ABOUT
For the love stories that deserve to be kept, not just captured.
My eye is editorial, but my approach is archival. I’m not just here to capture your day. I’m here to keep it, the way my grandfather kept his, and my father kept his, so that one day, someone in your family might sit with your photographs the way I once sat with theirs.
If that resonates, if you’re looking for someone to hold your day with care and give you images that feel at home in a magazine or passed down for generations, I’d love to hear your story.
That thread never really let go of me. Through my teens, I found my way into every art class I could: painting, film, photography; chasing the same feeling I’d had when I was eleven: the quiet thrill of building a moment worth keeping.
Now I photograph weddings across California and beyond, and that instinct hasn’t changed. I’m still drawn to the details other people might rush past; the way light falls across a room before anyone’s ready, the in-between moments no one thought to stage.
My grandfather was a film photographer, and that love passed down to my father; a whole life spent behind the lens, printed and kept. I remember sneaking into my dad’s closet, where his cameras lived like small treasures, and pulling my two-year-old sister into whatever world I’d dreamed up that day. I’d pose her, build elaborate little backgrounds out of nothing, and photograph her like she was the only person in it. I was eleven. I didn’t yet know I was learning a craft; I just knew I loved making something beautiful, memorable, and lasting.
San Francisco Raised, Santa Barbara Based
My dog Channing was named mid-Magic-Mike-Marathon. No regrets.
Wedding day ritual: Diet Coke
Before I became a full-time wedding photographer I was a Sales Director for a software company in San Francisco
I spent 7 years in the Philippines as a model, TV Host and (yes, really) a member of a pop girl group. Don't be surprised if I know how to work a dancefloor as well as a wedding day shot list.
I run Malaya Images completely solo, but on wedding days, I shoot alongside my better half, Kyle.
Kyle
Your Wedding Day will happen once. The photographs will last for generations. If you're ready to save your date, I'd love to hear from you.