We ventured out on this Santa Monica Pier spring engagement.  The city and pier had sentimental meaning for these two because it was where Hector asked Araceli to be his girlfriend.  What we didn’t think of was that it was also Saint Patrick’s Day and that everyone else in California would want to be out […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 Thomas F Riley wilderness park Engagement was a two part, full day adventure that started at Victoria Beach and ended with a golden hour hike in the wilderness park. I have to be honest when I say that this is one of the most fun engagement sessions of all time!  You see, Taelor has […]

What a fun winter Forest Falls engagement! When a mountain bride meets her future husband on a mountain and they find a mountain girl photographer…we go to the mountains for the engagement session!   Kaylee found me through her mom, Tracey. Since Tracey had met me before and knew my work (and work ethic), she enthusiastically […]