The JOURNAL

It was spring break and my aunt invited Christopher and I to accompany her on a trip to her favorite place on earth, Yosemite. I had seen photos and heard tales of the wonders of the valley, of the glacier-cut giants spilling magical falls into the pristine valley. Seeing first hand, however, was what ignited […]

Every year, Christopher and I have the privilege of joining our friend and actor Ernie Castelo at the Pageant of the Masters Media Preview Night at the beginning of June. The Festival of the Arts in Laguna beach is a world renowned collection of artists celebrating art in all its forms all summer long right […]

It had been raining for the last few days throughout Bavaria and as I walked to the window and wiped my eyes from sleep, the early morning light showed a clear sky. “Thank goodness,” I thought. It was wedding day for Ralf and Anne, and none of us wanted to deal with the stereotypical unpredictable […]

I never ever, not even once, dreamt I would one day teach photography. It’s not that I never wanted to, I just never thought anyone would want to learn from me. I know it sounds weird… like I have zero self confidence, but I really did think it would never happen. So you can imagine […]

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 my new promo video with you! The AMAZING Clayton of Stringer Productions flew all the way from Austin, TX to put my vision into film and I am SO thankful for his hard work and killah talent. Special thanks to Clayton (obviously), to Betsy Lackey for being my cheerleader […]

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 […]