THE JOURNAL

The adorable Allison took some time to fill out my post wedding survey and I’m excited to share. Doesn’t that photo above just make you smile? Me too. Q. What was the best part of your wedding day? A. The best part was our first dance and the dance set afterwards.  Everyone was around us, […]

It is hard to write a blog about 29 days of travel in South America—so much happened! I decided to break it town into the areas that we went. Machu Picchu and Cusco We started our trip off in the Sacred Valley in the small and quaint, yet incredibly important town of Cusco, at one […]

Meet Allison and Danny: An energetic lovely duo madly in love. They wanted a classic yet grandiose space to accommodate friends and family from near and far. Vibiana in downtown Los Angeles seemed like a perfect fit! This wedding wasn’t only going to be beautiful, but it had to be personal to them also.   Allison […]

The holiday season seems now, long gone. I reminisce all the good feelings and warm thoughts. The generosity and happiness seeping through our pores … Sigh… Yet this is not always the case.  You and I alike are allotted our moments of greediness and temptation and I am sure we all had a moment or […]

Brace yourself, for another blog feature, hooray! Please meet Summer and Julian here and on the Ruffled Blog. This couple envisioned an Art Deco inspired wedding and Cicada seemed like the perfect place! We had a custom built stage, cigar girls, pin up dancers, big band, and oh so many spot lights. Our bride, Summer, even surprised […]

Chia-Ming attended her friend Eva’s wedding (also at Rancho del Cielo) two years prior to her wedding and found me that way. When I first met with her and her then fiancé Patrick at our first meeting and I asked them what their hobbies were and they told me they loved to fish, I was […]

I’m turning a bit obsessed with this photographer: Carmen Moreno. Tea and Coffee seem to be a universal reason to get together and chit chat. A business meeting or even a casual date can call for such an event. In the US, this goes way deeper, especially with …. coffee. It is an obsession for […]

The wonderful Collen and Roger took time out of the busy schedule to write this for us. Much love to the happy couple. Enjoy! Q. What was the best part of your wedding day? A. By far, the best part of our wedding day was getting a moment alone right after the ceremony.  We were […]

Jacques Henri Lartigue is notable for photographing cars, planes, and amongst many other possible subjects…. women.  The photo below, depicts one the many women he was able to memorialize. This one happens to be a stunning Parisian woman at the turn of the century. I don’t know who she is and that’s fine. I like a […]