kiel-14 copy

Hi.

Santa Barbara, California is one of the most geographically and culturally special places I’ve come across on this Earth. However I did grow-up in the Sierra foothills near Lake Tahoe and have a deep, innate attraction to the Granite, Pine and rivers in the Alpine elevations of the Sierra Nevadas. California has my heart, soul and mind. I drink the coffee, I run the trails, snowboard the mountains, float the rivers, speak the Spanish, love the people and take the pictures. I’m also always eager to talk about travel and destination wedding locations…

I’ve been a wedding photographer for 10 years and am, quite honestly, a bit surprised by how much I’ve grown to love and appreciate photographing weddings. Being truly present with people, capturing those fleeting and beautiful moments they share with one another has exposed me to so much authentic human joy and emotion…It’s such a gift to witness so much of it, so intimately and so frequently.

I hold the virtues of Presence and Authenticity as the Most High in my own life, they also guide my photographic approach with other people. I don’t even like the way the word ‘posing’ feels in my mouth. I want the Real. Any directions or suggestions I offer to couples is always done with goal of creating a comfortable, authentic space where their individualities and their love are the focus.

I would be grateful and honored to witness and capture your intimate, playful, unique, inspired, weird, silly and perfect love. And it’s a massive bonus if I get to travel and experience your favorite spaces along with you…

Let’s talk about love, life and photography and create beautiful things together.