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Kiva Loan Pledge Update: 100+ Loans Made to Date! (2022)

I pledge to make a Kiva loan for every wedding I book. This has been important for me to integrate into my wedding photography business from the moment I could.

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I'm Comin' Japan! (December 2022)

I’m thrilled to say that I will be shooting Cailin & Lucas’ wedding in Fukuoka, Japan in December 2022.

Clockshop: Carmen Argote, Last Light, Short Film

I documented artist Carmen Argote (@carmen.argote) on one of her regular walking routes through the city during quarantine.

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2020 A Practical Wedding (APW) Blog Feature!

A Practical Wedding wrote such a great article about me on their blog last month!

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Tanya Aguiñiga, ‘Borderlands Within’ Opening Reception at the Armory Center for the Arts

A big thank you to everyone who came out to the opening reception at the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena.

Tanya Aguiñiga: Metabolizing the Border, Performance

Metabolizing the Border, Tanya explains, “Following three years of active physical and emotional labor on the entire border, my body is now trying to figure out what to do with all I have experienced.

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KCRW: Ruth Reichl in Conversation with Evan Kleiman

It was a lovely evening with celebrated author, chef, and restaurant critic Ruth Reichl, who spoke candidly about her time as the Editor of Gourmet magazine.

Allie & Naoki’s Prehistoric Forest Ceremony & Speakeasy Gathering, Los Angeles

Allie & Naoki planned a small ceremony with only family in attendance at the Los Angeles County Arboretum (@laarboretum) in Arcadia.

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USC Arts in Action: Jails & Justice Project

This project brought together USC students, Black Lives Matter (@blmlosangeles), and the Institute of Theatre and Social Change (@uscsda) — all who are committed to reimagining policing, incarceration and public safety.

Alison & John’s Intimate Backyard Wedding, Ojai

It makes total sense to me that you’d get married and celebrate in a place that feels like home.

Clockshop: Joe Riley & Audrey Snyder, Into the ground

I had the honor of documenting this collaborative sculpture by Joe Riley and Audrey Snyder for Clockshop, now on view at the Bowtie Project.

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Enjie & Andy’s Courthouse Wedding, Beverly Hills

The end of 2018 brought me a few last minute Beverly Hills courthouse weddings that I was happy to document.

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Craft Contemporary: Beatriz Cortez & Rafa Esparza, Nomad 13

Los Angeles-based artists Beatriz Cortez and Rafa Esparza present the collaborative installation, Nomad 13 in Craft Contemporary’s first floor.

Marissa & Josh's Mexican-American / Los Angeles-Lovin’ / Joint-Birthday Wedding!

Instead of one cake, they had two, and blew out their candles at midnight while holding hands, as their family and friends wore party hats and sang Feliz Cumpleaños.

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Favorite Of 2018! — A Practical Wedding (APW) Year-End Wrap Up!

I’m happy that A Practical Wedding (APW) picked a wedding I shot this year (Marissa & Josh’s July wedding) as one of their favorite weddings of 2018!

*WINNER*: 2019 WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards!

Thank you, thank you! For the 3rd year in a row, I have been selected as one of the winners of WeddingWire’s Couples’ Choice Awards!

Sarah & Eric's Grow Dat Youth Farm Wedding, New Orleans, Louisiana

Sarah & Eric’s wedding brought a sudden and crazy hurricane-esque storm and had us all on our toes on the day-of and wondering if the wedding would be postponed until the storm had safely passed.