Category archives: Engaged

Palm Springs Same Sex Engagement Photos

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 Photos

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 Engagement Photos

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[...]

Palm Springs Wedding Proposal

Marriage Proposal In Palm Springs, California Without a doubt, one of my personal favorite things to photograph is wedding proposals. The reason? Energy. Most engagement sessions I shoot the couple are usually a little fixated on the "right" location, the wardrobe they will be wearing, posing in front of the camera, and all sorts of other stuff that really does not m[...]

Engagement Photos Sutro Baths San Francisco

Sutro Baths Engagement Most destination wedding photographers absolutely love traveling. Honestly, I'm not one of them. Don't get me wrong, I really do enjoy being in new, unique places and drinking local beers with fresh faces, but the "process" of traveling I completely suck at. What I mean is I'm guaranteed to forget at least 2 or maybe 3 important things. And whe[...]

Old Town Temecula Engagement Photos

Temecula, California Engagement Session I have known Keith for over 20 years so it goes without saying that we have seen the best and worst of each other over that time span. From playing music together, to 200 score bowling games, playing golf like total shit, Vegas trips and enough booze to kill a blue whale, it has been a pretty incredible journey. Somewhere in th[...]