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Dave & Carolyn’s Wedding!!

December 23, 2008 – 9:32 am

I was so thrilled when Carolyn contacted me about doing their wedding a few short months ago. And I was so incredibly flattered especially since this was going to be my first wedding as the lead and solo photographer!! They were a great couple from the beginning, we had a blast during their engagement photo shoot and with such a love for each other and for God these kids are off to an amazing start! Dave & Carolyn, thank you so much for letting me be a part of your day! I wish you all the best in your new life together.

Please enjoy a sampling of a few of my favorite images from the day!

Now these wedding shoes I can dig… function, comfort and beauty!


Looking gorgeous already!

What a simply beautiful dress.

Beautiful girl + beautiful dress = 1 gorgeous bride

The guys are ready - just waiting on the girls. Don’t worry, that doesn’t happen too often ;)

Da boys

The church was all Christmas’ed out so it made for some cool & festive scenery.

Love this image

We did group shots before the ceremony - it was too cold and nasty outside to do outdoor photos but the Christmas theme worked!

A nice relaxed bridal party…

Here comes the bride! Carolyn’s dad, Randy was also the minister for the ceremony.


Married!




One, two three, get ready girls!

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Jesus and Araceli - Married!

December 15, 2008 – 5:00 pm

Over the last few months I’ve had a few opportunities to get together with some really great photographers in Southern California. Jenny Hsieh of Fairytale Dreamer Photography was one of these great photographers so I was all too happy when she gave me the opportunity to come to a wedding she was photographing down in the Los Angeles area and shoot some photos a couple of weeks ago! I had a great time and it was a fantastic experience to shoot alongside some great photographers. It was great to meet Kapo as well who came down from San Fransisco to shoot with Jenny as well.

The locations were great, the weather was perfect, the bride and groom were so awesome too. Jesus and Araceli along with all their family and friends were just the nicest people! I had a great time all day and I’m so glad I was able to come along. Thanks, Jenny!!

Here are just a few of my favs from the day - enjoy and thanks for looking!



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Dave + Carolyn = Engaged!

November 16, 2008 – 9:42 pm

You know what I love? I absolutely love it when I get to photograph people like Dave and Carolyn who were totally relaxed, cool and comfortable in front of the camera. It doesn’t hurt that they’re a totally adorable couple too!

These kids are getting hitched in just over a month and I’m totally stoked to be shooting their wedding.

So here’s a sneak peek from their engagement shoot yesterday. Thanks guys, you were great and I had an awesome time!










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Friday Free For All, Episode 7 - Baby Isabella

November 7, 2008 – 11:00 am

I just spent a few days travelling around southern California and wrapped it up in Anaheim to shoot baby Isabella & oh and what a sweetie she is! Roy and Anita were so calm for being first time parents; maybe it’s the sleep deprevation… She needed a few breaks through the shoots but was pretty cooperative. One of the great things about photographing babies is it’s pretty hard to make a bad photograph when you have a pretty girl like this!

So here are a first few favs of mine of 17 day old Isabella.









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Friday Free For All, Episode 6 - Happy Halloween!!

October 31, 2008 – 9:37 am

BOO! I feel like Halloween has just snuck up on us this year, I’m just not ready yet! The kids and I attempted a pumpkin carving last night and let’s just say let him R.I.P. Oh it was scary looking but not in a good jack-o-lanterny way :)

A couple random halloweenish facts about me:

My favorite scary movies of all time:

5) Evil Dead II
4) The Exorcist
3) From Dusk Till Dawn
2) Alien
1) Army of Darkness - possibly one of my favorite movies in any category

My best costume ever:
A waitress - while I was working as a waiter. I was a waiter in my late teens for a while and it was classic to go up to a table with people only half paying attention and call me miss or ma’am. The really funny part was when I would ask them for their order in my husky male voice which would snap them into a doing a double take.  Simply awesome.

For a photo today I wanted to share a before and after editing example. The first is obviously the original image straight out of the camera except for my watermark and a slight sharpening. Nothing wrong with the image but the next one has a little more umph.

This second image is the results after treating the photograph with some editing. Nothing too crazy but you can see the difference some simple processing makes. It just gives the colors a little pop, some contrast and finishes it off more to my style.

Have a happy halloween, everyone!

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