The JOURNAL

I am SO excited to share this wedding because… it was amazing…. and well, because I REALLY REALLY enjoyed working with Jonathan and Regina. When we first met, we got some coffee at my favorite Portola Coffee Lab in Costa Mesa. We got to talking, and it turned out that Regina and I had pretty […]

For those of you who’ve been following my Instagram feed, this is old news, but for those of you who aren’t on Instagram…. I wanted to share an update on our little furball, Hugo. I blogged last week about how excited we were to have a little fuzzy kitten in our lives…. well on Friday […]

Steven and Melanie met in high school. After being introduced by their mutual friends, Steven worked up the courage to ask Melanie out on a date. The school play sounded like a reasonable first date, so they went together, sat four rows from the back, and cheered on their drama friends. From the start, Steven […]

The adventures of 2013 began this past weekend when Christopher and I went in search of my Christmas present… a kitten. (See Christmas photo here.) We’ve been married about one and a half years and even though we’re quite happy just the two of us… we were lacking a very important fuzzy source of joy […]

Christopher and I were reminiscing the other day about the way we were when we first met. I never really realize it, but time changes people. Who I was 5 years ago isn’t who I am today, and even though Kate in 2008 has shaped me, we’re different people. An unspoken sign of adulthood is […]

Every year, my family has the tradition of waking up super early to stand in line at Peltzer Pines to find our Christmas tree together. We run through the pine tree groves searching for the fullest, greenest, best smelling tree we can find, trying to beat out all the other tree-seekers doing the same. Once […]

Braden and Emily are near and dear to my heart for many reasons. For one, we all worked at Forest Home together a while back, and the friendships that we started back then have only grown stronger through the years. We’ve gone through breakups, big trips, new relationships, life’s highs and lows… and I couldn’t […]

Jonathan and Regina are one of those couples that put real life meaning in the word “love.” They’re comfortable in their love, they laugh together, and they choose to put each other first amidst jobs and passions and life’s obstacles. I know it’s a bit late to be sharing these photos, but I’m really excited […]

Brittany and Ryan’s French Quarter themed styled wedding shoot has been featured in Mingle Magazine! Woohoooo!!! Right now I’m jumping out of my computer chair and grinning from ear to ear…. I have been waiting a LONG TIME to share these amazing photos with you and there’s no better way than in PRINT!! You can […]

November was a month of family portraits for me. I got to spend the late afternoon hours running around and documenting the love of moms and dads and kids! When Amber asked me recently to photographer her growing family, I was SO EXCITED because I had seen the adorableness of two year old twins through the […]