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I have been dying to photograph an engagement session at El Matador Beach in Malibu and Shannon & Dani’s spontaneous trip to Southern California made that possible! These two cuties won my engagement session giveaway last year, but between their busy lives (she’s a photographer and business owner and he’s a medical resident) and a […]

The Ruby Street in Highland Park is such a unique spot to say your “I do”s and celebrate!

I have been DYING to share this gorgeous Sonoma winery wedding with you for so long!! I’ve had it under wraps because we were working hard to get it published — #worthit because it was picked up by Today’s Bride SF this week! From my first meeting with Katie & Ryan, I knew these two […]

When I first met Barbara & Justin back in August of 2019, we had no idea that the Covid-19 pandemic would arrive and completely change their wedding plans.

Do you remember digging through your parent’s shoeboxes of 4×6 photo prints or maybe flipping through countless scrapbooks? I do! That’s how my family kept our photos for safekeeping. I want to chat with you about how to do that for the digital age: how to create options for the digital safekeeping for your photos. […]

I’m so excited to chat about bridal hairstyles with y’all today! I am bringing you 12 bridal hairstyles that will look gorgeous in your photos. It can be so hard to decide how to wear your hair, whether you should grow it out, or get it cut sassy & short. It all depends on what […]

Welcome to How to Pop Champagne for Photos 101, my friend! You’re probably reading this because you want some fun photos of you & your boo thang in full celebration mode — popping a bottle of bubbly. (Or you’re a photographer trying to nail that shot!) You’ve come to the right place hunny! I’m Jess, […]

Here in California, we’ve been in self-quarantine under the governor’s stay-at-home mandate for about 8 weeks now. Obviously, it’s not super fun especially when you’re trying to figure out how to plan a wedding while in quarantine. But instead of looking only at what we can’t do right now, let’s talk about what we can […]