A Catholic wedding is a sacrament before it is a celebration. My work is to witness it with the reverence it asks for — quietly, attentively, and without intrusion. The photographs that remain are not a record of an event. They are a record of a covenant.
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The day began at La Valencia, the old Spanish-style hotel above the La Jolla coast, and moved to St Mary’s for the Mass — stone, icons, and visiting priests before a family that filled the church. The rain came and went. The photographs did not suffer for it.
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A Mass beneath the brick walls of California’s oldest cathedral, before an altar that holds the weight of more than a century. The parish gave us room to work — corners within the cathedral, the streets just beyond it — and every one of them was beautiful.
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A nuptial Mass in a parish thick with history and texture, where the family carried Vietnamese traditions alongside the liturgy. The couple knelt at the communion rail; a visiting priest gave a homily worth keeping. A day that asked to be witnessed carefully, and was.
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I am a Catholic and a craftsman. I approach every Mass with the reverence it asks for. I do not stage the consecration. I do not interrupt the priest. I do not pose the moments that should be allowed to happen.
What I bring is harder to see and impossible to fake: the experience to know where I must be, and the discipline to be there unseen — present at the exact moment it matters, and certain of the frame whatever the light does or however the day turns. The photographs I deliver are the ones your grandchildren will inherit. Quiet. Honest. Made to endure.
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Tridentine nuptial Masses, low and solemn high.
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The Ordinary Form, photographed with reverence.
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The Byzantine and other Eastern traditions, in full communion with Rome.
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The ancient East Syriac rite of the Saint Thomas Christians.
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Rome, Italy, and worldwide sacramental travel.
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Bringing a marriage into the Church as a sacrament.
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The Liturgy of the Eucharist. The exchange of consent. The nuptial blessing. The elevation of the host. The first communion received as husband and wife.
These are the frames I am watching for — not because they are dramatic, but because they are what is actually happening. A Catholic wedding is a sacrament. The photographs should reflect that.
A Catholic Wedding, Photographed ReverentlyThe best photographer we could have asked for. William understood our Mass, moved through the day without ever being in the way, and gave us back images we will treasure for the rest of our lives. We could not have chosen anyone better to capture our wedding.
I accept a limited number of weddings each year, so that each is given its full weight — the experience to know where I must be, the discipline to remain unseen, and the certainty of the frame whatever the day asks. Travel is included throughout the contiguous United States.
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Matthew & Maya’s nuptial Mass in La Jolla, photographed across a quiet afternoon above the Pacific.
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Reflections
A few thoughts on stillness, distance, and the discipline of not being in the way.
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Cornerstone Essay
An introduction to the Byzantine, Maronite, and Melkite traditions for couples and families.
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I respond personally within two business days. Tell me about your wedding — the church, the rite, the date, the families — and we will go from there.
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