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Hip couple on their wedding day

  A couple of Canadians in the desert.  Having themselves a minimal Palm Springs wedding at the ACE Hotel.   Calm.  Endearing.  Cool.  Warm.  Welcoming.   All being felt by those in attendance.  

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Minimalist Palm Springs Wedding :: Jen + Craig

“You should come up to this hidden mountain lake where my family has a cabin for photos… well, thinking about it now, yeah… you’re definitely coming up here for photos!” I mean, dang… am I happy about this final plan.  Because wow, this was some sort of magic that we all made around this sleepy […]

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North of Sacramento Engagement Session :: Anamarie + Daniel

救い山の写真 Had the opportunity to meet two of the kindest souls from across the Pacific during this shoot.  It was Nozomi and Yuto’s first trip to the States and my first outing to the mysterious Salvation Mountain. I’ve heard tales and seen photos from this place… about the art produced… the colors… the other-worldly feel […]

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Salvation Mountain Portrait Session on Film :: Nozomi + Yuto

I’ll keep this brief. When two amazing humans like Dara and Garrett text me to ask if meeting up in Venice Beach, CA before sunrise for their engagement session was an option… I, without hesitation, responded a resounding HECK YEAH IT IS!! So happy these two found me.  Because it’s seriously great when you instantly […]

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Venice Beach Sunrise Session :: Dara + Garrett

  These two… this place… my fav  

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Joshua Tree Portrait Session :: Candace + Willie

  So something happened a few weeks ago… something so unreal that when I found out I literally screamed like an 11-year-old battling puberty; an 11-year-old who happened to be holding a scolding hot cup of coffee.  Said coffee found it’s way straight to my lap after my body suddenly convulsed upon reading that I […]

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Rangefinder Magazine’s 30 Rising Stars of Wedding Photography 2017

  Well… a few people back in Florida have been asking me, “Hey Chris, why the move out west to become a California based photographer?”  Aside from the obvious reasons of adventures with my wife and epic surf… it’s what you see in these coming photographs roaming around the Joshua Tree desert. Kudos to Ben […]

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Joshua Tree Couples Session :: Jaicee + Danny

  If you remember back a few months ago, Sean invited me along to be a part of his perfectly engineered, surprise of surprises, Hollywood Bowl proposal to Chloe. To be perfectly honest, my fiance and I just recently moved out to Southern California and still do not know a whole ton of people… so […]

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Angeles National Forest Engagement Photographs :: Chloe & Sean

  I’m only going to type three words that portray my feelings towards Jessica, Dustin and the photos we made: Holy Freaking Moly  

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Thousand Steps Beach Engagement :: Jessica & Dustin

  Adventure time with Heather and Edward way out in The Garden of the Gods was nothing short of amazing!  With two engagement shoots back to back this past weekend out in Colorado, I cannot believe I have been so fortunate to not only spend it with great couples but to explore some new spots […]

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Garden of the Gods Engagement Photos