It was a hot summer day when Cassie met James at a Panera break in Fullerton, California. “I thought he was so handsome,” Cassie mentions right before I snap a photo of her. James laughing the background, “yeah, she even got everyone at my work to start playing a Pokemon app on their phones.” Out of […]

For many entrepreneurs and artists we work from home. We build our business from the ground up, from scratch! This means having to learn how to run a business (wish they offered this class in school)! Between Google, YouTube, and Forbes magazines, we hide in our “office” to try and learn how to run a […]

When it comes to getting your photo taken, how do you know what outfit to wear? I get asked this question time and time again by clients. My answer is always the same; it depends what your comfortable in and how styled you want your photos to look. Over the years I have created a […]

Christopher and Ernesto Elope!  I was honored when Christopher and Ernesto asked me to photograph their intimate elopement. In all the places to get married in Palm Springs Ernesto wanted the Wellness Park in Palm Springs. He said it reminded him of back home, in Mexico! With lots of vegetation, plants, and trees, it made him […]

Everybody, meet DOCS LIL STEEL NAHLA. She is the new addition to the LaPrade family. I am still trying to wrap my head around the idea that I am officially a mother…of a Quarter Horse that is! I feel so blessed to have had the experience of becoming a mother and being there from the […]

I Got Married! You would think being a photographer it would be easy to plan your own wedding right? It’s just as overwhelming and confusing as anyone else that gets married. Even being a part of countless weddings and seeing how everyone else does it, I was still lost in making decisions. So I decided […]