FAQS

I’m based near Lake Tahoe and open to travel worldwide. My primary markets include:

• Northern Nevada
  • Reno / Sparks / Carson City
  • Lake Tahoe
• Northern California
  • Sacramento / Roseville
  • Napa / Sonoma Wine Country
  • San Francisco Bay Area

Instead of static packages that offer too little or too much, I work with my clients to design a collection of services that's tailored to their needs.

Once you contact me, I'll reach out to schedule an introductory call to gather more details, provide an initial estimate, and answer any questions you might have.

Below are typical starting prices for bookings in the Lake Tahoe area:

• Weddings start around $3,600
• Elopements start around $2,000
• Portrait sessions (engagement / couple / family) start around $700

Yes. Following payment of the 30% retainer fee, the remaining 70% balance may be split into as many payments as desired. The total balance must be paid in full 14 calendar days before your project date.

Yes. Color film photography is available as an add-on to most projects.

Film photography complements — rather than replaces — my digital photography coverage, ensuring all critical moments are captured with precision. My editing style for digital images emulates beautiful, film-like colors.

For weddings and elopements, I recommend adding film coverage during the brighter, daylight portions of the day — from getting ready through sunset newlywed portraits — and I typically shoot one roll of film per hour during these moments.

Yes. A short highlight film is available as an add-on to most projects.

Yes. Prints, albums, and other products may be ordered directly through your gallery, which are fulfilled by the highest-quality professional print labs (exclusively available to professional photographers) and shipped directly to you.

Please fill out my contact form to start the process.

Here's the typical flow for weddings and elopements:

1. Contact form
2. 30- to 45-minute introductory call over Zoom & initial estimate on the call
3. Custom proposal
4. Retainer fee & contract
5. Pre-production (planning)
6. Production (your big day!)
7. Post-production (editing) & final gallery delivery

Here's the typical flow for proposals and portrait sessions:

1. Contact form
2. 10-minute introductory call over the phone & initial estimate on the call
3. Retainer fee & contract
4. Production (your session!)
5. Post-production (editing) & final gallery delivery

I tend to favor the tension between "documentary" and "editorial" — capturing moments authentically and unobtrusively (but on a deeper, more thoughtful level than pure photojournalism) while also directing enough to tell a compelling visual story.

For most weddings and portrait sessions, you can typically expect around 60 final images per hour of shooting. For example, an eight-hour wedding will typically yield around 480 final images, and a one-hour engagement session will typically yield around 60 final images.

Turnaround times can vary based on current workload, peak season, post-production complexity, and other factors. Typical turnaround times are below:

Wedding / elopement‍

• Sneak peeks within 3 days
• Final gallery between 4–12 weeks

Proposal

• Sneak peeks within 1 day
• Final gallery between 2–6 weeks

Portrait session (engagement / couple / family)

• Final gallery between 2–6 weeks

When your final gallery is ready, you’ll receive an email with a link to your gallery and instructions for how to view, share, and download your images. Your final gallery will remain online for a minimum of three years from the delivery date.

Yes.

I use the highest-quality gear to produce the highest-quality results. My core kit is below:

• Canon R5
• Canon RF 16mm f/2.8 STM
• Canon RF 35mm f/1.4 L VCM
• Canon RF 50mm f/1.2 L USM
• Canon RF 85mm f/1.2 L USM
• Canon RF 24–105mm f/2.8 L IS USM Z
• Profoto A10