The JOURNAL

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 […]

This summer I had a new face in the office with me. Her name is Megan and she was my saving grace of an intern through the thick of wedding season. I like to think of myself as someone who can do it all…. a super photographer who has time for work, play, my family […]

The relationship began by Instagram stalking each other (by “relationship”, I mean mine and Asher’s). I’m not sure how I originally stumbled on her Instagram feed, but I was drawn to her missions photos, and how much they reminded me of my own missions experiences. Her commentary left me nostalgic for those crazy international moments […]

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 […]