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a Spring-time light & airy wedding at Franciscan Gardens in San Juan Capistrano If you’re looking for a San Juan Capistrano wedding photographer who can’t stop talking about the light in this town, you’ve found her. This wedding at Mission Basilica and Franciscan Gardens might be one of my favorite days I’ve ever had the […]

Oceanside, California Engagement Proposal Here is a new type of post that I haven’t shared here yet, an Engagement Proposal for Martin & Cat. Back in November, a wedding planner friend of mine contacted me to photograph a surprise engagement. I will link her down below, she’s incredible at what she does. The surprise engagement […]

Costa Mesa Ayres Hotel Wedding I love, love, love this couple!! They are just the sweetest and I now consider them good friends. This post is the wedding of Mika and Jesse at the Ayres Hotel in Costa Mesa. I absolutely loved this venue and the weather, which was a partly sunny day! Usually Orange […]

A Glowy San Juan Capistrano Engagement Session When i got out of the car to meet this couple, I will admit I was anxious! This is the first couple that I was meeting who weren’t a friend’s friend or a referral. I literally was about to make a brand new connection and I was feeling […]