As a sun-kissed San Diego gal fueled by equal parts caffeine and passion, I spend my days capturing images that make you wish that time would slow the f*ck down. Spoiler alert: You don’t have to ditch your cocktail hour to drive up a mountain for golden hour portraits to do it. 

And because you’re here, I already know that you and I are gonna be fast friends. Like you, I believe in the honesty and magic of the present moment. I believe in forging honest connections built on laughter, Palomas, and Harry Potter Patronus quizzes on Buzzfeed. I believe in heartfelt conversations on the patio with the last of the summer air in early fall. I believe in seeking out the extraordinary in the everyday–those little reminders that joy can be found around every corner. 

When it comes to life, I’m a business in the front, party in the back kind of woman. You too?

Your wedding day is destined to be different.

But you already knew that, right?

In fact, you’ve never been a stranger to the beat of your own drum.

You’ve always known that you’d rather curl up on the couch and binge The Office (again) than spend a night on the town in your “club” heels that make your feet ache. 

You’d rather wear your Birkenstocks during the week (and save your Louboutins for the weekend), but your paddleboard on a Sunday afternoon is no place for your red bottoms.

And no Saturday is complete without a Padres game and a Belgian sour.

At the end of the day, there’s no one else like you in this world. But for all that makes you different, there’s one thing you know you want from your wedding day that everybody does:

You want photographs that’ll last–images from your best day captured to stand the test of time. 

Photographs that you can pass on to your children, and their children after that. 

Photographs that are “hang on the gallery wall” worthy. 

Photographs that’ll have you saying, “Wow–that’s me.”

Turns out, as a wedding and portrait photographer of over a decade, that’s my specialty. You’re in the right place, queen! 

The best part (The icing on top of this six tier, triple layer funfetti wedding cake, if you will)?

Together, we'll make photographs that belong on your walls and in the pages of Vanity Fair. Your love story is one of a kind, so your wedding photos should be anything but basic.

Cate Batchelor is a wedding and portrait photographer based in San Diego, California, instinctively capturing the natural, serendipitous, and real moments of your wedding day. Cate believes in made to last heirloom art and has a style that is light, fresh, and refined. Serving Southern California and available for travel worldwide.