Yay! You’re planning a Yosemite elopement in 2023 or beyond. Yosemite is one of my absolute favorite places for outdoorsy, nature-loving couples to elope. The weather is beautiful, there are some fantastic elopement locations within the park, and it can be as high-end or as budget-friendly as you’d prefer. If you want to learn all […]

While the temperature certainly doesn’t feel like it at the moment, this past September marked the first official day of fall! The months of September – November are super popular for weddings and portraits in the Central Valley. Let’s talk about all the fall wedding tips you need to survive this season! Why have a […]

This Halloween elopement editorial gave me allllll the spooky fall vibes I needed! Around this time last year, a TikTok trend blew up of people putting pumpkins over their heads and taking photos in the woods. I wanted to add my own twist on the trend, and messaged one of my favorite wedding hair and makeup artists around, Sierra. One of her many passions is SFX makeup so she took my little idea and sprinted with it to the finish line of this shoot!

I wanted to bring you my favorite summer wedding tips because in many places in the world, summer is the most ideal season for a wedding! The days are longer, the weather can be more mild, and many honeymoon destinations are in their prime season. In other places, like the Central Valley, summer weddings can […]

Chelsea + Nathan’s Paso Robles Wedding at Villa San-Juliette Winery was one I won’t forget anytime soon. I’d been looking forward to this weekend since their engagement session at Shaver Lake, which was over a year ago! I remember watching them so at ease with one another and knew that they would be such a […]

LJ + Danny tied the knot on May 7th at The Pines, a breathtaking venue in the Sierra Nevadas, just shy of the entrance to Yosemite National Park. LJ + Danny’s wedding was my first wedding at the Pines, which has been one of my dream venues since my husband and I were first engaged […]

Khadeisya and Isaiah’s Shaver Lake wedding portraits are what mountain elopement dreams are made of! *cue Hillary Duff* The secret? They married in Fresno the day before! The wedding day was a busy flutter of activity from one event to the next. They wanted the opportunity to intentionally spend time with their guests. When I […]

The idea behind this Yosemite elopement editorial came when I sent a local photographer, Karen Vargas, a message on Instagram. I told her “Let me know if you’re ever down to put together a little elopement editorial with me. Maybe in the mountains or something?” Needless to say, we decided on a boho vibe and […]

Megan + Austin’s intimate San Luis Obispo wedding was every bit as beautiful as their love story. Megan + Austin first met when Megan stole his usual seat on the bus their freshman year of high school. You know, the unofficially “assigned” seating. Many years later, Austin ended up proposing to Megan on one of […]

Abigail + Ryan were married on a beautiful spring afternoon in an intimate Central Valley wedding ceremony at Elite Event Venue in my lovely hometown of Fresno, California. Abigail + Ryan surrounded themselves with close family + friends for their sweet, intimate Central Valley wedding. Once of their good friends officiated their ceremony, and the […]