abu dhabi, sigh, i will return…you under-rated gorgeous sun devil.
jaipur, india wedding | bridal portraits
we snuck away to the palace rooftop with a few minutes of glimmer to spare. song constantly replaying in my head during the portraits : house of the rising sun [click to see day one […]
jaipur, india wedding | day two
nothing like waking up on your wedding day to have your closest friends and family smack mud all over your face. i love traditions. they transcend time. they remind us that those who went before us […]
jaipur, india wedding | day one
stay with me on this one: my initial interest in india peaked when i was living in korea via the influence of yoga, friends who lived/traveled there, mantras, my eat pray love book, the mumford and […]
orange county california
shortly after i last saw rachel – when she was the maid of honor at her sister’s wedding in august 2013 – she met josh. years later, i met up with her and her now […]
san francisco california
the smits. some people are lucky enough to be able to photograph different stages in someone’s life. i have been lucky enough to photograph dayna and cory’s. first, their engagement. then, their wedding. and now, […]
the world | miniloc island philippines
part two of our trip to el nido, philippines. this one is a bit shorter than the first post on apulit island. this was our complimentary adventure since our little mix-up on apulit. little did […]
mount tamalpais california
“they are soooo in love! look at how they look at each other!” – tk he is such a romantic. i occassionally ask tk for his critical four eyes to review a final gallery before i deliver to my couples. […]
san francisco california
dirty, sweaty and jet-lagged. i landed in california. with the help of my personal mentor, espresso, and the accompaniment of natural adrenaline, my luggage and i arrived by walk-metro-walk-uber-walk to dana and brad’s front door. […]
newport beach california
i was pretty honored when jessica first contacted me about her wedding. we had met yearssss ago while working at the house of blues during college. eight years later, she was getting married to christian […]
the world | apulit island philippines
part one of our philippines trip [note: manila and palawan countryside was not photographed due to tiredness and car sickness…] our first impression of the philippines swept in with the nostalgia of mexico. other similarities, […]
expats | shanghai china | tanja
spoiler alert: i want to be tanja’s friend and i don’t think she knows it. yet. so here i go… tanja i want to be your friend. and although germans would laugh at such a […]
expats | shanghai china | christina
christina and i met online. my first [and only] official internet relationship to date. wait, that’s wrong. first came my junior high boyfriend that i would spend hours IM’ing from my parent’s dial-up computer. but […]
jw marriott | shanghai china
its been about a bazillion degrees here…and we magically had an afternoon off together. so we hit up a hotel pool in shanghai and made love to the sun. even without sun lotion, we still […]
trends kill everything beautiful.
“artist by trade. wanderlust by birth.” my instagram bio character limit states this proudly, without shame and with full understanding of the words. it was what i could efficiently describe myself as. now with the […]