We here in California (well, I can't speak for the rest, but the Bay Area at least) have been having a solidly wet and chilly winter (for the first time in YEARS!) which I have been enormously enjoying. However, it does make shooting outdoors a...
Boy how the time flies! Way back in June I had the delightful opportunity to spend the day with Susan of Ramekins, touring some of their beautiful wedding venues in Sonoma. I visited their iconic Ramekins Culinary School as well as their next-door neighbor, The...
Hello 2017! Boy time has flown, and I can't believe we're already halfway through January! Today I am happy to share the last wedding I had in 2016. I love me a small San Francisco City Hall wedding - there's usually less of the pomp...
Arianne and Marcel are both outdoor enthusiasts, and both at one point participated in leading outdoor adventure groups in college. I knew from the beginning that whatever location they picked for their engagement shoot, it would be epic. After anxiously watching the weather get worse...
Hanna and Trey met while they were both studying at Stanford University (which is one of the reasons we did their engagement session there). Hanna's roommate's boyfriend met Trey while studying abroad, and the two of them decided Hanna and Trey were perfect for each...
Charlotte and Taylor's Eagle Ridge Golf Club wedding took place on a beautiful, warm, incredibly sunny day in late October. My second shooter Hok and I started off getting some of the getting ready process on film (in a matter of speaking), and with how...
I've been having such a fun time visiting venues and meeting people while doing my Venue Spotlights that I thought - hey, why not do vendor spotlights too? I love getting to know my amazing co-workers in the San Francisco Bay Area wedding industry, and...
Gabi and Joel met Freshman year at Arizona state, but it wasn't until Senior year that fate finally brought them together and they started dating. Years later, Joel covered their apartment with flowers and notes and asked Gabi to marry him. A couple of weeks...
North of the Golden Gate Bridge, West of the 101 and East of Tamales Bay is a place called Nicasio. It is a tiny historic town, surrounded by rolling hills and farms (and, apparently, lots of delicious cheese-makers). Nestled between these hills there is a...
Nicole and Stephen met in a photojournalism class many moons ago. Nicole noticed Stephen and moved to sit next to him - and the rest, as they say, is history :). Now they've been together for a number of years, have met life's challenges together,...
Kaitlynn and Kevin were high school sweet hearts and have been together for many years. Now they're tying the knot, and I am luck enough to photography their wedding! They love the forest and are self-proclaimed beach bums, so we merged the two together for...
One of the challenges of photographing so many different couples is getting a sense for the type of relationship each couple has and how to capture that in a photo - usually all in the span of an hour or so. I met Gabi and...
It's venue spotlight time! Today I want to share with you some images from my wonderful visit with the quintessential Sonoma wedding venue: Cornerstone Sonoma. If you've ever driven up 121, you've seen the iconic orange lounge chairs of Sunset Magazine, and if you're anything...
Many moons ago, I was a fine art major at UC Santa Cruz, with a focus in painting. All these years later, and I am blessed to make a living with art. However, I've often dreamed about somehow incorporating my love of painting into my...
Today, I am super honored to be the featured artist of courage by the Choose Courage Foundation! They do amazing work to bring awareness to domestic violence and celebrate survivors with art. I love what they stand for and what they do - how they...