Catie + Ben, Vintage Arizona Wedding Part 1

Heather + Grayson, Crestomore Manor Wedding

Jenny + Heath, Viceroy Palm Springs Wedding

Brittany + Steven, Villa Del Sol D Oro Wedding

Kristen + Chris, Wedding

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One of my favorite makeup artists, Amy Clarke was featured on Utterly Engaged online magazine. She decided to use one of her favorite makeup jobs from my Crestmore Manor wedding, which is also one of my favorites. Heather + Grayson have been featured everywhere!

Utterly Engaged is really cool. Check it out if you haven’t!

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Krysta + Wes have one of the most romantic stories ever! They had mutual friends in High School but they weren’t really friends. Then 8 years later, they ran into each other in Galway Ireland (think P.S I love you) of all places. After spending a month traveling together through Europe, they decided to be more than friends. Fast forward a few years, Wes took Kyrsta back to Galway and proposed to her there!

Ceremony at the beautiful Neighborhood Church in Palos Verdes
Reception at Los Verdes Golf Course in Palos Verdes
Dress by Enzoani
Shoes by Vince
Bracelet- vintage from 1920s
Earrings designed by Erin Cole, Costa Mesa
Flowers by Amanda Claverie with Rosebud Floral.
Cake by Rossmoor Pastries in Signal Hil
Band: Undercover Live in Orange County

The Neighborhood Church in Palos Verdes. So gorgeous!










Guest greet the bride and groom, overlooking the water.












Another cocktail hour at Palos Verdes Golf Course.


The most adorable sweet table! A note from Krysta about what she designed:
Vintage ice cream and candy parlor just all pieced and put together by me. I designed the logo and named it Sugar & Ice myself and painted that wooden sign on my own. I’m an ice cream addict (everyone in attendance that night knows that) so a personal touch with a retro flare, mint chocolate chip is my favorite and tried to add a bunch of old candy from through the decades to bring the guests of all ages back to being a kid

I did the website and the invitations and the save the dates, rehearsal dinner invites, table settings and all decor myself, we went and set everything up before the church. Thank god for the help of the girls that day!

Such a fun band! Undercover Live in Orange County

Thank you so much Krysta + Wes for including us on this beautiful day!

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My good friend Hanssie (aka Queen of Everything) asked me if I was available to lead some groups for this shootout, which happened to be one of my favorite styles. Of course I said yes! I’ve done this once before and it’s always a great experience talking to other photographers and teaching. In this case, I did less teaching and more shooting. Everyone was excited to get time with our lovely model. She was so great, it was hard to get a bad photo of her. And everyone loved her! (And so does the camera.)

Thank you so all who participated in this!

Organization: SoCal Photog ShootOut
Model: Isabel Dresden
Hair by Diego Ortega
Makeup by Jennette Pulecio
Styling by Heather Skelton and Kaylee Sizemore
Venue: Casino San Clemente

Some of me, Hannsie and the shooters!

Here’s some of my favorites from the day:


I brought my camera since it fits so well!

Isabel is the perfect mid century modern gal!









The whole group of “Mad Men” models.

I was testing the light and got this one of the other model, Kayla Lighthizer.

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One of my favorite weddings was featured on the lovely blog, Inspired by this!

Jenny + Heath’s Palm Springs Viceroy wedding included yellow, black and white, their adorable doggy Cash and dark blue bridesmaid dresses. Oh and not to mention, Carey Hart and Pink were some of the celebrity guests.

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I’m off to the Dominican Republic until next Wednesday!

I’m really excited about this workshop, Inspire Smart Success taking place in the Dominican Republic. It’s so important to go to workshops and stay inspired, especially after being in business for over 8 years! It’s for wedding professionals, not just photographers. I tend to gravitate toward workshops that are are more business oriented than just about photography. Anytime I go to something like this, I come back energized and inspired with a new fire of creative energy. This workshop also has rave reviews. I can’t wait to give one of my own after I come back! I know it’s going to be amazing.

For the past two years, I’ve gone to Hawaii in January to plan my year and let Hawaii gives it’s magical eneregy to me. Since I couldn’t do that this time, this trip is taking its place! I guess I have a little bit of a travel bug!

I plan on taking tons of photos. Especially with my Holga, Holgaroid and Yashica D. Here’s some images of the resort, Sanctuary Cap Cana.

Hoping to get some more of this kinda thing I shot in Hawaii:

And of course some like this, with my digital camera:

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