For their wedding day, Natalie and Brian invited their family and friends to join them at the legendary Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo, California. He wore a black suit covered in roses, she surprised him with her own upcycled rendition of his mother’s wedding dress, and their guests came sporting an all-pink wardrobe for one of the greatest parties I’ve ever attended.

A look into Natalie and Jake's intimate day on the Oregon coast. A quiet morning with family, a ceremony on the beach, dinner on the patio and a few special dances in the dunes.

Favorites from Yiseul and Eric's ten year anniversary celebration in San Francisco, featuring a vow renewal at city hall and an intimate breakfast at Loquat with their parents.

Vesta and Skyler brought all of their favorite people to an avocado farm in Simi Valley and hosted the most beautiful wedding at Quail Ranch. A ceremony under a decades-old olive tree, sunset in the tall grass, and a dance party at blue hour — a perfect way to marry your best friend.

No two weddings are ever the same — each has it’s own unique group of people and details which means I get to witness something different at every one. If I took the time to write my favorite part about each one, we’d be here for hours. Instead, I’ve categorized my list into this collection of broader bullet points; so without further ado, I present to you my favorite part about photographing weddings.

For their wedding day, Julie and Michael rented a home in the hills of Calabasas. They filled the backyard with pretty florals, their favorite people, and at least a few gallons of aperol spritzes and threw one of my favorite intimate weddings of all time.

This summer, I had the privilege of getting to photograph a wedding for two of my favorite people in the world. Sam and Dylan held the most beautiful, intimate wedding at Our Place, an AirBNB on the Oregon coast. They filled the house with their closest family and friends, got married overlooking the ocean, and sang karaoke as the sun went down — a picture perfect day.

Megan and Gray gathered their family and friends at Sparrow Valley Retreat, a small cabin nestled underneath the California redwoods. They shared their vows under the trees, ate dinner together on the lawn, and ended the night with a giant dance party on the patio. Here are some of my favorite photographs from their day.

A glimpse into Ellen and Kevin’s wedding at El Rey Court in Santa Fe, New Mexico. A day filled with good cocktails, great food, and amazing people. Weddings (and people) like these are the reason I love this job so much.

Gianna and Wyatt held a camp wedding out in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming, deep out in the field of his father’s ranch. They invited their friends and family to bring their tents and camper vans and spend a whole weekend with them, and this is how it went.