INVESTMENT GALLERY
SoCal + Beyond

socal based weddings + elopements

modern films & candid photography

+ RAW AND REAL. CAPTURING HUMAN EMOTION WHEREVER WE GO +

 

 
 
 

We’re Kristine + Charles

We are destination wedding photographers / videographers based in Los Angeles, California. We collect board games, are obsessed with sushi, love the outdoors, and are proud dog parents to our two pups, Riley and Bruno. Oh, and we’re married and think it’s the best thing ever. We love this season of our life, and can’t think of a better job than to come alongside and serve our couples as they enter this incredible new life chapter.

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We specialize in capturing the candid, natural and emotion-filled shots between you + your boo. And while SoCal is home, we love to travel and are available worldwide.

 

follow along on the ‘gram! @kristineandcharles

Life has such a crazy way of bringing people together. 🧡 We LOVE hearing how God orchestrates love stories together, which we’ve seen in our own story and in the couples we get to meet + know. It’s seriously one of our favorite parts of the job.
Back from our baby moon + soaking up all our time together before we meet our little one. 🌙
Happiest birthday to the love of my life! You will forever be my favorite person in this world. Thank you for modeling to me sacrifice, hard work, dedication, kindness, and so much more. You’ve pushed me to have big dreams and are always there to help me pursue them all. Cheers to another year of life together. Excited for our next season of life together with our little boy, and I can’t wait for him to meet you!
THANK YOU for everyone’s love, support and prayers! 🖤🌈 If you saw our last post, we shared something extremely personal and raw. . We talk so much of authenticity + vulnerability, but we know it isn’t always the easiest thing. Instagram is often a highlight reel, and we refuse to play that game. If we show only the best parts of our lives, we feel like we‘re only telling 1/2 of the story. That’s why it’s SO easy to fall into the comparison trap online, and that can sow seeds of discontentment in your heart, if you let it. . Now, we aren’t saying to just spill your deepest life secrets to anyone and everyone out there. There’s also wisdom in what you share and who you confide in. But we are advocating for you to find those you trust, and be real and vulnerability with them. And if you are a content creator, we challenge you to use your platform and storytelling to share the parts of you that make you HUMAN. We don’t have to have it all together, and that’s okay. ✨ . Photo by the talented @arielle.view 💞
This is about to get really personal. This is not my first pregnancy. I am a mother of two. Our first babe we lost through a miscarriage at 7 weeks. This month would’ve been their due date. . It was one of the hardest seasons of our marriage, as we spiraled from emotion to emotion (joy, celebration, confusion, disbelief, fear, grief). . This might give you a clue as to why our pregnancy now has been filled with SO much celebration and joy. Each milestone we pass is a victory in our hearts. But if we’re being real, this pregnancy has had its fair share of uncertainty and fear, as we learn to navigate the waves of pregnancy after loss. . Now, we’re choosing to share our story. Not for pity and not because we think we’re experts on this topic (there are still things we’re learning, even now). We’re choosing to share because miscarriage is not often talked about. We’re sharing because miscarriage is common and it’s real. We’re sharing because it’s part of our story (and we don’t want to share just the highlights). And if our journey can bring comfort, hope and encouragement to even just one person on the same road, then it’s worth sharing. . Our hearts are to be vulnerable and share with you both the highs and the lows of this crazy life. After all, it’s the painful experiences that seem to grow and shape us the most. . So if you want to read more on our miscarriage, how it has changed us, and what pregnancy after loss is like, then click the link in our profile. Give it a read. Learn about it in case you or someone you love walks this same path (it’s more common than you think). And friends, if it encouraged you, would you share it with someone who may need it? #mymiscarriagestory
HI FRIENDS! We’re working on some blog pieces! Is there anything in particular that would be helpful for you to know? From either a photographer’s perspective or a client perspective! . We want to write on things that will help YOU. So if you’ve got anything you’re curious about or want to know more about, would you drop a comment below? 👇🏻 . p.s. we’re still swooning over this Joshua Tree elopement. I’m way too excited to share more pics with you all. We’ll let you know when that blog post drops 😉
I’m thankful for him. ✨ . This guy is up literally all day (from morning and well into the night) to juggle his multiple projects for weddings, corporate gigs, and church. He’s pretty much nonstop. His ambition inspires me. . He’s thoughtful and asks all the right questions. I bounce my ideas off him and love hearing his thoughts. He’s insightful and it challenges me. . He’s silly and goofy (and it sometimes drives me insane), but I love him for it. He makes life fun. . And even with his crazy sched, he manages to still go with me to my doctor’s appointments, clean up around the house, take care of the dogs, and pray with me almost every night. He also always wakes me up with a glass of water and my prenatals when I fall asleep forgetting to take them (😬). . I married a real one and I can’t wait for our son to meet him.
Hi friends! How’s your Tuesday morning been? 🌞 We haven’t been completely showing up and present around here, so here’s a quick update on our days as of late! . 🌱 Editing, editing, editing (of course) 🌱 Celebrating our church’s 33 year anniversary 🌱 Starting to organize things for baby boy’s arrival, and then leaving it midway (our house is a disaster, oops) 🌱 Emails and wedding prep 🌱 Eating ice cream on the couch together, while starting the show New Amsterdam. OBSESSED. Anyone else watch it?!
This adventurous duo eloped in Joshua Tree over the weekend, and let us follow them around in their Volkswagen Camper to chase the sunset. 🖤🌵☀️ Peep our stories for some sneak peeks! . There’s something SO special about capturing elopements, especially in places that are wildly beautiful. Tears were shed. Family members cheered. They slow danced up on Jumbo Rocks. The whole evening was simple, emotional and beautiful. We LOVE the intimacy of elopements, and are huge fans when it’s done in a way that celebrates the love and life you’re starting together. . Anyone else eloping + want to take us along? 🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏽‍♂️
Felt like we worked from morning til night yesterday but we crossed a TON off our list *happy dance* . Now we’re off to Joshua Tree to shoot an elopement and we couldn’t be more stoked! What are your weekend plans? 🌵✨