The husband-and-wife team behind Mindful Media
MEET ANGIE + LEE
Best friends first. Photographers. Filmmakers. Musicians. Travelers. And the people who’ll be right there with you through it all.
This is us!
We’re Angie and Lee — best friends, husband and wife, parents, musicians, travelers, and the two people who started Mindful Media. We photograph and film weddings and elopements throughout Lake Tahoe, Northern California, Yosemite, and destinations beyond.
What started with the two of us has grown into a team we trust completely, but you’ll still find a whole lot of us behind everything we create.
Two very different people. One very good team.
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE CAMERAS
meet
Angie
Photographer + planner.
People person. Always planning the next trip.
I’ve pretty much always needed to be making something.
Before photography there was clothing design, jewelry, music, and more creative projects than I can count.
I play drums and piano, consume an unreasonable number of Audible books, and will happily watch anything involving sci-fi or people doing mildly terrifying things on mountains.
At weddings, I’m always noticing the little things happening around me. I love the epic scenery, but the quiet in-between moments are what get me every time.
meet
Lee
Filmmaker + officiant
Musician. Calm under pressure.
Music has always been my thing. I sing, play guitar, and can somehow pick up just about any instrument and figure it out.
When I’m not behind a camera or playing music, there’s a pretty good chance I’m playing disc golf, watching people who are much better than me at disc golf on YouTube, or fitting in a video game.
I’m also the calm one on wedding days — the person who knows when to step in, when to hang back, and when to just let something unfold.
how it all started
It wasn’t a straight path.
It was our path.
In 2012, we sold almost everything we owned, bought an old RV, and hit the road with our daughter and our music.
For years, we traveled the country playing shows, raising our family on the road, and figuring things out as we went.
Somewhere along the way, photography became a bigger part of our lives. What started as another creative outlet slowly turned into a new way for us to tell stories—and eventually, into the work we get to do together today.
Living on the road with our daughter + chasing music from town to town.
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WHERE IT LED US
What started with music, an old RV, and a camera eventually became Mindful Media. Today, we spend our days photographing and filming weddings and elopements in Lake Tahoe, Northern California, and wherever the next adventure takes us.
States explored
Elopements + weddings
countries explored
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What started with music, an old RV, and a camera eventually became Mindful Media. Today, we spend our days photographing and filming weddings and elopements in Lake Tahoe, Northern California, and wherever the next adventure takes us.
We didn’t exactly plan this.
But we wouldn’t change a thing.
WHERE WE ARE TODAY
What started with the two of us has grown into a team we trust completely.
Mindful Media started with just Angie and Lee, but over the years it’s grown into a small team that still feels very personal.
Araya, the little girl from our RV days, is now grown up and part of the team. And Shianne has been photographing and filming alongside us for five years.
We’re still very hands-on in everything we do, but now we have people beside us who know how we work, care about our couples, and share the same approach to documenting a day.
araya
shianne
SECOND SHOOTER + CONTENT CREATION
OUR DAUGHTER
PHOTOGRAPHER + VIDEOGRAPHER
PART OF THE TEAM FOR 5 YEARS
Yes, this is the same little girl you saw in the RV photo.
These days, Araya joins us as a second shooter and helps with content creation. Getting to work alongside our daughter is pretty special, especially after she’s been around cameras, weddings, and this slightly crazy life of ours for most of her life.
Shianne has been part of Mindful Media for five years and is fully woven into the way we work. She shoots both photo and video, knows our approach inside and out, and can jump between the two depending on what the day needs.
She went to college for video and has always had a really creative eye, which is a huge part of what we love about working with her. After so many weddings together, she just gets it — our style, our couples, and how we want the day to feel.
WHEN WE’RE NOT BEHIND THE CAMERAS
We’re usually somewhere out there.
Travel has always been a big part of our life. We’re happiest exploring somewhere new, hiking with our family, making music, or already planning the next place we probably don’t have time to go.
A lot has changed since those RV days, but apparently sitting still still isn’t really our thing.
WHAT MINDFUL MEDIA MEANS
More than a name, it’s how we approach what we do.
Mindful Media is about being present and intentional. It’s about noticing the real moments as they happen and telling the story in a way that feels honest to you.
We care about the people in front of our cameras just as much as the photographs and films we create.
We want you to actually experience your wedding day — not spend the whole thing feeling like you’re in a photoshoot.
That’s what Mindful Media means to us.
