I am so dang happy that you are here! Congratulations on your wedding! How freaking exciting!

I am a traveling photographer based in California and have been capturing love stories 'officially' for 5 years, but photographing everything ever since I can remember.

To be honest, I am a Boston Terrier and coffee obsessed human that can usually be found camping, hiking, or snuggling my dog while binge watching oldie movies, the Big Bang Theory, or trying out new recipes in my tiny kitchen.

They say that your about me page is the most important page of your entire website. Yep no pressure at all right? So I have tried to write this over and over and over again. I began talking about how Photography is my true passion. How I love nature…. blah blah blah blah blah.

So then I decided to keep it short and sweet. Ya, that didn’t work either.

So now I am here trying again. Trying to make my about me page actually about me, about my photography, and really about what I believe when it comes to photography. So…. here goes nothing….

I started photography when I was super little. Yep, I freaking loved my parents Polaroid camera. It was my fave. Then for graduation I got my first film camera. Boom passion created.

While taking photos I was, you know doing what I was supposed to be doing… going to college and wishing I could just be a photographer. After 2 years of junior college and 2.5 years of Fresno State University I got my BS degree in Geomatics Engineering.

So I did the college thing, got the job, started a career, and the entire time all I wanted to do was take pictures of pretty places, document peoples life journey, capture others love stories, and just be outside in nature.

So after a few years went by of this lovely cubical life, I decided to start a side hustle.

“Boom, Bessie Young Photography was created. ”

I love a little bit of everything and my photography shows that. Everyone says that you need to ‘find your niche’, but you know I think I found mine by not really finding any… I am a landscape photographer that loves taking pictures of people in beautiful places. Weird? I think it is seriously the best gig ever. Like the best of both worlds really. I love taking landscape photos, I love taking portraits, I love documenting peoples stories, so here I am doing all of them through various outlets.

My style also resembles all of this. If you want to find out a bit more about the experience, or what you are getting yourself into when you hire me, I would love to chat with you about anything and everything. I am here to ease your worries, help you though the wedding planning craziness, and of course get you some awesome photos :)

I can't wait to chat with you!

Bess