Jay Furubotten, San Diego wedding, engagement, and sports photographer, on a garden path with his camera pack

About · Jay Furubotten

A patient eye for unrehearsed moments.

Est. 2018 · San DiegoWeddings · engagements · sportPhoto + video

01 · The story

I started at the edge of a football field. Sports taught me to read a moment a half second early, and to trust the quiet ones as much as the loud ones.

That instinct is how I shoot weddings now. Quietly, without interrupting, trusting the day to give you photos you'll actually want to live with. The best frames are the ones you didn't know I took.

My edits lean warm. Soft skin tones, honest color, nothing that will look dated in ten years. The gallery should feel like the day, not a filter on the day.

Bride and groom laughing and holding hands at golden hour by the sea
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Piggyback ride on the beach, new ring catching the light
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Groom in a tux smiling outside a Coronado hotel under a palm tree
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Every wedding ends up a shoebox of prints. Here's the start of mine.

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02 · How I work

Three things I
won't compromise.

  • 01

    Be invisible.

    I shoot in a way that lets you forget I'm there. The day is yours; my job is to remember it for you.

  • 02

    Tell the whole story.

    Wide frames, close details, the in betweens. Galleries with range, not just hero shots.

  • 03

    Edit gently.

    Warm and true. No heavy filters that age out. Photos that still look like the moment, ten years on.

San Diego·La Jolla·Del Mar·Oceanside·Temecula·Orange County·Palm Springs·Anywhere the light's good·

Based in San Diego. Up for all of Southern California, and further when the story is right.

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Weddings·Engagements·Sports·San Diego·Photo + video·

Booking 2026–27 · one wedding per date

Let's make something you'll keep forever.

Tell me the venue, the people, the feeling you're after. You'll hear back within 24 hours, usually same day.