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A Mission Trails Maternity & Family Session I love when clients return to me and I get to witness their families and little ones grow – this sweet family is expecting their second daughter in October, so I was thrilled to hear they wanted to plan another family session with me! They chose the beautiful […]

Mission Trails maternity session - San Diego Photographer Jade Maria Photography

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Spending a warm San Diego evening frolicking around an empty beach with one of the sweetest couples I have ever met, is my idea of a perfect photo session. I met up with Jaime and Patrick at Encinitas’s Moonlight Beach for their engagement session on Memorial Day weekend. It was a slightly overcast day, with […]

Encinitas Moonlight Beach Engagement | San Diego Photographer Jade Maria Photography

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When I think of springtime, some things that often come to mind are: flowers, butterflies, and bright colors. Fortunately, this beautiful wedding inspiration shoot at Las Mariposas Estate features all of those things – it was exactly what I needed to kick off the spring season! This gorgeous venue, located at a private estate in […]

Las Mariposas wedding - San Diego Wedding Photographer

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This year was turned upside down, to say the least, with traditional weddings not being permitted, the new norm has been to forgo large celebrations, and instead embrace intimate ceremonies that celebrate what’s important – LOVE. Another highlight from my year was Janzel and Anthony’s beautiful downtown San Diego waterfront courthouse wedding ceremony. After an […]

San Diego courthouse wedding ceremony

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Let’s consider this part one of this wedding story: On August 25th, Tracey and Raul said their “I dos” surrounded by their closest loved ones at a church that is very special to them. Although the wedding day wasn’t the exact day that they had originally planned, it was still absolutely perfect! This sweet couple […]

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Junipero Serra Museum Fine Art Wedding Editorial | San Diego, CA If you saw my last blog post, I talked a little about Hybrid Co, an incredible conference for film and digital photographers that took place in San Diego in early March. The second styled photoshoot that I participated in was hosted by the amazing […]

San Diego Fine art wedding photographer

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Tumbleweed Sanctuary Garden & Labyrinth | Joshua Tree, CA [dropcap]I[/dropcap]t has been about 9 months since I attended this Joshua Tree shoot, hosted by Styled Shoots Across America, so I figured I should probably finally get around to blogging it! I’ve always been drawn to desert scenery, so when I heard about the opportunity to […]

Joshua Tree Boho Wedding Inspiration

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I met Katie & Matthew back in March, when we met up at the David L. Baker Golf Club in Fountain Valley. We walked around their wedding venue for about an hour as we chatted and snapped some photos in between. The sweet couple radiated so much joy in their photos, and I *especially* loved […]

Fountain Valley Engagement

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A Whispering Oaks Terrace Wedding | Pala CA [dropcap]A[/dropcap]s a photographer, you know you are photographing a dream of a wedding when you spend the majority of the day making high-pitched noises. Kaity and Zach’s Whispering Oaks Terrace wedding in Pala, CA was beyond perfect. I was in photographer heaven surrounded by a variety of […]

Whispering Oaks Terrace wedding

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[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n the first email Jennifer ever sent to me, she mentioned that she and her fiancé, Kevin, were hoping to take their engagement photos in Mount Laguna. I immediately knew that they were the perfect clients for me! I’m a lover of the outdoors, and I have always loved taking short day trips up to […]

Mount Laguna engagement

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