A Fun Sunset Saltair Engagement Session: Sarah and Marcus There are couples who take a session or two to warm up to the camera, and then there are couples who make you feel within the first five minutes like you have been photographing them for years. Sarah and Marcus are firmly in the second category, […]

HammerSky Vineyards: The Most Beautiful Vineyard Wedding Venue on California’s Central Coast I have photographed destination weddings in France, in Italy, across the Pacific Northwest, throughout Utah, and at vineyard properties across California — and I want to say something clearly and without qualification at the start of this post: HammerSky Vineyards in Paso Robles […]

An Aspen Meadows Resort Wedding: Inside One of Colorado’s Most Remarkable Celebrations There are wedding destinations that I add to my photography bucket list and spend years hoping a couple will eventually choose, and then there are the rare occasions when the inquiry arrives and I find myself reading the venue name twice to make […]

A Breathtaking Rancho Valencia Resort Wedding: Inside One of Southern California’s Most Extraordinary Venues Spanish Colonial architecture, lantern-lit olive groves, award-winning cuisine, and the kind of warm California light that makes every photograph feel like a painting. Rancho Valencia Resort is one of the most beautiful wedding venues in California and after photographing a wedding […]

5 Extraordinary New California Coastal Wedding Venues Between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara There is a stretch of California coastal wedding venues that I come back to more than almost anywhere else — the corridor of coastline and wine country that runs between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, where the landscape shifts in a matter […]

Magnolia Event Center: Utah’s Beautifully Renovated Wedding Venue Magnolia Event Center in Utah has been quietly beloved by it’s communities for decades — a space where generations of families have gathered for the most significant moments of their lives, where the building itself has accumulated a specific kind of warmth through the sheer volume of […]

The Red Earth Wedding Venue: Moab’s Most Extraordinary Wedding Destination There is a specific moment that happens at The Red Earth outside Moab, Utah, that I have never experienced at any other wedding venue in the state. It is the moment you step out of the car after the ten-minute drive from town along Scenic […]

Romantic Wedding Decorations That Feel Soft, Elegant, and Timeless When considering romantic wedding decorations, it’s essential to focus on elements that evoke feelings of love and intimacy. Romantic wedding decorations can transform any space into a dreamy setting. After seventeen years of photographing weddings, I have watched thousands of couples navigate the overwhelming world of […]