The JOURNAL

Their romance started off in college. Sara, a collegiate swimmer with roots to the Orange County Competitive swim scene took a seat in her 8am business class dressed in team sweats and her hair in a sloppy bun, having just finished morning practice. Wes was already seated, but noticed this laid back beauty as she […]

She was the confident, bright eyed French major who joined the Adventure Mountain staff that summer. He was the McDreamy status high school camp worship leader who’d been around a few summers already. He could have had his pick of any of the fun and beautiful women who staffed camp that summer, but he couldn’t […]

Let me tell you a true story…. at one time in my life, I was taller than Julie King. True story…. Just ask my parents. She is my younger sister’s age and was a consistent playmate of ours through our childhood along with her older brother who was my age. The four of us, we […]

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 […]

This year has been a very full and stretching year for my family and I. We started the year off getting our little kitten Hugo Flash, then he almost died, then he lived and now he’s as spunky as ever! My sister graduated with a BA in Dramatic Arts from Concordia University in May, and […]

When I think about a couple who inspires me, I think of Matt and Erin. Let me explain….. At our initial meeting, we chatted and looked at albums while we sipped our Hidden House coffee. I took inventory of how Matt and Erin interacted with one another and how our personalities all meshed. “Normal, fun, […]

The Gamboa family is one of my favorites to photograph and is one of the sweetest families ever! We all met through Horizon Christina Fellowship in Rancho Santa Fe, and I first photographed their family portraits a few years back in 2009 when everyone was a tad bit littler. Well, Noah’s headed off to college […]

She looked radiant sitting on the porch with some old friends as she got her makeup done. Music from her iPhone played softly and kids could be heard chattering away inside. The morning sun poked through the birch trees and I caught her eye and smiled. Today was the day my sweet friend Laurie would […]

A few months ago, I excitedly announced I would be holding my first ever photography workshop in Nuremberg. It was a huge deal for me because I’m totally one of those people who thinks…  “Oh… I could never do that. No one would come!” Aaaaaand So….. Despite that fear, and with the help of my […]