The JOURNAL

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 […]

Jonathan and Regina are one of those couples that put real life meaning in the word “love.” They’re comfortable in their love, they laugh together, and they choose to put each other first amidst jobs and passions and life’s obstacles. I know it’s a bit late to be sharing these photos, but I’m really excited […]

Meet the Davidson family… a fun loving, beautiful group of people!  We met at Irvine Regional Park to take some holiday family portraits on a beautifully sunny winter morning. We explored around the park, found lots of acorns, pretended to be archers with sticks as our bows and arrows, and ended our time gettin’ our […]

Brittany and Ryan’s French Quarter themed styled wedding shoot has been featured in Mingle Magazine! Woohoooo!!! Right now I’m jumping out of my computer chair and grinning from ear to ear…. I have been waiting a LONG TIME to share these amazing photos with you and there’s no better way than in PRINT!! You can […]

November was a month of family portraits for me. I got to spend the late afternoon hours running around and documenting the love of moms and dads and kids! When Amber asked me recently to photographer her growing family, I was SO EXCITED because I had seen the adorableness of two year old twins through the […]

I got to know Gatsby through Czarina’s Instagram. About a year ago, Czarina and her new husband Brad (I shot their wedding last year) got the cutest little Corgi puppy named Gatsby. I followed along through their pictorial journey as they trained their puppy, and discovered personality in the little guy. I fell in love […]

We are officially into the holiday season and I’m in the process of planning next year (I know…. crazy!). Every holiday season, as I meet newly engaged couples and plan out my coming year’s events, I can’t help but look back at the past year and feel so blessed by the brides and grooms I […]