One of the things that stood out about Simone’s initial inquiry was that she was getting married at the same place that her grandparents did back in the 1940s, even if it meant a destination wedding in California. As someone that values my own family history around the bay area, I thought it was so […]

There is a key difference in couples that live in the city, and those that don’t when it comes to their San Francisco wedding goals. People like Jeff and Sunil who started their wedding day out at their apartment in the city, don’t expect things to run on time or to have anything other than […]

Photographs with emotion are what light my heart up. That look on someone’s face that you can just tell what they are thinking – without the audio. You look at those images and feel the energy of the moment. That is how I feel when I look over all these photographs from Kelsey and Kevin’s […]

When I see families that tear up in happiness by just looking at each other, it makes my job to capture sweet photographs way easier. Alexandra and I met for the first time on her wedding day, and everyone received my presence with open arms like an old friend.  This was really so telling on […]

“Effortless” is one of the words that I would use to describe Ilya and Svetlana’s wedding at the Montavalo Art center. Even with a large guest count, everything just seemed to go exactly the way it was supposed to go because of the calm, cool and loving vibes of the whole wedding. Even when Svetlana […]

Under the drizzle of the Maui skies, Charles’ daughter tossed petals down the aisle for his bride who was being walked down the aisle by her two sons.  A family was created on that beach on this day and I am so grateful that Minnarie and Charles brought me to this paradise to document their […]

Once upon a time, I photographed Julie and Frank‘s wedding, which turned out to be easily one of my favorite weddings ever.  Everyone’s main goal during that wedding was one thing: Have a lot of fun. Then I got an e-mail from Ross and Chiara, who were close friends with Julie and Frank. So of […]

Jenny walked down the aisle to “Wildflowers” by Tom Petty just a day before the Sonoma fires started burning.  I had my two closest friends with me (Ariel Darling on hair and makeup, Shelby on 2nd shooter), the calming views of the endless vineyards at the Nelson Family Vineyards.   You belong among the wildflowers You […]