ocean waves in black and white.
Couple kissing on a sandy beach at sunset, man holding a black electric guitar.
Black and white photo of a couple holding hands and wading in ocean waves on a beach.
Man playing electric guitar serenading woman on beach at dusk in black and white.
Romantic couple about to kiss with ocean horizon in black and white.
Tattooed hands playing black electric guitar close-up in black and white.
Tattooed man with beard playing dark electric guitar on beach at sunset, wearing black shirt with sleeve tattoos.
Couple playing in ocean waves on beach at dusk in black and white.
Black and white overhead shot of a man and woman lying on sand, gazing upward in peaceful repose.
Black and white beach photo of a man kneeling with electric guitar while woman stands behind him.
Couple embracing and kissing on a beach at sunset, man holding an electric guitar.
Two children holding hands and splashing in ocean waves on a beach in a black and white photo.
Black and white photo of a tattooed man playing electric guitar on a beach with woman smiling behind him.
Black and white photo of a couple holding hands outdoors, with dramatic shadows cast on a stone path.
Man playing electric guitar and woman dancing on a sandy beach at sunset near ocean waves.
Black and white photo of a laughing couple on a beach, man holding guitar while dipping woman dramatically.
Man lifting woman in his arms at beach shoreline in dramatic black and white photograph.
Couple in black outfits dancing on a beach at sunset, man holding woman with guitar on his back.
Two barefoot people walking on a dark sandy beach, leaving footprints, captured in black and white.
Silhouette of a couple holding hands on a sandy coastal path overlooking the ocean.
Couple sitting on sandy beach at golden hour, man playing guitar while woman gazes at ocean view.
Woman with long dark hair embracing and kissing a man outdoors in black and white photo.
Couple embracing on a sandy beach at sunset with a black electric guitar, romantic outdoor photography.
Black and white photo of a couple running and splashing through ocean waves on a beach.
Couple embracing on beach with man holding drumsticks and guitar in black and white.
Man with tattoos playing electric guitar on beach at sunset while woman in black dress dances with arms raised.
Romantic black and white photo of a couple embracing and kissing on a rocky beach.
Couple kissing on beach with man holding electric guitar in black and white.
Couple sitting on beach at sunset, man playing electric guitar, woman in black dress smiling at him.
Man kneeling on beach at sunset playing guitar for woman in black dress, romantic ocean scene.
Close-up of a hand holding drumsticks with a decorative ring in black and white photography.
A joyful couple runs hand-in-hand through ocean waves on a beach at sunset, splashing water around them.
Two people running barefoot along a sandy beach at sunset with ocean waves in the background.
Man carrying woman while kissing on beach at sunset in black and white.
Tattooed man with rings tenderly kissing womans shoulder in intimate black and white close-up.
Silhouette of couple holding hands walking toward ocean waves on rocky beach in black and white.
Couple embracing playfully in ocean waves at sunset on a sandy beach.

 

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