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welcome to my blog and website!

I love what I do - I'm a mother to my 2 year-old baby girl named Gemma, wife to my amazing husband Scott, sister (youngest of 6) to my wonderful brothers and sisters, and daughter to my supportive and sweet mother and father (may he rest in peace).  I am also a photographer in the Bay Area with passion for people and telling stories.  

For 15 years I produced video games, focusing mainly on art, animation and story. Now I'm applying those artistic and story-telling skills to my photography and having so much fun!  

Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my site. Drop me a comment and let me know what you think - I love hearing from folks!  :)

Enjoy life!  Enjoy my site!  Gracias!

Category Archives: love stories

Heather + Todd | Yosemite Wedding Photographer | Sneak Peek

Heather and Todd’s love is heaven-sent — they had so many trial and tribulations but finally they found each other.  They choose to marry in a place they love and cherish Yosemite National park.  With Bridal Veil Falls as their background, it was truly breathtaking to say the least.  So super honored they they picked me to be their Yosemite wedding photographer…

I usually post just one or two sneak peeks but I couldn’t help myself.  I had so much fun at this wedding and experiencing it in Yosemite National Park was a true blessing.  More on that and more photos in a full blog post coming soon.  For now enjoy a few photos from Heather & Todd’s wedding.

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Heather and Todd, your love is a true inspiration!  Thank you again for picking me to be your Yosemite wedding photographer and for trusting me to capture your fair tale wedding.  Can’t wait to share the rest of the images with you and your awesome family and friends.

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Marcia + Randy | Happy Anniversary! | San Francisco Zoo Wedding

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One year ago I had the super amazing honor to photograph Marcia and Randy’s wedding at the San Francisco Zoo.  Marcia is outgoing, bubbly, loves to sing and loves to laugh.  In fact her laugh is one of the most contagious I’ve every heard including the occasional snort.  Randy is more shy and quiet but quite a joker too and they balance each other out.  Marcia wrote about Randy, “From day one, I felt so comfortable with Randy like I have known him my entire life.  The longer I know him, the stronger I feel like he was sent to me from God.  I can’t even write this without out crying!”  Love that!  Together they love to eat yummy food, especially Peruvian, practice Muya Thai (Thai kickboxing), watching  UFC, working out, listening to music and going to the beach (where they first held hands and where he proposed).  Although it took the over a decade of dating to decide to marry, without question they are meant to be together and I’m so happy for them.  Thank you Marcia and Randy for trusting me to capture your amazing friendship, love & joy on your big day with your fantastic families and friends.  Happy happy anniversary!

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Special thanks for the my brother Gonzalo who flew up from LA to help assist me and to Sarah Kang for her second shooting awesomeness.  Great team!

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Beautiful light, Beautiful Bride | Palo Alto Wedding Photographer

I love playing with light and I love showing people how beautiful they are.  Here’s on of my favorite photographs of Jeanine and Eric’s wedding taken at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Palo Alto, CA.

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Shantel + Manesh | Half Moon Bay Engagement Session

In honor of Shantel and Manesh’s Pooja, Indian Wedding Ceremony, happening tomorrow, I wanted to post these 2 sneak peeks for you.  So looking forward to shooting their wedding later this month at Ardenwood Historic Farm.

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Julie Ann + Lincoln | Mira Vista Wedding

Julie Ann and Lincoln are the definition of love birds.  They ooze positivity and joy with their contagious giggles and smiles.  When you are with them you just feel happier.  I had the super honor and privilege to photograph their wedding at the be beautiful Mira Vista Golf and Country Club in El Cerrito earlier this year.  The day was filled with such joy and live music, I just loved every minute of it.  It is not often you see a bride pick up a trombone or a groom serenade his bride on the saxophone during the ceremony.

Julie Ann and Lincoln, thank you for trusting me to capture all your wonderful wedding day moments.  Love you!

Thank you to my friend and wonderful photographer, Erin Beach, for shooting with me.  Also thank you to my brother Gonzalo Sandoval for being a forever-helpful awesome assistant.

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Julie + John | San Francisco Engagement Session

Julie and John are such a fun couple!   Julie is currently in Pittsburgh studying biology while John is out here working at Stanford.  With their time apart,  you can imagine they were just so thrilled to just be together.  We spent the day laughing and walking in beautiful San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts.  I can’t wait to photograph their wedding next month.

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