Shane and I met when we were freshman in high school. We were best friends throughout high school and went our separate ways for college. After a few years away in other states, we both ended up moving to the Bay Area to finish school. While he was at Berkeley and I was at SFAI, we reconnected and finally tried dating. Dating quickly turned into falling in love and we were inseparable ever since.

In the last ten years of being together, we have lived in Rome, Italy, Kentucky, Los Angeles, and finally back to Northern California where we call home. He is my biggest supporter and constant motivator to continue to pursue my passion.

These two little toe-heads are my whole world. Evelyn is almost 4 and Brooks is almost two. Evelyn is everything I want to be when I grow up... funny, independent, witty, athletic, and so sweet. As a baby, she actually shot a few weddings with me (strapped in a wrap on me) She might be my future second assistant because every change she gets, she's stealing my camera and taking "pitchers". Brooks is my sweet and tender little guy, but a total terror as the same time. He is either throwing balls as my face or cuddling me for hours, it's the perfect balance of boyhood and I'm obsessed with him.

I photograph each wedding with a film body camera and a digital DSLR. My film camera of choice is a Pentax 645 medium format camera... it gives all those dreamy, light and airy photos straight from the film. I use all my film images from the wedding day and match the digitals to them in order to achieve that creamy goodness!

Recently I transitioned from the digital Canon body to the Sony body and have absolutely loved the results! I could talk camera gear all day, especially film cameras... they are vintage gold!

If you know me well, you know food is just about my favorite thing. When we have visitors in town, I already have each meal planned out because there is just too much good food to try out there! There's not a week that goes by that I am not trying some new restaurant or little food joint in Northern California. I'm guilty of driving embarrassingly great lengths just to get some food I love. At the end of the day though, good pizza and ice cream will always have my heart.

Who doesn't love to travel though? There is something amazing about experiencing a brand new place, eating new foods, and meeting the locals.

From Lake Tahoe to Charleston to Edinburg to Amsterdam to Chicago, there are so many cities I have fallen madly in love with. Every time I leave a trip, I always say "That was the best trip!" I find so much joy in immersing myself in a new city and finding new inspiration that I get to carry home with me.