I’m outgoing, a little loud, and very much a people person. I live in beautiful Marin County with my husband (my childhood best friend), our two sweet boys, our dogs, and my horse — the only other girl in the family (I am fully outnumbered by boys). 

I grew up riding horses and am a "has-been" rodeo queen. I will absolutely stop mid-conversation to say hi to a dog, and have never met someone who has stayed a stranger. 

I love people deeply (we will become friends), notice the littlest of things, and believe the perfectly imperfect moments usually become the ones worth remembering most. Which kinda has become my magic touch to photography, because it has taught me that the smallest hand squeeze during cocktail hour or pause in breath before reading your vows hold a special kind of weight that makes up the part of you and your wedding day that you will want to hold onto. 

Literally. lol

After years (almost 9 to be exact) of photographing weddings throughout Northern California, I know wedding days rarely go exactly according to plan. Which is why I strive to be your least stressful part of your day. 

Timelines shift. Weather happens. Families are families.

You’re not hiring me just to take pretty photos. You’re hiring me to be someone who knows how to make you feel comfortable and confident in front of the camera, when to problem-solve, how to work seamlessly alongside your vendor team, and when to get out of the way and let you experience the moment.

So if you are looking for a wedding photographer that will hype you up when you need it, fix your veil, and will sing and dance with you on the dance floor after crying with you during someones speech... then HI!! I'm your girl and would be freaking honored to be your photographer.

and I'm so freaking excited that you have found your way here! 

But you can call me Syd!

hey hey hey! I'm Sydney jai!