One year ago today, Kristian and Stephanie were all they way down in SoCal from their home in Oregon to get married at Wayfarer’s Chapel. If you missed it the first time around, take a look at Kristian and Stephanie’s wedding posts: Wayfarer’s Chapel ceremony Terranea Resort wedding portraits Happy Anniversary Kristian and Stephanie!! Contact [...]

If you’ve never been married before, I encourage you to think about this before starting heavy planning on your wedding … What is the number one thing you want to remember about your wedding? Is it the way your cake plate matched your garter? Is it the perfect way your reception seat assignments were laid [...]

Last weekend I spent with Michael and Marlene, photographing their wedding in Altadena, CA. The love and friendship between these two was so touching to see …. and the support of their families truly warmed my heart! Plus 80s music, a local celebrity, tears, laughter and a whole lot of dancing! Here is just a [...]

Only a few more photos of Kristian and Stephanie’s wedding … As I mentioned, they came down from Oregon for their destination wedding at Wayfarer’s Chapel in Palos Verdes. Since they were only in town for the wedding and there was only a select number of family and friends in attendance, there was not a [...]

I’ve had an idea recently for another option for a wedding venue – a private home. At VRBO.com (stands for Vacation Rental By Owner) you can find a wide spectrum of different home types for short-term rental (from 1 night to a week+). I don’t want to link to any specific properties, because you would [...]

The longer I live in Southern California, the more I find venues and vendors that I wish I could have used for my own wedding. I might just have to throw us a few fabulous anniversary parties over the years to take advantage. Recently, helping Angela and Devo research locations for their California reception (the [...]

(and finally … ) Beth and Jenny’s Las Vegas wedding reception was also at Rainbow Gardens … Those girls have some fun friends – who obviously love them. First dance: Beth’s brother Josh gave a very sweet, funny toast … as a brother should. Dancing with their fathers … the money dance … The end! [...]

Beth and Jenny got married in Las Vegas – at Rainbow Gardens – a few weeks ago. They are both from Southern California, and so much of their friends and family came out to Las Vegas to celebrate with them … One of Beth’s family friends performed the ceremony for them and that personal touch [...]

A couple weeks ago I had the honor of photographing the wedding of my newest friends, Beth and Jenny … Beth is the sister of another good friend of ours, so recently (with the wedding and Eleanor’s bday) Andrew and I have really become part of the family (whether they like it or not!) The [...]

I don’t want to forget to show you guys these photos …. A few weeks ago Andrew and I went up to San Luis Obispo to visit my cousin Courtney. She’s going to school there. Animal studies major. The strangest thing, since she basically grew up a city girl and her father works in television. [...]