la jolla, ca

house overlooking the ocean + lots of trees + gorgeous first dance light + eco friendly wedding = love.

ceremony . calumet park
reception . martin johnson house
flowers . rae florae

beverly hills, ca

Yay for another wedding post! Cynthia & Josh are wonderful friends of mine; Cynthia & I have been friends since 7th grade – I think we were one of each other’s first friends at our ‘new school’ in junior high & I met Josh after they got engaged in Europe. When Cynthia told me she wanted me to shoot their wedding, I was so excited – I love being able to be a part of old friend’s lives, and provide them with wonderful memories of their day. :)

The wedding was actually during the winter, yet there were leaves on the ground & trees changing color as it if were fall! Only in Southern California! ;)

Enjoy!

Summer is finally here on the coast!

san diego, ca

So happy to be able to show you another wedding on the blog! Melanie & Aries are two of the most lovely people I have ever met – seriously, salt of the earth. :) I actually still have yet to post their amazing engagement session we did in the snow, but I wanted to post some of their wedding images first. :) I will show those soon (hopefully) :)

In the meantime, enjoy images from their special day. :)

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Hope you all enjoy a little bit of sweetness this weekend!

Mini apple pie from Elizabethan Desserts.

Vancouver, BC, Canada

When Karissa & Josh contacted me to photograph their lovely wedding in Vancouver, I couldn’t have been more excited! It was a lovely wedding, rain-filled and everything ;) Thank you two for allowing me to be a part of your day!

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I just love photographing food. The process & love that goes into a dish. In this case, it was a nectarine & marscapone tart and it was delicious. Definitely wonderful for the summer “heat” here in San Diego. ;) These were my film images — more to come when the digital images are done. :) (Another reason I love film – no editing needed!)

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Seriously? What fun!

Read their story & see part one of the images here.

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A magically delicious engagement session! When I first met Anna & Rex, they told me their engagement and love story that was so adorable that we just had to incorporate those elements into the session! See that yellow blanket there? That was actually a blanket they used on their first date at a lovely park in Illinois, where it actually began to pour rain, but Rex was determined to show her the park, so he grabbed an old electric (!) blanket and they went through the park huddled under this yellow blanket. Of course we had to use the blanket, and we also used balloons, which weren’t necessarily a part of their first date, but it’s still fun, no? ;)

Part two to come tomorrow – can’t wait to show you the rest!!

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Dreaming of far away places, on film. Well, maybe not technically so far away, but I do love the dreamy quality of these film images. <3

Hope you all have a beautiful weekend!

northern california . saratoga, ca . villa montalvo

Gorgeous location, gorgeous couple, gorgeous details, gorgeous tea ceremony & dress, gorgeous airplane shaped cufflinks and gorgeous bubbles filled with fun.

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The weather has been pretty dismal lately here on the coast and it’s been making me quite sad. Not like I’d like to have the extremely hot weather that they are experiencing on the east coast, but I would love to see the sun at least! The lovely thing about the overcast weather was the “rain” (more like mist) we got a few days in a row in the mornings (and one day it went well into the afternoon). It felt a bit magical, waking up to the sound of rain, the mist leaving water drops everywhere, and feeling a bit like the nor cal coast (mostly from my roadtrip).

I am hoping it clears up just a little bit for the weekend, but here’s to hoping, right? I just want to see the sun’s lovely face here! :)

I do hope you all have a lovely weekend though. I am currently working on getting a wedding blog post up at the beginning of next week, so keep an eye out for that! :)

& if you are experiencing sun wherever you are, please enjoy it for me!

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Morgan & Gordon & I had a totally fun camp/picnic/vintage inspired engagement shoot* & I just had to share a few fun images! & look at the little face of their little pup! How freaking adorable, right?!

A week after this shoot, they took off to the East Coast via Route 66 — I hope it was a fun trip, guys!

* much, much thanks to m.o.m for letting us use their adorable vintage fabric banner/bunting for the shoot!

m.o.m

UNIV & m.o.m side by side

UNIV

m.o.m

UNIV

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Two of my favorite local stores to browse and get inspiration from shot in film. UNIV & m.o.m.

More about the m.o.m shop in a future post :)

So, I think I’m going to try & introduce something called Film Fridays, where I post some personal film work for fun. This one is from my roadtrip in Northern California & like I’ve said before, I terribly miss it here. I have recently had an obsession with camping, and my goal is to go camping in these woods someday soon. <3

Hope you all have a good weekend — go & do something that is inspiring!