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Hi there! Welcome to the CBP blog, a place to share wedding beauty, our lives, travels, and plenty of tips. I'm glad you're here and I hope you'll stick around!

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Editorial Feature: Wedding at Sunstone Winery

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Wedding at Sunstone Winery: An Unforgettable Experience If you’ve ever daydreamed about getting married in the French countryside—hedgerows, climbing roses, soft pastels, and that “everything feels romantic without trying too hard” kind of beauty—this inspiration is going to make your heart do a little flip. Imagine having your wedding at Sunstone Winery, surrounded by the […]

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Featured: Ballet Inspired Wedding | Tacoma Wedding Photographer

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Wedding Feature: A Ballet Inspired Wedding If you’ve ever watched a ballerina move across a stage and thought, that’s exactly how I want my wedding to feel—soft, graceful, intentional, and a little bit timeless—this editorial was created for you. This ballet-inspired bridal editorial was photographed inside the dreamy white-brick space of GRLS Studio in Tacoma, […]

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The Best Decision I’ve Made For My Wedding Business: AMV Retreats

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The Best Decision I’ve Made For My Wedding Business: The AMV Retreats Experience Over the last four years, one of the very best decisions I’ve made for my wedding photography business has been saying “yes” to the AMV Retreats. This experience has transformed my approach to wedding photography and enriched my creativity. Not once. Not […]

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Venue Highlight: Villa Cetinale

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Villa Cetinale The first time I ever went to a photography retreat, I didn’t fully understand how much it could shape me as an artist and as a business owner. I just knew I wanted to learn, I wanted to be around people who “got it,” and I wanted to create work that felt elevated […]

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Why I Am Obsessed With Live Painters & Wedding Guest Illustrators

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Live Painters and Wedding Guest Illustrators (and why I’m obsessed) If you’ve been on wedding TikTok or Instagram lately, you’ve probably seen it: an artist set up at the reception, painting the ceremony scene in real time… or sketching guests in cute fashion-illustration style and handing them their own little keepsake before the night is […]

a man and woman walking away from the camera and looking back at the camera smiling with Torrey Pines beach behind them

Torrey Pines Engagement

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Engagements

Jordan and Adam’s Torrey Pines Engagement Session There are some people you meet and instantly feel like you’ve known them for years. That’s exactly how it felt when I finally met Jordan and Adam in person for their Torrey Pines engagement session in San Diego, California. We had already spent time on the phone and […]

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Gerry Ranch Wedding | Santa Rosa Valley Wedding

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Wedding

Jordan and Adam’s Gerry Ranch wedding in Santa Rosa Valley There are some weddings where you drive up to the venue and instantly know it’s going to be special. Jordan and Adam’s day at Gerry Ranch in Santa Rosa Valley, California was absolutely one of those. Nestled on 38 acres of active farmland, surrounded by […]

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A Romantic Woodmark Hotel Wedding

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A modern and romantic Woodmark Hotel wedding

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