Brandon & Allison | Married in Carmel, Ca

  I met Brandon in Germany on a trip where I was photographing a tour of CUI’s orchestra and choir. This is a guy who is instantly relatable, funny, generous and a wickedly talented singer. I watched him sing in giant cathedrals and we shared giant steins of beer together. If our path had never...

Abigail & Bowen | Engaged

Abby and Bowen met during a production of West Side Story. One was a Shark and the other a Jet. They obviously put their differences aside and made this relationship work. I’m secretly hoping for a WSS dance number at the wedding. As for these engagement photos, we had a blast bouldering and splashing around the...

Barbara & Colby | Married in Encinitas

  Hey, let’s get married. Perfect. Let’s get married at this little venue by the ocean in La Jolla. Yes. Cancelled. No! How about instead we have our wedding with a small group of people at an epic house overlooking the ocean in Big Sur?! Epic, even better. Fires, cancelled. Agh! Well, we now have...

Matthew & Carolin | Married in Santa Ana

On this beautiful February day we briefly took a step back in time to when Orange Country was full of dirt roads, Victorian homes and sweeping orange groves.  It was during this time hop that my wonderful friends Matthew and Carolin were married. They chose the fascinating and well preserved Heritage Museum as the place...

Nicholas + Alicia | Married in Yosemite Valley

These are my beautiful friends and I love them dearly. Nick and Alicia wanted to have an intimate ceremony near Yosemite Falls with only a handful of their closest family and friends in attendance.  It was a chilly, gorgeous, and clear December day in the valley. It was so fun to frolic around with them,...