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Pregnant Couple Embracing

Lifestyle

Ashley + Nick
San Diego Maternity Session

SAN DIEGO It feels like just yesterday that I was photographing Ashley + Nick’s Willow Creek Ranch wedding! Now here I am photographing their San Diego maternity session almost a year later! I loved photographing Ashley + Nick’s wedding, not only was it a really beautiful wedding, but Ashley + Nick are just the best […]

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Bride and Groom on Beach

Wedding

Ethereal California Beach Elopement

LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA There’s just something really special about an ethereal California beach elopement. California is famous in photography circles for our glorious light. It’s pours down and sun-drenches everything it touches and creates pure magic. Above all places, this light shines down the most on the shores of our beaches. This California light bathes […]

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Bride with Vibrant Wedding Bouquet

Editorial

Lush + Vibrant
Colorful Wedding

  JULEP VENUE, SAN DIEGO   Color. Not just any ole color. Lush and vibrant wedding color. Color has been a hotly debated topic in the wedding industry for quite some time. You either love it or you hate it. Candidly, I’m a pro-neutrals kind of gal. And so the plot thickens…I have been wanting […]

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Mission Bay Elopement The Bahia Resort

Editorial

Elegant Beach Elopement
Bahia Hotel and Resort

  BAHIA RESORT HOTEL, MISSION BAY   I’ve officially become obsessed with elopements, and I’ve become even more obsessed with elegant beach elopements like the one I photographed recently at the Bahia Hotel and Resort in Mission Bay. I shot two elopements last year, one at the San Diego Central Library and one on Coronado […]

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Bride and Groom Portrait

Wedding

Ashley + Nick
Willow Creek Ranch Wedding

  WILLOW CREEK RANCH, VALLEY CENTER   Ashley and Nick’s Willow Creek Ranch Wedding was an affair to remember! I loved every single detail of their gorgeous wedding! From couture seating areas that I’d want in my living room, to a custom dessert table with five different cakes! Their wedding reception was full of beautiful […]

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San Diego Sunset Cliffs Surprise Proposal

Engagement

Kalee + Zach
Sunset Cliffs Proposal

SUNSET CLIFFS   When I think of Zach’s Sunset Cliffs surprise proposal to Kalee, one word comes to mind. EPIC. Most girls dream about the moment they get proposed to and wonder what it will be like. They kind of put it up there on a pedestal as one of the great moments of their […]

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Classic and Sophisticated Library Wedding

Wedding

Carolyn + James
San Diego Central Library Wedding

  SAN DIEGO CENTRAL LIBRARY   Every once in awhile a wedding comes along that just speaks to you on so many different levels. That was this wedding for me. I absolutely LOVED photographing Carolyn and James’ San Diego Central Library Wedding. It was one of my favorite weddings of 2019 and easily became one […]

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Private Estate Wedding Julian, California

Editorial

Quiet Oak Manor
Wedding Editorial

  QUIET OAK MANOR, JULIAN   This Quiet Oak Manor editorial was an absolute dream! Does anyone know where I can get a job just shooting editorials full time? That’s got to be a thing right?! I was so excited to be a part of this shoot because I knew the planning and styling was […]

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Lifestyle Portraits in Paris

Lifestyle

Ashley + Nic
Paris Anniversary Session

TROCADÉRO, PARIS   Ahh Paris, the city of lights, love, and broken cameras. Oh yes, my friend, you read that right. We’ll get to that story a little later along with a recap of my Paris and London trip, but first let’s talk about these two! Nic and Ashley were honestly my favorite part about […]

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Monstera Leaf Wedding

Wedding

Kristy + Justin
Coronado Beach Wedding

  CORONADO ISLAND Kristy and Justin had the most beautiful Coronado Beach Wedding and I feel so incredibly honored that I got to be a part of their special day! First of all, how cute are these two?! Second of all, how cute is their little family?! Third of all, I got to wear flip […]

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ABOUT VANESSA

There's no place like home. Ever-focused on beauty and the thrilling art of creation; believing that photographs make time travel possible. 

My grandmother gave me my most prized possession the day I graduated high school. An album filled with photographs taken over her lifetime, dating back to the 1930's. A collective chronicling her life, my parents growing up, and my childhood. It's irreplaceable and nothing will ever be as meaningful. It became my 'why' and led me to pursue a college degree in photography, hoping to give this same gift to others.

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