Engagement Session Coachella Valley Preserve Brandon & Monique  I really don't know much, but what I do know is when a couple brings tequila, a sombrero, and a bluetooth speaker to pump mariachi music that the engagement session is going to be f**king amazing! And that is exactly what Brandon and Monique's Coachella Preserve engagement photos were: AMAZING! This[...]

Palm Springs Engagement Photos Rhea & Jairo's Engagement Session Palm Springs One of my favorite places to rock engagement photos is in Palm Springs, California. The reason is because Palm Springs instagram worthy locations are literally everywhere to be found. So needless to say I was pretty freaking stoked when Rhea and Jairo decided to break away from Los Ang[...]

Graham Residence Engagement Bryan contacted me about a month ago to tell me about this really rad plan he had. The plan was to propose to his long-time girlfriend Amanda, meet his and her parents for lunch and then whisk her away for a surprise getaway. The getaway was going to be at this really awesome and remote property called The Graham Residence in Yucca Valley,[...]

Palm Springs Engagement Photos When Craig reached out to me late last year he explained that he and his partner Ryan were coming down from Seattle to elope in Palm Springs in February. Craig mentioned they had been going to a lot of friends weddings over the past few years and decided they just didn't want to go through all the stress of a planning a regular wedding.[...]

Catalina Island Engagement Ideas Now that I have a 2-year-old daughter and a newborn son my relaxation trips are all focused on the stay-cation mentality. While other destination wedding photographers are out there booking trips to Iceland or photographing freckle-faced red-haired chicks on mountain tops I am holding it down in Southern California, rocking in Palm Sp[...]

Oceanside Beach Engagement Session Don't waste time. Seriously. Why talk about your dreams when you can start investing your time and money in them. I say this because one of the qualities I most love in other people are the qualities of knowing what you want and then going out and making that shit happen. No joke. It applies to everything in life as well. Oh you alw[...]