This rainy Redlands engagement proved to be an adventure! California got onboard with the whole idea of winter this year which meant many a rainy weekend!  Weddings…engagement sessions…almost all of them for the first several months of the year were either raining or overcast. I loved it and my AWESOME couples were pretty much down […]

We know Amanda and Byron as Mandi and Todd from their rainy engagement session and their Riverside Loft 84 fall wedding was just as incredible. Mandi’s romantic, gothic style was evident in every single aspect of the day. Her stunning dress and veil were custom made for her by her grandmother. Bat broaches adorned her […]

A Redlands sunrise engagement session for Conrad and Ashley! After a double header wedding weekend, the only way for us to fit in their engagement session was to get up before the sun. I had them meet up with me before dawn at a local Starbucks (because this photographer needed a bucket filled with coffee […]

Fun story about this winter Yucaipa engagement! The first time I met Cheyenne was at a wedding I photographed about five years ago in Cedar Pines Park.  We met again under the unique circumstances of me photographing her sister giving birth a few years later.  If that doesn’t bond a bride and photographer, then I don’t […]

A fun summer engagement in Forest Falls! We actually met at another wedding in Temecula, California where she was the hairstylist and with her spiciness and hilarious sense of humor, we hit it off immediately. Tammy is the genius who tames my wild, Irish gypsy hair and I’ve been going to her ever since so she […]

Kassey and Josh are the cutest and we had such a beautiful Angelus Oaks fall engagement. I didn’t think we’d see too many beautiful fall colors but I was pleased to find myself proven wrong. Kassey found me through her sister. That turned into a funny story as another former client referred me to Josh. […]

For this Top of the World Laguna Beach engagement I can’t help but think about how incredible this year has been.  Each couple, each breathtaking location, and each photograph made has exceeded what were once my wildest dreams.  Now I know that it’s only the beginning of something that’s been a decade in the making. […]

There is a story behind this Joshua Tree winter wedding session let me tell you! The morning of Matt and Cheyenne’s Bonsall wedding at the Garden of Light Hall, I got a text from Cheyenne. The stomach flu had attacked Matt, his sister, and his niece (all of which were in the wedding party).   […]

For this sweet Big Bear summer engagement I scouted out a location where I knew we could have a little adventure. The day of the session arrived and I finally got to meet Jessica and Zach in person! Zach’s in was bantering back and forth the Gaston lyrics with Jessica.   “No one’s slick as […]

This winter wedding Redlands wedding was so much FUN! I’m sure you all remember Doug and Tammy from their sexy Forest Falls engagement session (if not check it out here!) Tammy and her family planned this entire wedding. It was FLAWLESS. The details were stunning, the food was delicious, and the bride and groom where […]