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We’re back with of my favorite venues with one of my favorite couples for this Miller’s Landing summer wedding in Lake Arrowhead! Originally E & K had booked another photographer and didn’t love the experience they had at their first engagement session. After a dinner with her uncle where they shared their concerns, he surprised […]
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Meant To Be In the inquiry for this Virginia Country Club Spring Wedding, K told me that her Long Beach venue highly recommended me. She was already so in love with my work and I was the most highly reviewed. During the consult I let them know that full disclosure….I’d never even heard of their […]
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There are some weddings that I look forward to all year long and this Trabuco Canyon ranch fall wedding with J & S was one of them. A Family Affair Story time… Many years ago, my last wedding of the year was on a hundred year old family ranch. It had been one of my […]
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Growing Up And Growing Old Together When the day arrived for D & M’s Carlsbad Flower Fields summer wedding, we knew not to expect the vibrant blooms in the month of June but what we didn’t expect was the most glorious cloudy day. The overcast skies brought a richness to the colors and light. D […]
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It was a perfect holiday weekend on the mountain for this San Moritz Lodge Lake Gregory summer wedding. Everyone was up to enjoy the cooler weather at the lake and hike the trails. High School Friends Turned Into Forever M & B met in high school and one day B started seeing M less as […]
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This Avensole Winery spring wedding was so special in so many ways! I had met this beautiful bride when I did her brother’s wedding in Oregon many, many years ago at the most epic waterfall wedding. She had followed me ever since I had done her brother’s engagement and when the time came to plan […]
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This San Clemente sunrise engagement session was the perfect way to wrap up a year…even if sunrise at the beach in December is insanely cold! Thankfully M & H were down with my secret plans to laugh hysterically and run amuck up and down the beach like crazy people to warm up. A Idyllwild Wedding […]
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All the floral garden vibes for this Los Angeles Arboretum spring engagement! G &M wanted a spring engagement to match their spring wedding and the idea of a garden really appealed to them. I sent them galleries of botanical gardens I’ve used before with the disclaimer of possibly being too early or too late for […]
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Everything about this Long Beach winter engagement is pure magic. It’ll live rent free in my head for the rest of my life. Meant To Be Where do I even start? K reached out to me for their Virginia Country Club wedding and said I was highly recommended by their venue. There was only one […]
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A Family Affair One of the most special things about this Palm Springs windmills winter engagement is how much I adore this whole family. I started off in weddings as a second photographer for several years until one fateful trip to New Jersey when the lead photographer was a no show (that’s another story for […]
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The Perks Of A Sunrise Engagement A sunrise engagement in Downtown Riverside is such a great way to take advantage of any beautiful downtown area while avoiding crowds and the heat of summer in Southern California. The gritty beauty of the location can really be used to the fullest during the earliest hours of the […]
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The Best Light In Lake Gregory This fall Lake Gregory engagement was pure magic. Golden hour at this location is subtle, as the lake is inset into the mountain. We start our trek around the lake taking photos finding pretty spots to take photos along the way. The little window of golden sunset light hits […]
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A Fancy Wedding Barefoot in the Idyllwild Forest Everything about this Idyllwild Summer Elopement is perfection. Absolutely everything. E & J decided to go with an elopement because they wanted a day to be all about them, no expectations, just filled with fun and emotion and beauty. Although they both love a good party, they […]
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From Lake Arrowhead Wedding to Big Bear Elopement This Big Bear summer elopement is the most beautiful example of when plans change and the outcome is even better than anyone could imagine. Initially when J & J reached out to me it was earlier in the year for a spring micro wedding in Lake Arrowhead. […]
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We continue the summer of elopements with J & N’s Running Springs summer elopement! I don’t know what it was about this year but everyone was ready to elope on a mountain and I was HERE FOR IT. A love of Hiking J & N met at work and slowly got to know one another. […]
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Pivoting a Big Wedding to a Joshua Tree Elopement This summer elopement in Joshua Tree Park took a few pivots in our journey. Originally S & C booked me for their destination elopement. After writing out their two hundred person guest list, these two bought a house and became sober and realized that the big […]
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This intimate Joshua Tree elopement/micro-wedding for B & Y had all the attributes of an elegant wedding with the ease of an elopement. Well thought out details were incorporated into this incredible rental property truly proving that you don’t need the big wedding to make your day something special. From All Over the World to […]
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This Mission Inn Summer Elopement holds a special place in my heart. M and J were booked pre-pandemic for the big wedding in Oak Glen. Several postponements and a pivot later brought us to this day…but we’ll circle back to that. M and J met through friends. When J walked into the house, M’s jaw […]
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We’re back with some of my favorites of the best wedding venues in Oak Glen! Oak Glen is know for their apple season and the best “mile high” apple pie. I’m sure many of you know that it’s also an incredibly popular spot to say I do! Prepare to be blown away by some of […]
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I’m back with the best Lake Arrowhead venues for intimate weddings! Do you want a mountain wedding but don’t want it to be a big affair? A lot of the venues in Lake Arrowhead are geared towards having a big party surrounded by the beauty of the forest. But never fear! I have a few […]
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As a wedding photographer who does mostly mountain weddings (and someone who grew up in the area), I’ve put together the four best wedding venues in the Lake Arrowhead area (or at least my favorites so far!) Mountain weddings are what make my heart sing and they’re becoming more and more of a popular choice […]
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All things elopements, adventure elopements, courthouse weddings, minimonies, micro weddings, and intimate weddings So you want to know how to elope or have an intimate wedding? Elopements, minimonies, micro weddings, and intimate weddings have become a topic that many couples are now entertaining after Covid-19 has rescheduled their big weddings. This is a subject near […]
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Before we talk about if you should have a first look, let me explain what it is. Basically it’s summed up as having a private moment to see each other before the ceremony. This purpose of this post is not to sway you either way about whether you should have a first look or not. […]
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So this is a different kind of post that is partly about nontraditional engagement ring tips but we’re going to dig a little deeper too. When I got engaged someone told me “but diamonds are a girl’s best friend” and I’m sure we’ve all heard that diamonds are forever. What? Now don’t get me wrong, […]
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