Have I ever talked about my own proposal story? I think I really stressed out my poor husband, Trevor. :p I was an anthropology major in school and told him that if he ever proposed, I really wanted a ring that was fair trade (as a side note, now we’re saving up for a […]

Over the past year, I’ve been blessed to be able to photograph so many families and couples spending time together. I’ve watched as they’ve cried tears of joy: \ Given beautiful prayers and blessings of support: Teased each other in ways that only a family can:   And danced together in celebration with nothing but […]

One of the things I inherited when I married my husband, is a family full of talented cooks. 😉 My plant based diet has always been looked at as a fun culinary adventure for them, and they love coming up with new recipes and baking techniques. It’s one of many ways they show me their […]

Last night Trevor and I were watching Edward Scissorhands, and we tried to name off all the Tim Burton movies in order. We were way off, not even close. 🙂 But it made me think of these detail photos I took of the Haunted Mansion all decked out for the Nightmare Before Christmas during a […]

If you can’t laugh at yourself, life is going to seem a whole lot longer than you like. ~Garden State Both Louise and Marc have told me that I wasn’t anything like how they’d expected me to be. What probably surprised them the most, is that I never take myself too seriously. Don’t get me […]

This months challenge for I Heart Faces is shadows, and I just had to enter this image. We had a great time playing around with these shadows in Pasadena.     For more entries, check out the contest over at I Heart Faces:     Read more at http://www.iheartfaces.com/how-it-works/grab-a-button/#SuLOZF294Wqx7BEO.99

When Liana met Rob, the last thing on her mind was finding her soul mate, but sometimes that’s just the way things work, isn’t it? Their relationship didn’t start right away, because Liana wasn’t interested in dating people she worked with (Rob and Liana worked for separate companies that occasionally worked together). Rob had to […]

I was feeling really grumpy about Gina’s wedding shoes. Not because of her shoes. Her shoes were one of the loveliest pairs of heels I’d ever seen, and I wanted the photograph to be really special. Her wedding was World of Color themed, and I was wracking my brain trying to find a way to […]

A long while ago, Budget Fairy Tale had hosted a giveaway that included one of my photo shoots. When I reached out to Disney Bride Christine about winning the giveaway, I was thrilled to hear her ideas for her Disneyland Honeymoon Photos. She decided on a Mad Men inspired shoot at Disney California Adventure’s Carthay […]