With Nicole and Dylon’s guest list well over 200, they made having their wedding on the Riley family farm the perfect location. Nicole and Dylon grew up down the street from one another. Always knowing of each other growing up lead to a strong foundation. It wasn’t until after Nicole graduated from college that she […]
Every year my husband and I figure out what our “New Years Resolution” is going to be. Traditionally you pick something you want to improve or focus on, be better at. In my mind though it sounded like a true and honest way to begin the new year, I knew was not right for me. […]
Carmen and Jacob met through mutual friends in an interesting way. It was Carmen’s younger sister that had a get together that brought them together. Little did Carmen and Jacob know that they were connected in more ways than one before they even met. With Carmen having brother-in-laws that were in the Marines, that led […]
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 […]
