THE JOURNAL

Their Meet-Cute: Walking down our high school halls, the sounds of locker doors clasping, class bells ringing, and buzzing conversation filling our ears, most of us hope our teenage crushes will be our forever partner, but few have the privilege of finding their lifelong love so young. But if you’re lucky, you get to grow […]

Walking down the lively streets of Coronado at golden hour, we met up with Carisse and Mike, along with their adorable pup, Frankie for their engagement session. Taking time to include their four-legged friend, we documented this memorable time in their lives as they await their big day next summer. We started in the suburbs, […]

Seven years ago on the University of San Diego’s campus, Bailey was sitting in a dorm lobby when she spotted Aaron. Immediately thinking he was cute and hoping to catch his eye, she quickly ran back to her room to change out of the cozy Christmas onesie she’d been wearing. When she returned, she did […]

Most people at some time in their lives have heard the phrase, “You’ll find your person when you least expect it!” It’s something a lot of singles find to be true, and for Sam & Trevor, it was the date that they both weren’t planning on showing up to that changed it all! How They […]

How They Met: After arriving at a college Bible study, Maddie found herself sitting next to Jonas. At the time, they’d never met, but God works in crazy ways because little did she know, she was actually sitting next to her future husband! Their relationship has been incredibly intentional – getting to know each other […]

New Year, Magical Start! It was New Years Eve night and Stasia was attending a party with friends enjoying the evening. One of the guys in the group, Tony, caught her attention and asked for her number, which she happily gave to him. The two had lots of chemistry, and she was really excited! The […]

Their Love Story Kirsten and Justyn met freshman year of high school in a mutual class, but never talked until two years later, when Justyn got her number and sent her a quick text to say hello! After time in the friend zone, Justyn finally made his way out and took her on their first […]

Looking through his Instagram feed, Stephen’s eye caught a girl’s profile. She was gorgeous, and he clicked on her story to find a question box where people could ask her anything they wanted. Having gone through the answers to see a few different guys asking her out and her declining, he decided not to ask […]

Walking up to the white pillars at Niles McKinley Memorial Library, I spotted a perfect golden retriever ready for his parents’ engagement session. Sunset wrapping around the building, it was time to spend some time with the couple of the hour: Brooke and Mike. These two met at Youngstown State University at a bar downtown […]