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welcome.

One part artsy, two parts eclectic, a little bit of west coast, and all southern belle. That’s me.

I’m a photographer. There you have it. And I love what I do. I believe that photography offers something else, something more, than just pictures. It is an art form that gives us an opportunity to see the beautiful reality of life in the moment - of life in the in between – and of the world all around us. After all, that’s where the living really happens.

And this is my life - all of the beauty and adventure and drama and passion and energy.

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THE EMOTIONS OF A RECEPTION

Pretty much pointless post - but I’m working on this wedding right now, and I got a kick out of this guy.  So here you go!

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OLD FASHIONED GLAMOUR & COCA COLA

How can you go wrong with some Old Hollywood Style, Coca Cola, and Cassie?  Yeah, you can’t.  Loving this film image we just got back!

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Geez, I can’t wait to start blogging this summer’s weddings…

RUSTIC EDITORIAL SHOOT {SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PHOTOGRAPHER}

An image from this morning’s shoot in the fog…

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SOME LOVELY LADIES

Love em.  There you have it.

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THIS IS ME HITTING 30

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I’m happy and healthy and joyful and adventurous.  I may even write about being 30…tomorrow.  I have some thoughts on all of this for sure.  I certainly am blessed to have made it to this day.

This is me at this moment.  So I love photography and traveling and my family and my husband and my dogs and my friends.  I love where we live.  I love to take random road trips through the middle of nowhere and stop to take polaroid and Holga images - and these are the most recent pictures of me.  So thanks to Graham - this is me hitting 30.

And thank you God for keeping me alive ;)  Thank you most of all for giving me life, life to the fullest.  I praise you, my Creator.

LAURA & RYAN - A DRAMATIC PORTRAIT {SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PHOTOGRAPHER}

LOVE.

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LET THEM EAT CAKE {SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PHOTOGRAPHER}

There’s a wedding cake…and then there’s a WEDDING CAKE.

Here’s just a fun small detail from the fabulous cake featured at this past Saturday’s wedding.  I’ll share more later - both the cake and wedding in full ;)

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A JAMAICAN SUNSET - SOOC

I literally JUST finished shooting a destination wedding in Jamaica - heavily on film.  But I did shoot some digital images throughout the day, and as I’m obsessed with skies, I thought I would share tonight’s Jamaican sunset off the cliffs with you.  Straight out of camera - no edits at all.  It was unreal.  Just gorgeous.

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KALA AND BRIDESMAIDS {SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PHOTOGRAPHER}

I just got this film image back from RPL - and it just makes me happy.  I can’t wait to share this wedding on the blog!

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WORKING CAN BE FUN

Don’t we look happy?  ;)

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