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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graduating senior woman standing on roof

It was a cloudy day. It had rained a little earlier. But the skies started to clear just for us. And it took me back to a cloudy day in 2002. One of my very first memories of this graduating senior. Lauren was four months old. And I was in the fourth grade. My mom […]

April 20, 2022

graduating senior young man at boardwalk

It was nearly 10 years ago. The summer before I left for college. I was serving at my church in kids’ ministry. And we had just brought in a family from the East Coast to take over. When AJ’s family moved to my hometown, he was probably 8-years-old. And now that’s he’s 18 and graduating, […]

April 19, 2021

young woman high school senior girl in graduation dress twirling in front of Gavilan College duck pond for senior portraits

I remember a time when this girl was too little to tie her own shoes. There were days that my mom—her godmother—carried her while chaperoning my 4th grade field trips. While I don’t have any biological sisters, Lauren is my soul sister, and her Dreamy Senior Session was one of the most emotional and sentimental […]

October 17, 2019

Late nights. Almost every night. Endless amounts of studying and choosing school while friends were off partying. Allie knows what it costs to stand out.

Junior year, this sweet girl you see before you was…

May 7, 2019

JOY.

That’s the word that comes to mind as I approach the fall season, the end of Daylight Saving Time, and cozy cuddles with Michael while we binge watch Chuck on Hulu. I think the average person—especially in California—just adores long…

October 31, 2018

This beautiful young lady is as sweet and sassy as she looks in her photos. Michaela is just a few short months from graduating high school, and I am so honored to have been…

April 7, 2016

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