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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 […]

The Rooftop Lehi: A Modern Utah Wedding Venue with Stunning Mountain Views If you’re searching for a Utah wedding venue that feels elevated, modern, and effortlessly beautiful, The Rooftop Lehi is one of those places that instantly stands out. It’s clean, light-filled, and thoughtfully designed in a way that allows your wedding day to feel both […]

European-Inspired Wedding Decorations: How to Create a Luxury, Timeless Celebration There’s something about European weddings that just feels different. It’s not overly styled or trend-driven—it’s layered, intentional, and effortlessly beautiful. The kind of beauty that feels lived-in, not staged. When couples tell me they want a European-inspired wedding, what they’re usually drawn to isn’t just […]
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Every wedding tells a story. My job is to find the most beautiful way to tell yours. Through the candid moments that happen when no one is looking to the details you spent months choosing and the in-between frames that end up meaning the most. Art and emotion, together in every image.
BEHIND THE LENS
Photography found me before I found it. I grew up watching my grandfather frame a shot, learning without realizing I was learning. When my youngest was born in 2009, I picked up a camera to capture my own kids — and somewhere between the first roll and the hundredth wedding, it became the thing I couldn't imagine not doing.
What keeps me going after 17 years is the same thing that started it all: a genuine love for people and an obsession with preserving the moments that matter. I still travel the world every year to learn from the best photographers working today. Not because I have to. Because I can't imagine stopping.
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