The JOURNAL

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 […]

So I threw Hugo Flash a little birthday party. Yes, it was just us two, but only because Christopher was at work. I know you’re probably all judging me and writing me off as the crazy wedding photographer who is also a cat lady. BUT…. it’s really a year to celebrate! So he was born […]

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 […]

Fall has fallen in southern California, even though the temperatures are being kind of bi-polar. Fall means school, shorter days, the race to find that ONE changing tree in SoCal, pumpkin everything… and family portraits. Even though most of my work throughout the year is weddings and engagements, I get to change it up a […]

It’s a good rule of thumb to not go looking for lasting relationships in a bar. It’s also a good rule of thumb to never say “never.” Brooke, being a smart and realistic young business woman in Los Angeles made a rule to never date guys she meets in bars. And she stuck to it […]

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 […]

One of the coolest parts of my job as a wedding photographer is witnessing first hand all the ways God has been faithful in the lives of the couples I get to work with. Everyone has a different story pieced together by joys and hardships, but every time, newfound love serves as a stark reminder […]

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 […]

We bonded over our love of coffee, good photographs, and spontaneous travels in about the first 3 minutes of meeting one another. Call it chemistry, or just fate, but Belinda is WONDERFUL. She is a covetable wedding and event coordinator with years of experience with the top dogs at Disney, yet she’s also a down […]

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 […]