14Feb

my love, we have seen it all.

my love, we have seen it all.
in a nutshell, men and women hire me to capture their love. that’s what i do. i try to find and capture love between two human beings in one single moment. its pretty interesting (i’m ridiculously intrigued as the psychological side of relationships) how love looks as a child when you are handing out candy [...]

11Feb

central valley engagement | christine & francisco

central valley engagement | christine & francisco
francisco & christine met through a mutual friend and have dated long-distance (yay for long-distancers!). they are getting hitched in october and i was so happy to capture their engagement for them. in a nutshell, we met on a bright and oddly summer-like day in a dense wooded area in central valley. it was great [...]

04Feb

the world | vancouver bc

the world | vancouver bc
my rainy overcast days in canada consisted of walking miles around stanley park, snuggling in my warm room at the hyatt vancouver, shopping on robson street and eating amazing food. unfortunately, i couldn’t see the mountain range more than five minutes out of four days. i visited the vancouver aquarium and fell in love with [...]

14Jan

bloomington indiana wedding | mr. & mrs. wheeler

bloomington indiana wedding | mr. & mrs. wheeler
kira & ryan’s wedding took place on one of the most exciting days of the year. i loved this wedding for the following reasons: – it took place on new years eve – it took place in ridiculously cold winter weather – i shot it solo with having a fever (i seriously believe it gave [...]


09Jan

the right match [for the excited bride & the anxious photographer]

the right match [for the excited bride & the anxious photographer]
i sipped on my vanilla-blonde-roast coffee and once again pushed rearranged the table. i was in an unfamiliar starbucks with only one surge available. i had a bride & groom on their way and i needed to make sure my computer was charged [fail from forgetting the night before]. finally a biker grabbed his coffee [...]

06Jan

san diego portraits | mr. & mrs. goodman

san diego portraits | mr. & mrs. goodman
oof. i have sat here thinking about how to start writing this blog for a while now. i know it was coming for a couple weeks. actually i knew it was coming the moment in august when i got a phone call from my dear friend trisha telling me something the doctors had told her [...]

03Jan

chicago engagement | ryan & kira

chicago engagement | ryan & kira
last engagement session of the year! took place in chicago’s lincoln park, downtown & union station. early december morning on lake shore drive could only mean one thing – bitter, bitter cold weather. but being surrounded by the city, the lake & this couple (clearly i am quite partial to this couple!) made it all [...]