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about the artist

I love having fun, learning new things, making people smile, and telling stories. I love seeing life through fun angles. I enjoy inspiring others as well as being inspired by others. I have the most supportive husband, best friend, and partner. We enjoy hiking, traveling, our furry kids, snowboarding, weddings, and of course, photography.

I love weddings.  Weddings are filled with thoughtful details and emotions, and I love capturing those precious memories. I love telling vivid wedding stories. I put my heart into every photo, so you will see personality, new perspectives, a great story, and life in my photos.

I work unobtrusively, using my mix of photojournalism, candid, and fine-art portraiture style.  I document those important moments with the most interesting, truthful and beautiful perspective.  I understand how much time and thought is put into each wedding - that’s why it is so important to me that you to experience your big day all over again every time you see your pictures.

The opportunity to capture your memories and tell the story of such a special day is truly an honor to me. I enjoy developing relationships with each couple, which allows me to make each set truly unique & memorable.

This blog is where I will update my most recent photos along with random bits from my life. It is a casual place to get to know each other. If there are specific photos you want to see more of, you can click on the categories at the top to see photos of that category. I hope you find what you’re looking for here. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or comments!  I’d love to hear from you!


I am based in Los Angeles, but travel and destination weddings are welcome!
I book weddings up to 15 months in advance. 

My wedding
calendar is booked through April 2011.

You can also visit me at:

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trump national golf club wedding | yuki + justin

Yuki lives in Japan and met Justin while he was traveling there.  The chemistry was instant, though Justin had to come back to LA.  I’ve always admired couples who could make a long distance relationship work.  I think it takes two very independent people, who are at the same time strongly connected to each other.  Yuki planned their whole wedding from Japan!  They had a beautiful wedding day at the Trump National Golf Club, with help from her fab coordinator at Tolain Studio.

I saw this book in her hotel room and thought it was very appropriate for her destination wedding here:

Yuki’s sister SEWED all of the bridesmaid dresses & her own dress!  Aren’t they adorable???  I LOVE that bow on her back!  The entire wedding party & family flew in from Japan for this special occasion.

Yuki wanted *no one* to see her in her wedding dress before the ceremony, besides her immediate family.  Not even her maid of honor saw her until she walked down the aisle!  We hid her in the limo until it was her turn to walk!

I just adore her wedding party!  They’re all so cute!  Looks like they just walked out of a Japanese fashion magazine.

Since they didn’t do a first look, Yuki planned almost a 3 hour gap in between for photos.  I recommend considering a large gap if you plan to skip the first look!  We were able to get photos at their church, at the lighthouse, and then at their reception venue.

Guests were greeted into the reception with customized fortune cookies:

In house bakery did an amazing job with the wedding cake and macaroons!

yum…

Trump’s ballroom is so gorgeous.  So ornate – I wouldn’t expect anything less from Trump!

My first time seeing half a duck served at a wedding!

Congrats to the two love birds on such a heartfelt day.  Everything was so beautiful, just like their relationship.  I wish them all the best on their new adventure together in Japan!!

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westlake village inn wedding photography | selly + joon

Remember Selly & Joon’s adorable Santa Monica engagement photos?  They got married earlier this year and their wedding was as fun as their engagement session!  Really, one of the funnest crowds ever!  I love how though it was a super fun wedding, it was also a very elegant wedding.  Westlake Village Inn was the perfect setting!

Selly bought each bridesmaid a personalized necklace & gorgeous clutch.

Aren’t these two just the cutest??  They’re going to make the cutest babies!

I love selly’s bouquet full of Peonies and feathers!

The very gorgeous ladies:

Love the groomsmen’s socks!  And I love how Joon’s boutonniere matches Selly’s bouquet.

And my favorite part is the bridesmaid bouquets!  Anemone & black coffee beans.  LOVE!

The gorgeous ceremony site:

LOVE all the arches:

I love the candid moment I caught of Joon kissing her hand while his dad was giving his announcement.  And I love this moment between Joon & his mom.  That will be me one day, and I can only hope that my son adores me as much as I adore him.

And this is the happiest grandma ever:

Check out their gorgeous cake!

Check out their gorgeous center piece & “escort cards”!

The little birds are a whimsical touch to their very elegant manzinita branch centerpieces.

Another favorite element of mine is their “escort cards”.  Selly HAND-PAINTED each wooden doll to match her guests!

When you see this as a grand entrance, you know it’s going to be a good time!

Doesn’t she look so elegant as she enters the room?

Remember these two?  They got married last year.  If you missed it, check out their gorgeous DIY wedding.

One of the funniest moments… a bridesmaid pretended to lick the cake, but in the process, either her shawl or dress took a real taste.

Joon played nice… Selly played fun!

And I couldn’t resist but yell, “KISS HER!”  I got way into it.  haha.

And this pretty much sums up their day… full of love & fun!

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