As I say goodbye to weddings, I’m thinking about the good times and the things I really loved to do. I loved photographing the bride while she was getting ready. So much anticipation and excitement made for special moments, especially between the bride and her mother, father, siblings, best friends, and other loved ones. This […]

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Last year I made the tough decision to retire from the wedding industry. What does this mean? A job I used to love turned into a job I hated. This global pandemic hit my business like a tornado, and everything changed. I was miserable. I’ve lost over $60k in revenue since April of 2020. There […]

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People often say, “You can’t go home again.” But I think you can… I’ve known Lavenda and Mike since I was a little girl, so this wedding was incredibly special to me. Being at their wedding was like going HOME. Lavenda and Mike’s story starts eighteen years ago, when they met. Lavenda had been happily […]

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April 12, 2003 was the day Mark and I were married. It was also the day Laci Peterson’s body washed up to shore. No joke… The storm that ripped through our wedding was quite famous… I’d wanted to get married at The Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco since I was a little girl, […]

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