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San Diego Engagement Photos: Sneak Peek!

February 5th, 20103 Comments

Here’s a Sneak Peek from my most recent engagement session I shot in San Diego. I’m really excited to share the full shoot soon!

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In other news, who’s excited for the Super Bowl?? I’m pretty bummed that Brett Favre and the Vikings lost to the Saints in the Championship game… A Favre/Manning showdown would have been fun to watch! So, now I’m rooting for New Orleans- it would be pretty cool to see them win their first Super Bowl ever. Mostly, I’m just looking forward to spending the day watching with friends… and I’m of course excited for the commercials!  :)

Hope everyone has a fun, safe weekend!

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Los Angeles Wedding Photographer: Emily & Free’s Wedding!

February 3rd, 20102 Comments

I was so happy to join Heidi Ryder last weekend to photograph Emily & Free’s wedding at the Los Angeles LDS Temple. We had thought it might rain, but were instead gifted with the most gorgeous Saturday in the entire month of January. Here are some of my favorite images from the day!

See how awesome this day was?? Loved this view…

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I LOVED Emily’s dress. The style was so perfect, and she jazzed it up with this flower and ribbon she found on Etsy.com. Love that personal touch.

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Emily and Free were so cute together…

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Then we headed out to Pasadena for the reception… and for a few more portraits of the newlyweds.

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Love this one. A possible favorite.

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And, my second favorite.

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Congratulations, Emily & Free! Wish you all the best!

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Los Angeles Portrait Photographer: Kristin Taylor - A Taylor Made Wedding

January 28th, 20103 Comments

Kristin Taylor is the fabulous woman behind A Taylor Made Wedding, an Orange County wedding coordinator with such a great, vibrant personality and style. I was so happy to go down to Orange County last weekend to take some portraits of her for her new Website and marketing materials that are currently in the works. Last week, the storms here in California were just crazy, so we were lucky to get a super gorgeous day for this shoot!

How cute is Kristin?? She worked it. And the light after all of the storms was superb.

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It was fun to incorporate a few props into this shoot. I loved that she had Emily Post’s Etiquette book  just sitting on her desk in her office… every planner should own a copy.

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We had a little fun with this awesome black and white striped ribbon… wedding planners always have extra ribbon laying around.

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Kristin’s younger sister Chelsea (aka Choo Choo, as I learned during the shoot ;-) is Kristin’s main assistant, so we got a few photos with her as well.

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I had a great time shooting the two ladies together. I have a younger sister and loved seeing the bond that these two have- I can relate to it. :)

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They both had the greatest laughs!

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Some basic portraits of the fabulous duo…

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Love these last two of the lovely Kristin.

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Kristin and Chelsea- you ladies were SO much fun! I had such a great time and I’m so looking forward to working with you in the near future! :)

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San Francisco Wedding Photobooth! - Jen & Donny’s Wedding

January 24th, 2010No Comments

Here are some of my favorite images from Jen and Donny’s San Francisco wedding Photobooth! Click here to see the other images from the day.

Photobooths are always so. much. fun. :)

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Hope everyone had a nice weekend!

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San Francisco Wedding Photographer: Jen & Donny’s Wedding!

January 21st, 20101 Comment

Jen & Donny had a city wedding in San Francisco last weekend and I had so much fun traveling up there to photograph it.  I always love traveling to Northern California for any reason- it has such a different feel from Los Angeles and I love capturing that in images. Here are some of my favorite images from the day. Thanks to Meg for helping me on this wedding, the very first wedding of 2010! It’s going to be a great year. :)

Click here to see the engagement session I shot with Jen & Donny last summer.

Getting ready at Hotel Whitcomb

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While I went with the guys, Meg stayed with Jen and the girls and got these great shots of Jen getting ready. Love the feel of these shots.

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Jen and Donny rented a motorized trolley to get to and from and from the church. What an awesome idea for a San Francisco wedding! I rode with Donny and the guys to the church while Jen was still getting ready– it was a cold ride with interesting guy conversation… but I got some great shots.

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Loved that Donny decided to wear cowboy boots with his tux!

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The guys just before the ceremony.

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My two favorite moments from the ceremony…

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After the ceremony, the whole wedding party rode on the trolley back to the hotel for the reception… Love this shot of Jen!

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Great view of the city from the trolley… such a cool city.

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We stopped in front of San Francisco City Hall for some portraits and group photos. We were so thankful it didn’t rain!

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A favorite of the bride and groom…

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Jen is so beautiful.

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The whole wedding party making use of the trolley. Fun times!

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A stunning bride.

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Love these shots we got right before the reception thanks to the lights of the city.

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The first dance.

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Congratulations, Jen & Donny! I’m so happy for you guys!

Next, I’ll be posting some photos from the super fun Photobooth we set up during the reception!

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