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AN IMAGE FROM MY FAVORITE DAY AFTER SHOOT

Raw and intimate and gorgeous.

This is what can happen with incredible clients, a good relationship with and trust in your photographer, and some high-speed black and white film.

I love everything this image conveys.  This was the beginning shot of probably my favorite Day After Session to date…

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SOMETIMES THE SKY CATCHES ON FIRE

From one of my favorite heavenly series of the summer.  Also, a reminder to set this blog on fire - so, fresh content coming soon…

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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…

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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.

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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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