Debbie Markham Photography

Debbie Markham Photography Fine Art Photography: Weddings, Family / Reunions, Senior Portraits, Real Estate, Surprise Proposals

HI I'm Debbie, an easy-going photographer (yet on the fringe of type-A) readily available in the Central Coast of California from Santa Barbara to San Luis Obispo and Paso Robles, all the way up to Hearst Castle and Big Sur. I have many clients in the Bay Area and travel there annually for family photography sessions, and of course I'll travel anywhere for a great photo shoot! My passion is captur

ing people’s essence and family connections no matter what genders, races, religious beliefs or how many guests in attendance. Before I became a professional photographer, my family hired one every year to capture our moments, and I truly believe that hiring a professional photographer is one of the most important gifts we can give ourselves. Photographs not only document your important memories with family and friends, but they help bring all those amazing feelings you felt on your wedding or photo session day into the present moment (which feels really wonderful every time you look at them) and they are treasured for generations. I love all categories of photography - fun and unique weddings, destination elopements, family reunions, surprise proposals, senior portraits, corporate head shots, real estate and architecture, fine art landscapes, newborns and maternity...so email me if you have any photo shoot ideas and I'm likely to be excited to help you capture your vision.

Lovely wedding for Gabrielle and Michael in Half Moon Bay at a sweet secluded barn venue!
09/02/2026

Lovely wedding for Gabrielle and Michael in Half Moon Bay at a sweet secluded barn venue!

Sweet surprise proposal and engagement in Cambria!
08/28/2026

Sweet surprise proposal and engagement in Cambria!

I love my couples with their furries photo shoots!!! Thank you Desiree Robison for the amazing, fun time together!
08/25/2026

I love my couples with their furries photo shoots!!! Thank you Desiree Robison for the amazing, fun time together!

Congratulations Julie + Josh on your wedding at at Pied Piper... such a sweet venue tucked away in Cambria! Much love!!...
08/17/2026

Congratulations Julie + Josh on your wedding at at Pied Piper... such a sweet venue tucked away in Cambria! Much love!!! https://www.piedpiperranch.com

SWEET proposal by Josh to Mia on an epic evening without wind or fog! I thought it was so cool he had their birthstones...
08/13/2026

SWEET proposal by Josh to Mia on an epic evening without wind or fog! I thought it was so cool he had their birthstones set inside the wedding band! SO COOL! Congrats Josh + Mia!

Some photography jobs leave you with beautiful images. Others quietly reshape the way you see the world.I recently had t...
08/04/2026

Some photography jobs leave you with beautiful images. Others quietly reshape the way you see the world.

I recently had the privilege of traveling to Riace, Italy with Sarah Liniger Eisner to photograph artist Ana Teresa Fernández participatory installation during the Anti-Racist Games. Using my Canon cameras and drone, I documented Ana’s vision as hundreds of people stepped in front of a circular mirror reflecting the sea.

At first glance, it feels like those carnival cutouts where we stick our faces through a painted scene. But here, one’s face disappears… Instead of a portrait of you, the ocean becomes your identity. You can’t take a selfie, someone else has to make the portrait, asking you to surrender control for a moment allowing the water to stand in your place.

The work invites us to question one of our deepest assumptions: that we are separate from one another. We spend so much time protecting our identities, our opinions, our differences. Yet every one of us is composed mostly of water. The same molecules that move through oceans, rivers, rain, clouds, and every living being have flowed through countless lives before ours and will continue long after we’re gone.

Rumi wrote, “You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.” Standing behind the camera, I watched person after person literally become the sea. Their faces dissolved into light reflecting on the Mediterranean. The portraits became reminders that beneath nationality, politics, religion, race, and labels, we are astonishingly alike.

Maybe remembering that we are water can help soften the instinct to hate, to divide, or to take every difference personally…. REMINDING us that we belong to something infinitely larger than ourselves. Ana’s art offers us a unique mirror.

Thank you, Ana Teresa Fernández, for trusting me to help document this beautiful vision. It was an honor to witness so many people, if only for a moment, become the ocean. 🌊💙

07/24/2026
Congrats to Alec + Emma … such a sweet surprise proposal and engagement session along Moonstone Beach!
07/21/2026

Congrats to Alec + Emma … such a sweet surprise proposal and engagement session along Moonstone Beach!

Beautiful elopement for Alayna + Steven 💕
06/27/2026

Beautiful elopement for Alayna + Steven 💕

Super fun maternity session with two Los Angeles lifeguards in the water!
06/03/2026

Super fun maternity session with two Los Angeles lifeguards in the water!

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