The JOURNAL

12 years ago, I started my career as a lifestyle and wedding photographer in Southern California.

Cloudy beach days can be pretty magical. These fun Montage Laguna Beach family portraits are proof that the beach is a great place for photos whatever the weather might be like! When you’re a Southern California family, you know off-season is the best time to go to the beach. You can bundle up in cute […]

Photographing weddings is fun, but photographing weddings with the best wedding team in Southern California is the most fun! In between weddings and events for my awesome clients, I’ll occasionally get the opportunity to lend my time and expertise to wedding and event industry professional events. This particular industry event was perfectly curated and executed […]

The Klingaman family chose to take their annual family photos at Father Junipero Serra Trail, a beautiful outdoor trail in San Diego. We explored the trails together, stopped to pick wild flowers, and spent some really special family time together. 

The first light of day creeps through the curtains and little bodies begin to stir at the sounds of early chirping birds. The smells of morning coffee waft in spirals, dancing with the whispers of good morning. Blankies are dragged and little hands find yours to hobble down the stairs. Activities and breakfast start soon […]

Those who teach 6th grade together, stay together. While this might not be the original saying, this adaptation is probably one of the truest forms of the saying BECAUSE somewhere in the jungles of pre-teen education and subconscious teacher die-cut competitions, Jared and Hilary found each other. How amazing is that?! These two are a […]

Somehow the first few years of life speed by as if time isn’t measured the same as the rest of our lives. One minute you’re a brand new parent and the next they’re running away from you, giggling at how clever they are. This is year two for Lexi and her parents, Gavin and Erin, […]

These San Diego family lifestyle portraits are #familygoals and just the most adorable thing you’ve ever seen. Since they just finished moving in and renovating their beautiful new home, we decided it would be fitting to take some relaxed family photos of the four of them before baby boy number three joined the party. Again, […]

Labor begins and bags are grabbed as you rush out the door in between contractions. The hours of labor and then this new life is born into the world and time STOPS. The wonder, the shock, the exhaustion, the deep deep love…. it all blurs together somehow. Photographing this chapter of life is such a sweet gift. […]

This month Rachel Hollis came out with a cookbook called Real Life Dinners, tailor-made for families who need real life meal solutions in just minutes. And guess who the book’s family lifestyle photographer was….. me! Kate Noelle! Can you believe it?! While there were a team of photographers who collaborated their talent to put this […]