Wes + Sam {Melbourne, Australia}

It’s a humbling thing to be flown across the world for a wedding. My heart was immediately touched with a deep sense of honor and love for Wes and Samantha. They have such a quiet beauty. A chemistry that needs little action or words to be visible to all who surround.

I met Wes almost 3 years ago… on my wedding day! He showed up at my door as my groomsmen and I were getting ready. He was a guest of friend who surprised us from England. I remember Wes asking me who took all of the photos hanging in my gallery. When I confessed that it was me, he confidently declared, “Someday I will hire you to photograph my wedding.” I shrugged it off figuring it wouldn’t happen.

I was wrong.

Because Wes’ family live in Australia he and his bride planned a quaint destination wedding in a massive botanical garden with an Auzzie BBQ reception to follow.

It didn’t take me long to fall in love with the Brits and Aussies. They welcomed me into their homes as one of their own. I found myself resting as if surrounded by life long friends. I left inspired by the wonderment that the same love story I capture week after week in California is alive and blossoming at the world’s farthest corners.













Wes’ dad gently held Samantha’s hand to publicly welcome her into the family.






Wes’ brother picked up my 2nd camera and stole the shot of me. Great work for a first time tilt-shifter!

mywedding.com; Featured Engagement {Emily + Meeko}

mywedding.com did an excellent feature on a beautiful San Francisco engagement session I did recently of Emily + Meeko. Check out some fun pictures we took exploring their neighborhood in South Beach and read all about their sweet little love story! Click on mywedding.com.

The last question in their interview is about me and the engagement session process. It is cool to hear how much they enjoyed getting their pictures taken especially because Emily swore that she wasn’t going to do well. I gave them my normal pep-talk over some pints at an Irish pub and they were good to go! It is my mission to photograph couples just as they are (in all of their true beauty) and to capture them as comfortably and creatively as possible. Emily’s response to this question is exactly why I do engagement sessions complimentary with every wedding collection booked!

“Tell us something about your photographer, Cameron Ingalls, that you just loved!
Ok, Cameron is the MAN and I'll tell you why. Meeko and I are so unphotogenic and awkward. We were ridiculously nervous about taking pictures and thought for sure they would all turn out goofy and weird and...well...AWKWARD. BUT THEY ROCKED!!!! And it's because Cameron was hilarious and made us laugh and totally took the edge off....we all embraced the awkwardness and went with it. HAHA! It was actually really, REALLY fun hanging out and shooting together. And now we are actually going to be able to relax with the camera around on our wedding day. The engagement shoot was a great way to break the ice!”

Witek + Valerie {Montreal, Canada}

Anna and I had a wonderful adventure flying up to Montreal Canada for Witek and Valerie’s wedding at Le Manoir Rouville-Campbell. I just loved that everyone everywhere was speaking French! It’s such a romantic sounding language that Anna and I occasionally broke into song, singing ‘Fotofafa Fotofafafafa....’ Not sure what that means, but I think it’s French. ;)

Wit and Val took me all over Montreal Saturday night for their engagement session on the eve of their wedding. It was an honor to be hanging out with them for pictures and dinner just before their big day. I love getting to experience other cultures through the intimate love of a new couple!

I got to learn some fun things about the couple during our time together. Wit is originally from Poland and knows like 4 languages now because his parents moved him from Poland to Germany and years ago to (French) Canada. The couple met in college where they are both finishing their degrees. Val is a biologist and working on some research to heal an obscure disease. They are both really smart and collectively could win the Nobel Peace Prize!

Everyone was so sweet and happy to have us. We were treated like honorary guests! We have made life long friends that we hope we can visit with again very soon.
















Why not take a checkers break before the reception?

Tom + Michelle {Temecula}

Michelle was just about as cool and collected as a bride could be. A pinch of nerves with a heaping scoop of joy! Tom was jumping out of his skin he was so excited to get married to his best friend. It is so fun for me to be surrounded by people so full of love.

I traveled down to Temecula not knowing what to expect of Leonesse Cellars. It turned out to be a beautiful oasis in a dry and hot climate. That place was hoping with people escaping Los Angeles for the refreshing fruit of the vine and Tom + Michelle’s lovely wedding.






The cutest!






Josh from Good Beat Productions played dancable tunes the entire night! Josh isn’t your typical wedding DJ… He doesn’t just play the same dozen songs that I hear every week at weddings. Because of his vast knowledge of music he plays awesome stuff that was created since the 70’s and 80’s. He says of himself, “I don’t play wedding music. I play great music at weddings.”


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