December 1st, 2022:
This one is personal (although, to be fair, all my clients feel personal), Craig is my youngest cousin and I have known him his entire life, so it was a huge privilege to be able to photograph his big day with Bethie surrounded by our family and friends. I trust you two are having an killer time in New Zealand and I can’t wait to see what your future brings!
July 25th, 2022:
Amanda + Sami had one of the biggest wedding days of my season at Eden Gardens! Their Persian celebration was complete with SO MUCH DANCING, singing, laughing and then more dancing that my feet where grumbling at the end of the day; but SO worth it!
Congrats you both!
June 17th, 2022:
Last weekend I headed up to the Redwood Ranch in Three Rivers, California (just outside of Sequoia National Park) to spend the weekend with Madison, Austin and a few of their closets family + friends. Needless to say, anyone who gets married with their officant holding a copy of ‘The Origin of the Species’ are people after my own heart (also, Austin’s role as a sunblock aficionado totally mirrors my own, LOL.)
An absolutely amazing weekend, and hopefully I get to see you both again soon!
August 13th, 2020:
October 24th, 2018:
“Hey Robert, we’re thinking about canceling our wedding and eloping with just our family as guests, do you think you could make that happen with us?” (I’m paraphrasing here).
“Uh… Hell yeah!”
Yosemite National Park is one of my favorite places in the world and I’d be damned if I didn’t jump on the opportunity to photograph a wedding here, especially for such outdoor badasses like Daniel + Michelle! (Daniel is also a passionate photographer, if you’re so inclined).
They were married under a (sadly) waterless Lower Yosemite Falls, we captured pictures around the valley, caught twilight at Glacier Point and then proceeded to party hard until the sheriff showed up to calm everyone down (seriously). I couldn’t have asked for a better way to spend a Sunday in October; Congrats to you both!
June 19th, 2017:
Laguna Beach is one of those places in the world that always seems to be exactly what you need, when you need it. I arrived a couple hours before Sandy + Thomas’ engagement session and just wandered through town and relaxed in the sand watching the sea; the weather was warm, the skies blue and I felt alive. When Sandy + Thomas arrived a couple hours before sunset we meandered through town for the first half of their session before heading down to Victoria beach to catch the sunset.
Some days can be perfect, and this was one of those for me. My head was cleared and I was able to spend a few hours with a beautiful couple doing what I love most, creating images. I feel ready to kick off the summer wedding season in full force!
Sandy + Thomas, thank you for being game for it all and trusting me even when I had you scampering over slippery rocks to get to that perfect spot! See you in a couple months!
February 28th, 2017:
Rain is good luck on your wedding day right?
Well, Sabrina and Matt now have such a massive stockpile of good luck that their future can be nothing but absolutely amazing! Of about 200 California weddings I have photographed, only 3 have had rain and none as much as the storm that moved over Greenspot Farms farms last week during their ceremony.
Matt and Sabrina didn’t even flinch, they stood in their ground, eyes on each other and finished the ceremony which included a rock/paper/scissors battle to see who first said their vows and a line from Sabrina’s vows that said “I’ll be the Biden to your Obama”, which made me laugh out loud.
After a solid hour long downpour, some of that aforementioned luck started to show itself to our couple and we we’re even able to wrap up the ceremony with a gorgeous sunset!
Thanks to you both for letting Brett and I celebrate your wedding day with you!
October 4th, 2016:
Jeff + Genevieve’s wedding is coming up quick, but they decided to add a last minute engagement session 24 hours before we shot this session! I love photography and I am always into the surprises that come along and let me spend more time with my cameras in hand. We met up and photographed at the Cerritos Library Sculpture Garden and had the entire place to ourselves for more or less the entire session.
Thanks to you both for the fun afternoon and I’ll see you next month!
September 2nd, 2016:
Kyle + Bryan were married last weekend at the Secluded Garden Estate in Pala, California. This is a venue I have photographed at least half a dozen times, but still, every single time I come out here they add something new (like the string lights above) or I notice the light falls at very different angles depending on the time of year. This visit was no different and I was stoked to be able to create some portraits of Kyle + Breyana in the “Greenhouse” after their ceremony and then wander the grounds after the sun hid itself behind the hills and we got basked in the magical, soft, indirect light.
Big thanks to Brett Loie for coming out and shooting this one with me, and an even bigger thanks for the bride and groom for letting us celebrate with them!
June 10th, 2016:
I started off last weekend in Malibu Creek State Park with Tiffanie + Inkyu for their engagement session. It was the first day of a heatwave across southern California, but fortunately by time we started shooting in the late afternoon it had dropped to the low 90’s. After about an hour in the hills, we crossed over to PCH and were astounded to find that the temperature plummeted and we were thrown into a dense coastal fog. We wandered the grounds of the Adamson house for a while before braving the surf and getting a few images down on the beach.
Thanks for the great afternoon you two! I’ll see you next month at your wedding!
