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Carla & Matt | Wedding Album
Carla and Matt’s wedding at the Duke Chapel was absolutely beautiful, and it’s wonderful to now commemorate the special day with these custom wedding albums. Carla and Matt chose an 8×8″ book with two minis as parent albums. The black coal leather is downright sumptuous, and thick photographic pages make the albums true heirloom treasures….
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Shau-Ru & Ed | Cavallo Point | San Francisco Lifestyle Photography
It was so fun to see Shau-Ru & Ed and their puppy Ellie again. I walked up to meet them at the flag pole which was stunningly backlit on this perfectly sunny day in February, and I felt insanely lucky to be here in California, doing this crazy awesome job of mine. The last time…
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Tokyo, Osaka, & Kyoto | Japan, Part 1 of 3
A special kind of magic happened as I sat down and first started going through these photos. Indeed, it was as if I had acquired a tiny new superpower. Just by looking at the pictures, I could taste each of the foods that I had photographed. I mean, it’s one thing to generally remember things…
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Books and Ballerinas | Pointe of View
Every Monday, I feature an image and backstory from my Pointe of View series. I’ve been reading a lot in the last couple days and of course thinking a lot about this Pointe of View book that I’m in the midst of designing. So with books on my mind today, I present a mini series: Books &…
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Seaglass Cinema | Videography | Wedding Vendor Spotlight
I am very excited to launch this new series on my blog– wedding vendor spotlights. Since I first stepped in to the wedding industry over five years ago, I’ve had the opportunity to work with many amazing people who have not only done great work for their clients but who have also gone above and…
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Akane & Gimpei | Ritz-Carlton, Osaka | Japan Wedding Photography
Akane is one of the most amazing brides I’ve ever worked with, because she has become one of my greatest advocates and has gone above and beyond to include me in her wedding day. Even before she had a venue, she knew that I would be the photographer. There was just one little catch– she…
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The Next Step | Pointe of View
Every Monday, I feature an image and backstory from my Pointe of View series. The book has been funded, almost all the sessions have been shot, and now comes one of the most difficult parts of the entire process– deciding which images will make the cut. I am very used to the process of culling and editing…
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Akane & Gimpei | Kiyomizu, Kyoto | Japan Engagement Photography
It was such an incredible honor to fly to Japan in order to photograph Akane and Gimpei’s wedding. While the wedding itself was on Saturday in Osaka, we took some time on Friday to take a side trip to Kyoto and photograph some engagement-style portraits the day before the wedding. To be in such a…
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Five Lessons Learned from Kickstarter, $12,213 Later | Pointe of View
Every Monday, I feature an image and backstory from my Pointe of View series. Yesterday, the to fund the Pointe of View book came to a close. The final sum: twelve thousand, two hundred, and thirteen dollars. Unbelievable. I have already sent out a great big thank you and some special sneak peeks to my backers, (though…