We’re Michael and Angela, but our friends call us… well, Michael and Angela! Which makes us friends! We help the most joyful brides and grooms celebrate the legacy of their love stories with romantic and timeless wedding photography. We are a sweetheart team obsessed with Taylor Swift, Taco Bell and puppies. 

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Newlyweds face each other while holding hands under a stunning tree overlooking a vineyard.

We were wrapping up sunset photos. And anyone who knows us or loves photography knows that sunset photos are the best. Especially at a vivid fall wedding like this one. We followed the newlyweds back up to their cocktail hour and immediately the crowd roared for them! And it just moved us to see this […]

November 10, 2023

bride and groom smiling at camera cheek-to-cheek with cathedral veil swooping along the foreground of the frame

We had made the rounds quite a few times. And cocktail hour was coming to an end. While the guests were beginning to take their seats at this Fairytale Wedding, we couldn’t see the happy couple. And after a few moments of searching we found them. After all the guests had left the room. And […]

August 22, 2023

engaged couple walk side by side hand in hand laughing at one another

This once-upon-a-time fairytale starts in the modern age. A dash of dating apps. Pinch of awkwardness. And a little bit of pixie dust and a global pandemic. That’s how Tiffany + Paul’s love story begins. And they told us about it at their Ghirardelli Square Engagement Photos in San Francisco. Tiffany didn’t know this man […]

July 9, 2023

newlyweds embrace almost kissing with the bride's veil swooping through the bottom left of the frame

Genesis had been keeping it together all day. After nearly a day of not seeing her soon-to-be husband… the moment had arrived. And as she descended the staircase to the courtyard it hit her. Their winery wedding was finally happening. And Michael was just a few steps away from her. Her hands trembled and tears […]

July 7, 2023

a red lab is the foreground but a couple in love shares a kiss in the background blurred

Something had to change as soon as April became a teacher. She couldn’t be on any dating apps that her students might also be on. So she had to get creative. What’s a dating app that less of the general public would be using? Lucky for Austin, April found her way onto Plenty of Fish. […]

June 9, 2023

newlyweds kissing under umbrella

The rain was coming down outside the schoolhouse. Kaitlin didn’t seem to mind as she laced up her custom embroidered Converse. And it was only moments before she would see her husband to be for the first time on their Santa Cruz wedding day. Onlookers watched as this stunning bride was escorted under iridescent umbrellas […]

March 27, 2023

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