Another amazing elopement in the redwoods! : ) These two were SO MUCH FUN! Did you know… Spending time in a redwood forest can improve your mental and physical health? Redwoods release phytoncides into the air, which can help lower blood pressure, improve sleep, and increase white blood cells. So when you book your session […]

Wedding and elopement vows are a long standing tradition that really helps set the mood  on your special day. Vows communicate to your partner why you are meant for each other and deserve to be together for the rest of your lives. A great thing about vows is that you don’t have to be an […]

I am definitely not a writer. I prefer to speak through my images, but at last weekends wedding, the bride and groom were gifted a rhyming slide show, so I thought I’d do the same. Last Saturday at Rosina a fun time was had by all. Everyone was on the dance floor no matter how […]

Patrick met Angela’s love story began back in the fourth grade when he moved to the small historic town of Ferndale. He remembered thinking she was cute and when they were 16 they dated for a year and a half and went to the junior prom together. But after being high schools sweethearts, life had […]

Their first date was at a wood fired pizza place in downtown Sonora. After dinner, they went to a whiskey bar for drinks and live music. Not wanting the night to end, they walked to another bar to play pool. Their first date led to their proposal in the snowy mountains of  Calaveras Big Trees […]

I vividly remember the moment. I was standing in my co-workers classroom. I was talking about how I wanted to expand the elopement part of my business. I told her about adventure elopements and that I wanted to book more. She looked at my like I was crazy thinking people would want to sign up […]

Mary was the bartender when a Ryan who was a logger that hard worked a very long day came in to have a drink. That drink turned into one more on a few different occasions, until it turned him into a regular customer until he had the courage to ask Mary out.  Their first date […]

                                                                  Dolason Prairie Sunrise Proposal   Garrett had contacted me online  about meeting him for a surprise proposal at this spot. I was […]

Jasmine contacted me over a year ago about shooting their farm wedding on their property. She had said that I had taken one of their favorite photos of them at her sister in law’s wedding. Last spring I  ventured up the gravelly four wheel drive road up to there property in my van for their […]