Coastal Destination Wedding Photography
Well hello! I'm Caroline.
With years of experience from NYU Film School, I've worked as a coastal destination wedding photographer working with amazing clients & and as commercial photographer for brands like Sony and Marriott. As a seasoned creative professional, you'll work with a professional photographer but gain my experience as a producer/art director, media manager and designer who willI travel and bring wonder, laughter, light and a subtle sense of irreverence to all I do. I live for gorgeous days and unforgettable moments spent with incredible clients, many of whom have become dear friends on the journey as clients.
As you share your story, we collaborate & breathe life into your whimsical dreams to create tangible memories of your love story that you will look at time and again, and love for ages. Storyteller & generous creative with a keen eye for details, impeccable timing and a love of being two steps ahead of all you've anticipated.
I'm the the calm in chaos of a beautiful day that moves all too fast...
and I don't miss a thing. I love to delight & surprise my clients. I create beautiful art for your home and heirlooms you will pass on to your children and grandchildren.
In the midst of all this beauty, I draw on my experience as a foster and adoptive mom, a breast cancer survivor who doesn't take a second for granted to share the best parts of life, art, creativity and healing as we give back by fostering, volunteering in the arts and giving a portion of all profits to support exposing foster youth to the arts as part of their healing journey. Like to learn more? Get in touch.
As a storyteller, giver, and soulful beach girl with a bent for art and logistics, I find joy in coastal coffee, dreamy breezes, tangerine sunsets, and the alchemy of laughter—all conspiring to craft life's most unforgettable moments.
We take photographs as a return ticket to moments otherwise gone.
The story of a photographer
Photographer. Visionary. Podcaster.
Brave. Bold. Brand Aficionado.
Soulful Rebel. Inspired Creative.
Beach girl at heart.
Making faces, places & brands gorgeous for more than 20 years from Hawaii, to Orange County to NYC & beyond.
Storyteller anchored where love & authenticity reign.
I live to capture gorgeous moments, play & bring out the real.
I adore working with kindred spirits who live for dreams made real, adventures & wanderlust... Brave souls enjoying their best life...with salty wild hair, easy intentions and big plans along the coast. Like what you see?
About
Created my first photogram at age 5. I. WAS. HOOKED. Magic emerging in sunshine in rich blue hues of a photogram...not just the process but being with people.
Celebrating your life. EVERY. BEAUTIFUL. MOMENT.
I craft stories in a fresh new way. Leave the bs behind. I'm a brand aficionado who will uncover your story: bold, authentic, unapologetic. Let's capture a feeling, a moment, along the coast or wherever wonder takes us.
BFA in Film from NYU & years of photographing gorgeous faces, places & brands. I'll bringing out your beautiful, approachable, amazing best. I can't wait to work with you.
Let's collaborate. Transform your story into something gorgeous that captures you authentically.
Resonate with your ideal client.
Fall in love with one another, celebrate the gorgeous moments, relive them time and again.
Client Love
All Time Faves
Saltwater & sand under my toes. The desert. Magical spaces & places. My sweet girl, hubby & fur babies. Red rock hikes. Quirky, Fiery, Fun & Playful. Deep emotions. Beignets. Thai. Pasta& Passion! (I'm Italian!). Gorgeous scenery & french press coffee at dawn. Lingonberry crepes. Jazz & 80's. Whimsy. Wellness & Wonder. Triple type A which makes details sing. Gratitude. Infinite possibilities. Breast cancer survivor & fierce foster & adoptive mama, always proud to lift up others, inspire & share my story. Abundant love & laughter.
ABOUT CAROLINE BTS & MY WHY
Tangerine Sunsets, Frozen Bananas & the Stones
I live for capturing gorgeous moments, dipping my toes in the Pacific, tangerine sunsets and sharing life with wonderful whimsical human beings who share their love story.
A drive down PCH, a walk around Balboa Island, a frozen banana from Dad's, or a drive up the coast to capture a proposal; it gives me life.
I'm avid lover of art and a self-professed museum junkie. From the Met to the Getty, arts & antiquities, from Egyptian to the Fauves, wonder and awe, and artisanal craftsmanship draws me in. I've studied art, taught art, and lived as an artist most of my life. I am a creative through and through and love to share and inspire others, whether it's my own toddler daughter painting or showing me her make up skills ;) sharing creative ideas with foster children, teaching arts and love of the ocean to kids, I am blessed to have created a life in my native hometowns, of Newport and Huntington Beach.
As a photographer, I'm a great listener, a kind compassionate storyteller & confidante. I love the who values the importance of family and memories shared.
Totally a Type A personality who thrives on details and can execute on a dime. I grew up in a big Italian family where life could be a little loud & crazy, yet beautifully creative and always filled with love.
Family Historian and PCH Drives
Whether food or artistry, the love, laughter and abundance shared where everyone at the table became dear friends just feels like home. Many of my clients have been welcomed as life long friends.
When I was young my mom was the family historian, a brilliant scientist, a talented seamstress, painter and cook. My dad was jovial, the prankster, lover of surf and 1960's corvettes & speed boats. Saturday rides down PCH got in my soul blaring the Stones, "You can't always get what you want."
As you can imagine, life with them in Newport Beach was beautiful and rare.
So when I lost my dad too young and my mom to breast cancer in my 20's, and she said, go do something you love with your whole heart...it wasn't a far stretch to know that making images, creating family memories for people & making art by the sea in beautiful places was my calling.
After my mom passed, I took time to travel all over Europe with dear friends, see art, heal and create new stories with my own art. I moved back to California by way of Texas and NYC, and have been thriving here ever since.
It's made me incredibly passionate about sharing art & my love of the ocean with everyone around me especially kids. As part of my journey, I've created a print shop and donate a percentage of the proceeds from all events so more kids in foster care can have exposure to the arts, healing and the ocean.
Real life MacGuyver
Along the way, in my 30's I met my husband, Moon. Yes, that's his real name. His parents were surfers & inventors. You might have heard of the Boogie Board. It's a thing. As you might imagine, Moon is a real life MacGyver, with a wild wit and the ability to constantly find his way. Survival dude. Electrical lighting designer. Coral's dad. My ride or die. Man of many titles. He's my partner, my hubby, a brilliant second shooter, and the guy I'd want on my team if we were stuck in Yellowstone or a remote island. But that's another story for another day. =)
Tenacity. Even in my own life's journey and battle with breast cancer, my resilience, passion, faith, and enduring spirit guided me through to heal & regain my health. Some months later we were blessed to be foster parents and earn the title of adoptive mom and dad. It's quite a gift to have a beautiful family, to share and create those memories. And with that I knew my purpose was to continue to create and give more. Being invited to share, document and record those beautiful moments for the future is such an honor and the depth of meaning, well, it's not lost on me.
I love this area and believe there is an understated beauty and elegance to a life that is lived well & simply. We celebrate life along the coast with love, with family and the awe inspiring beauty of surroundings that create some of the best memories.
I'd love to meet you and celebrate your love story in all its gorgeous moments.
XO,
Caroline