The JOURNAL

Today, I got to spend the afternoon with Jeff Clinard and Jamie Struthers at Caspers Wilderness Park in San Juan Capistrano. I had so much fun, I wanted to share a few to whet your taste for all the sweet blog posts I have planned this week! 🙂 Enjoy!

I spoke with a very proud mom several times over email before I met her son, Andrew, and his fiance, Erin. All the way from the east coast, I could feel the excitement oozing from Mrs. Meeks’s words as we set plans to shoot engagement photos for them in Santa Monica. When I finally met […]

–> Click Here to Load the Slideshow While Your Read. (It takes a little while to load, but be patient… it’s awesome) Sometimes a wedding is just a wedding… nothing special, nothing super sentimental… it’s just a wedding. Those weddings often have a beautiful bride, beautiful details and colors, happy guests who dance well, and […]

He told me he thought it would be a good idea to grow a mustache before we get married…. “to get it out of his system.” He did it once before, but it didn’t last longer than an hour long trip to the Point Loma cafeteria because the face he saw in the cafeteria mirrors […]

I’ve always heard planning a wedding is one of the hardest and most stressful things you’ll ever do in your entire life… and that always made me sad to hear. About 90% of the time, in asking brides if they’re excited on their wedding day, they respond, “Yes, but I’m so glad it’s going to […]

As I’m finally getting myself in some sort of order, I wanted to share some sneak peeks from a bunch of really cool shoots I’ve done lately. I’ll be posting the full posts soon, but for now, just for you… David and Chelsea’s Newport Beach Engagement Shoot… The Good Kids launched their album with an […]

As my sister and I waded through the sea of black this morning, the air was tired and sad as the sounds of sniffles softly surrounded the sanctuary. We found our seats and looked around at many familiar faces both young and old. I looked down at the memorial program handed to me by a […]

I’ve always dreamt of the day the man of my dreams would ask me to marry him. I dreamed up all the extravagant ways he would pamper and sweeten me up… all the ways he would tell me how he wants to spend the rest of his life with me. White horses and billowing royal […]

Today was a day of laughter as well as tears. There was joyful dancing and friends all around. Jon and Gabriella started a new chapter in their story today…. and it was such a beautiful experience to be a part of. Here’s just a small taste for those who could not be here….

Traveling is always slightly exhausting for me, especially traveling to somewhere completely new. I think, in my head, I forget that not every place is the same as where I live. Languages are different, laws are different, customs and etiquette is different…. all things I never think about until I’m there. But I love it…. […]