The JOURNAL

A San Diego destination wedding is always a good idea. The sun shines most of the year, gorgeous beaches are just a quick drive away, there are so many wonderful historic sites to take photos at, and the food is SO GOOD. Kelvin and TylerMarie got that memo when they planned their wedding at the […]

2014 kicked off with Lee and Meghan’s romantic Falkner Winery Wedding, and it couldn’t have been a more beautiful day. But before I get too detailed about the wedding day, let’s rewind a bit. I’ve been friends with Meghan for oh….. 11 years. Yes, that makes me feel really old. But to me, she will […]

Yay! Another shoot has been published in print! DIY Weddings Magazine has put together a red themed edition of their publication and included the winter styled shoot I worked on with Rooted in Love Weddings, and the Papermint Press. We had so much fun on this shoot up in Arrowhead, CA and it’s so fun […]

2014 is starting off with a bang! Kristin Scharkey and Mike Jensen’s wedding has been published in January’s edition of Denim + Grace Magazine! There are 10 whole pages featuring their lovely equestrian center wedding and I could not be more stoked about it! If you’d like to order a copy of the printed magazine, you can […]

It was still dark out when I knocked on Ash’s hotel room door. Bright eyed and bushy-tailed, she opened the door and greeted me with an excited hug. This was the day she would get to marry the love of her life in the middle of a Redwood grove…. her dream wedding. As she finished […]

Before I begin, I have to share that as I edited this wedding I probably did my happy dance about 3 times, squealed like a little school girl approximately 10 times, and I smiled so often my face began to cramp up. Soooo embarrassing, but it’s all true… just ask Hugo Flash, who was abruptly […]

I finally have gotten around to blogging this wedding and boy has it been burning a hole in my pocket! Meeting Mike and Kristin was a dream come true. In Kristin’s preliminary email to me, she wrote, “Sami has been my best friend since we were in middle school! She has showed me your work […]

For a couple as wonderful as Travis and Mariel, I couldn’t have hoped for a more beautiful wedding day. Everyone was all smiles, and excitement was thick in the air. Mariel and the girls chattered away as they helped one another button dresses and fiddle with pearl necklaces…. Francis, Mariel’s mom, pinned heirlooms and things […]

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 […]

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 […]