My grand-niece Alice Lindgren (I became auntie to her mom Christine when I was just 11 years old) is a pretty cool young lady. Not only can she sing, act, skate, and run fast, she is also on a growing list of people doing good for the planet. Held at the Barn Theater in Willmar, [...]

“I’d like to rent the house, and I’d really like the fish with it” The fish, un-named at the moment was a big orange goldfish looking fish who was very interested in me, looked hungry, and maybe a little pissed off . I was told by the landlord that the fish was about 9 years [...]

Suzy and Lukas really know how to tell a romantic story with photographs. My Marilyn Dress is featured in this inspirational and whimsical photoshoot. Lovely location, place settings, flowers, and that cute striped Parisian garter. Love it all. See all the photos here

I was fortunate to be chosen to collaborate with the talented husband-and-wife photography team Lukas and Suzy Van Dyke for their Stylized Southern Plantation Wedding Shoot. My Dana Dress is the featured bridal gown photographed at the rustically romantic Mc Gee House in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. The resulting photos are absolutely breathtaking. I can’t even describe how beautiful this [...]

When I first moved to Los Angeles, I was fascinated by the altars depicting skeletons sitting at a table having tea, laying in bed together and dressing up in hats carrying shopping bags, among other scenarios. It looked a little creepy to me, but so theatrically artistic. I came to realize that the profound, fearful [...]

  A fashionable Brit girl at her country home is the theme of “A Country Life”. Surrounded by her loving and attentive animals which include chickens, horses, dogs, and pot belly pigs, she looks just as much at home in her flower gardens and country surroundings as she does in her usual urban setting. She’s [...]

  “Run up and down this sand dune” he says. In a ballgown the color of the sun on a scorching hot summer day, exotic, leggy model Lupe Felix did what photographer Joseph Diez instructed, and looked edgy/beautiful every step of the way.   Not an easy task, in sand so hot it scorched our [...]

The calendar says fall is near but where I live in Los Angeles, el sol es caliente I was fortunate to work with the stunning model Alejandra Espinosa De Samos and photographer Joseph Diez early one recent morning at the beach. These photographs capture the romantic sensuality of the early morning mist and the flow [...]

How do 2 people meet and fall in love? I enjoy exploring that question… Is it our similarities that draw us together, animal attraction, luck? “Into the Wild, A Love Story” is a story told in images of a mystical couple who meet by chance in a lush wetlands area where plants and wildlife thrive. [...]

The Beach. What a perfect location to photograph romantic eco couture wedding dresses. The ocean has such a tranquil but powerful energy, and its truly one of my favorite places to be. The sand, surf, sounds, sun…all of it makes me happy. Part II of our beach shoot with Danielle Burt (Part I was entitled [...]