Palm Springs is an incredible city.

You have this little desert town that’s like 100 degrees most days, with a wide variety of folks from pretty much all over. The vibes are AMAZING every single time I’m there, which makes me forget how much I’m profusely sweating, haha! Almost everything in Palm Springs is 50s-60s style decor and they rock the heck out of it! If you want to see some more examples of other locations in the area, check out a past Palm Springs Elopement here

This epic Airbnb was a literal time capsule of 1969. They had a retro jukebox, colored rooms, and the most insane decor to go along with everything. As someone who shoots in a variety of San Diego venues - this was one of the most unique locations I’ve ever shot at.

Byron and Steven initially reached out to my good friend Ryan (who’s also an epic Temecula Wedding Photographer), but since he was booked, he ended up connecting them with me, and the rest is history!

Both Byron and Steven are critically acclaimed authors living in Palm Springs and wanted to celebrate their partnership with an intimate elopement in one of the coolest cities in California. They had a short, but emotional ceremony that was officiated by their close friend, and we wrapped their day up with some Vanity Fair inspired portraits. This was by far one of my favorite shoots in Palm Springs and I’m stoked that I could deliver these two gents a mix of modern and creative portraits!

Wooooo! After a few weeks of traveling, I'm finally back to blogging.

Kerry is originally from New Zealand & Igor is from Australia, but after moving to Seattle, they wanted a sunny elopement in Palm Springs with lots of color and energy - CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!

The intimate elopement started off at The Parker Hotel where they were literally limited to getting married on the small 5x15 foot rectangle balcony outside of their room. After the short ceremony, we basically drove around to a few epic portrait locations - first, we headed to The Saguaro (HOLY COLOR), then we headed to a remote location with some awesome windmills in the background (with a freaking 60 MPH sandstorm going on - I might have gotten a full body exfoliation), and after, we headed to Ace Hotel to finish up...