Intimate wedding at Crescent Bay Point Park
Bride and Groom walking in SoCal beach elopement
San Diego elopement at La Jolla cove.

If you’re looking for the perfect blend of beachy vibes and city charm for your elopement, then San Diego is the perfect place! From the serene cliffs of La Jolla to the waterfront courthouse, you really can have it all! Lianne and Pace initially considered planning a wedding, but it didn’t take long for them […]

Elopement ceremony at the Griffith Park Observatory.

Audrey and Stacy decided to flip the script on the traditional wedding day by having their elopement at the Griffith Observatory, and it couldn’t have been more perfect. Tired of the stress and endless planning that comes with big weddings, they chose a path all about them—personal, relaxed, and filled with love. Selecting a city […]

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Coronado Beach elopement at sunset. A bride and groom at the sand dunes.
Bride and groom holding hands, gazing at the park scenery during Joshua Tree elopement.
bride and groom during ceremony in oahu beach elopement

Chrissy and Alec traveled from my home state of Texas for their Oahu beach elopement! I love their story – they graduated from the same high school, but didn’t know each other until meeting in college! I’m always amazed when couples tell me they went to the same high school together but didn’t meet there. […]

Erika and Nick had a life long love story that lead to their Hawaii adventure wedding. They were just 10 years old when they met at school. They were paired together in class for  an “icebreaker” exercise to interview each other. Erika said she was secretly hoping she would be paired up with Nick, and […]

How to plan a first look for your elopement

There’s nothing like seeing your partner for the first time on your wedding day. Photographing that joy and love during the first look is one of my favorite parts of being an elopement photographer.  The key to a perfect first look? Planning out what you envision. Does time of day make a difference? Where will […]

bride and groom in covid wedding

Jen and Marc were on my books for a long time. Everything was set for their wedding. We were just 30 days out when the shutdowns started.. and I don’t even have to remind you all of what that was like! Instead of postponing… and postponing.. and then postponing again, Jen and Marc decided to […]

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