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San diego backyard wedding

"Home is where the heart is, and Heidi and Ryan knew that their backyard with so much natural beauty was where they wanted to host their intimate wedding day."

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I’ll admit it – I actually love big weddings. My own wedding was pretty big and it was an incredible day with so many family and friends. But if I was planning it today, I would probably make it much more intimate now that I’ve seen how beautiful a smaller event can be without feeling […]

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Why Your Small Wedding Needs a Professional Photographer

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When Max reached out to discuss photography for proposing to his girlfriend Rachel, I was so excited for what he was planning. He had organized a day-date that would end with drinks and dinner at the stunning Inn of 7th Ray. The proposal would happen before cocktails and then both their families would be waiting […]

Engagement, Uncategorized, Weddings

Proposal in Temescal Canyon – Los Angeles, CA

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I love an intimate wedding celebration. They are the most intentional celebrations for a couple’s nearest and dearest with a focus on a new partnership. Life takes us along so many different and sometimes unexpected, paths. Elizabeth and Donald found each other right when they needed to. They both have established lives, grown children and […]

Weddings

Intimate Wedding in Santa Monica, CA

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Heidi and Ryan’s love story has taken them on many adventures to beautiful locations across the country. As avid hikers, they have explored some of the most awe-inspiring parks and natural wonders in the US. But home is where the heart is, and they knew that their backyard was where they wanted to host their […]

Weddings

San Diego Backyard Wedding – Heidi & Ryan

Early in the pandemic, my friend Mikela confided that she and her partner Mike were trying to get pregnant. It was a moment of bleak uncertainty in the world, but there was something incredibly hopeful about the possibility of welcoming a new life. When she eventually shared the news that she was pregnant, I was […]

Birth

Mikela’s Backyard Home Birth

Life has a funny way of unfolding – usually not in the ways we imagine it will. We move to different states, find partners, have children, leave partners, change careers, discover new hobbies…and with each life transition comes an opportunity to welcome new people into our lives. This is Tamar and Charlie’s story. They found […]

Engagement

Worth the Wait: Tamar & Charlie

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