Some advice from an insanely happy just-married bride. 💞☺️ Dear future brides: Please, girlfriend: Write your vows ahead of time… I mean… months. My only real stress of my big day was staying up all night before our wedding, practically in tears, trying to think of the perfect words to say. Doesn’t help knowing your […]
Hello friends! With Christmas just a few days away I wanted to share our Dec 25th proposal story with you! What started out as our favorite day, surrounded by our favorite people, turned out to be much much more! Jayse and I started Christmas day off right by hosting a party for our entire family. […]
Dilyana and Tyler are MARRIED! These two hold a special place in my heart. Have you ever met someone that you just immediately felt like they could be best friends? Or maybe more. Maybe like family? That’s the case with Dil and Ty! (And their entire family!) These two adventurers found each other five years […]
Meet Dilyana and Tyler! …And their snow-dog, Milo! He eats snow, he catches snowballs, he runs and buries himself in snow. He IS snow! 😛 I’m posting this today because in a few short moments I am on my way to Temecula to photograph their wedding tomorrow! Their adventure-filled life together started five short years ago […]
Celeste and Matt first met at a friends party where they were both were smitten with each other. But it wasn’t until a year later they would cross paths again. After secretly thinking of each other for the whole time in between, they bumped into each other one night in town, exchanged #s and the rest was history! After a […]
Witty, lively and good hearted – I knew I was going to love these two from the start! 🙂 These two sweethearts met in high school. In the fall of 2000 they went to homecoming together. Later that night, Steve romanced Shanna with an evening dance under the football bleachers. The song he played was N’Sync’s ‘This […]
Some advice from an insanely happy just-married bride. 💞☺️ Dear future brides: Please, girlfriend: Write your vows ahead of time… I mean… months. My only real stress of my big day was staying up all night before our wedding, practically in tears, trying to think of the perfect words to say. Doesn’t help knowing your […]
Dilyana and Tyler are MARRIED! These two hold a special place in my heart. Have you ever met someone that you just immediately felt like they could be best friends? Or maybe more. Maybe like family? That’s the case with Dil and Ty! (And their entire family!) These two adventurers found each other five years […]
Celeste and Matt first met at a friends party where they were both were smitten with each other. But it wasn’t until a year later they would cross paths again. After secretly thinking of each other for the whole time in between, they bumped into each other one night in town, exchanged #s and the rest was history! After a […]
Kaylyn and Nick met in high school, and it wasn’t long until the lines of friendship blurred and they had fallen madly for each other. They secretly dated for a few months, but eventually it became too obvious and you could clearly see that they were craaazy for each other! Nick proposed to Kaylyn in Vegas, […]
I first met Rana + Ryan this past spring on a dusty photo-adventure in the sand dunes for their engagement shoot. We enjoyed hours of talking about travel and life, and it was there, while hiking up-and-down the rolling desert hills in search of the ‘perfect dune’ that I very quickly fell in love with these two. So, I’ve been looking forward […]
Samantha and Jason love going out for good eats or comedy shows in the heart of the big city where they live, but when it comes to their favorite thing to do together, I think Samantha said it best: “Cancelled plans are our crack!” So heck! Why not capture them doing what they do best!? […]
Do you dream of beautiful, natural light and airy photography that your clients are willing to pay a premium for and editors are dying to publish? Of course you do! But how do you accomplish this? The Light and Airy Style is my VIBE! I love how this style of photography can capture the beauty […]
Have you ever felt buried in the mass of photographers currently in the market? Like, totally right? How on earth do you stand out?! This is a topic I’m especially passionate about because for years this was literally my secret weapon to booking the type of brides and shoots I most wanted: Getting published in blogs and magazines. This […]
The ‘light and airy’ photography style is popular among for portrait and wedding photographers, and is the style I gravitate towards in my work. So, a common question I get is how to edit for this look. I’ve shared a few photography tutorials breaking down my portrait editing process in Lightroom. But before thinking about […]
One of the biggest questions photographers have when first getting started is what gear is worth investing in? If this is you: let me tell you, I’ve been there! I know what it’s like to lust after all the newest gorgeous cameras + lenses. Of course, we’d all love to be in the position to say […]
Styled shoots are a photographers best friend! I’ve used them in my business to keep inspired & fresh, test out new ideas & techniques and to collaborate with other talented professionals. As creative entrepreneurs it’s important to constantly grow and push ourselves, and styled shoots are an awesome way to do just that! And it’s also one of the […]